CNBC Creating Wealth: An Investor's Guide to Decoding the Market - Softcover

CNBC; O'Connell, Brian

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0471448869 ISBN 13: 9780471448860

Publisher: Wiley, 2003

Synopsis

Demystify investing and maximize your wealth-with guidance from the world's most trusted financial news network

From CNBC, the global leader of financial news, comes the most user-friendly, approachable guide to simplifying the often confusing world of finance and investing. CNBC Creating Wealth offers a complete and comprehensive introduction to world markets and shows readers how to use the information and tools currently available for maximum wealth-building. Using the hallmark CNBC approach-demystifying complex and confusing market terminology through lucid language and instructions-this accessible primer helps readers make smarter investment choices, and stay successful and secure even in volatile markets. CNBC Creating Wealth covers:

• The inside story of the stock market and creating a long-term investment portfolio
• Strategies for the most profitable investment areas, including stocks, bonds, and mutual funds
• Online tools, including research, brokers, and access to data about financial markets around the world

About this title

About the Author

CNBC is the recognized global leader in business news, providing real-time financial market coverage and business information to more than 175 million homes and offices worldwide.

BRIAN O'CONNELL is an experienced business journalist. He has written on investment and other topics for a variety of publications, including the Boston Herald, Entrepreneur magazine, and Dow Jones Investment Advisor. O'Connell has also written for TheStreet.com and CBS MarketWatch. He is the author of Gen E: Generation Entrepreneur Is Rewriting the Rules of Business–And You Can, Too! and The 401(k) Millionaire. O'Connell lives in Doylestown, Pennsylvania.

From the Back Cover

Praise for CNBC CREATING WEALTH

The rapidly growing influence of the individual investor and the stunning evolution of technology are two of the most remarkable developments in the history of the financial world. In CNBC Creating Wealth, we help you take advantage of these fundamental changes to Wall Street and take charge of your own investing.

"Learning how the market works requires some discipline and homework on everyone s part. This book is an indispensable guide that explains how to profit by choosing the right investments and avoiding the riskier ones."
Terry Savage
author of The Savage Truth on Money

"CNBC Creating Wealth is an excellent resource for investors of all ages with or without market experience."
Bambi Holzer
Senior Vice President Investments and Retirement Plan Consultant with PaineWebber

From the Foreword

"Successful investors understand what makes stock prices go up and down. That s where information comes in. . . . This book is designed to figure out what is important so you can separate useful information from useless noise."
Bill Griffeth
CNBC Anchor and host of Power Lunch

The rapidly growing influence of the individual investor and the stunning evolution of technology are two of the most remarkable developments in the history of the financial world. In CNBC Creating Wealth, we help you take advantage of these fundamental changes to Wall Street and take charge of your own investing.

Learning how the market works requires some discipline and homework on everyone's part. This book is an indispensable guide that explains how to profit by choosing the right investments and avoiding the riskier ones.
-Terry Savage
author of The Savage Truth on Money

CNBC Creating Wealth is an excellent resource for investors of all ages-with or without market experience.
-Bambi Holzer
Senior Vice President--Investments and Retirement Plan Consultant with PaineWebber

From the Foreword

Successful investors understand what makes stock prices go up and down. That's where information comes in. . . . This book is designed to figure out what is important so you can separate useful information from useless noise.
-Bill Griffeth
CNBC Anchor and host of Power Lunch

Edition details

• Publisher: Wiley
• Publication date: 2003
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0471448869
• ISBN 13: 9780471448860
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 352