How the Stock Market Really Works: AND FT Voucher: The Guerrilla Investor's Secret Handbook - Softcover
Whether you are new to investing or already have a share portfolio, this intelligent urban warrior's handbook will guide you safely through the often puzzling world of investing and will provide you with the strategies to compete to win. Given the fact that the majority of fund managers underperform the indices, it may be possible for intelligent private investors to do as well, or better, on their own by using winning guerilla tactics. Private investors can make huge gains over the long term as long as they maximize their advantages. How the Stock Market Really Works covers: *the basic mechanics of the markets *how shares, bonds and derivatives work *the different schools of thought within the investing world *tax considerations *the vital differences between asset classes *the need to look beyond the short term *why market volatility is nothing to be scared of *how to sift through the wealth of investment advice available. This third edition has been updated and expanded, to include additional coverage of new topics such as ISAs and index tracking as well as a complete new chapter on online trading.
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From the Back Cover:
About the Author:
[BACK COVER]
This book is for people who want to make money.
No one cares about your money more than you do. So why rely on other people to look after your investment when, with a little bit of knowledge, you can do it yourself? How the Stock Market Really Works shows you how to develop your ability to discriminate between good deals and bad deals, how to invest wisely for the long term and not to succumb to rash short-term temptations, and how to work out where to invest. Whether you are a new investor or already have a share portfolio, this book will show you how to make more money.
If you thought an investment book couldn’t be an easy read, think again. This book is an accessible, well-informed and deliberately sceptical introduction to the complex world of financial markets.
‘Modern and thorough, it will answer all the questions that investors (experienced or otherwise) might have.’
Securities & Investment Review
‘A really well organized and illuminating book – and on top of that, a thoroughly enjoyable read.’
Sir Anthony Jay, founder of Video Arts Plc and author of Management and Machiavelli, Corporation Man and Yes Minister
‘Buy a copy of How the Stock Market Really Works by Leo Gough. It neatly demolishes any pretensionsCityprofessionals might claim in “adding value”.’
Scotland on Sunday
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Most fund managers regularly under-perform the markets, and even at the best of times, they may be more concerned abut making money for themselves rather than for you. Leo Gough shows you how intelligent private investors can do better on their own by using winning guerrilla tactics.
Fully up-to-the-minute, this fourth edition of the best selling How the Stock Market Really Works covers:
- How shares, bonds and derivatives work
- What really goes on in the stock market and who gets rich (it could be you!)
- Investment strategies to make your money work harder for you
- How to deal in the markets yourself and how to avoid the pitfalls
- How to use and interpret the huge amount of investment advice available
- How to plan sensibly for your retirement
- How to assess the companies you’d like to invest in
- How to spread your risk through asset allocation
THE INVESTMENT BOOK WITH ATTITUDE – WORTH ITS WEIGHT IN GOLDTO ANYONE WHO WANTS TO MAKE MONEY ON THE STOCK MARKET
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About the author
Leo Gough is the author of 16 books on personal finance and investment, some of which have appeared in translation in German, Japanese, Chinese, Russian, Italian and Portuguese. They include 25 Investment Classics, The Citibank Guide to Building Personal Wealth, Trading the World’s Markets: Interviews with the Great Global Investors and Investing in Biotechnology Stocks. During the 1990s, Leo was the editor of two investment newsletters, The Zurich Club and Taipan. Since 1997 he has spent much of his time in the Asia/Pacific region, working with banks and consultancy firms to produce investment books and research for this dynamically expanding area.
LEARN THE SECRETS OF THE INVESTMENT PRACTICES THAT REALLY WORK
Leo Gough is an investment writer and dedicated private investor. He has written twelve books including: Going Offshore, Trading the World's Markets Investing in Biotechnology Stocks The Financial Times Guide to Business Numeracy, The Finance Manual for Non-Financial Managers and Teach Yourself Choosing a Pension. He also edits a number of investment newsletters
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- PublisherFinancial Times/ Prentice Hall
- Publication date2005
- ISBN 10 1405822279
- ISBN 13 9781405822275
- BindingPaperback
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