Stock Investing For Dummies: Fourth Edition - Softcover

Mladjenovic, Paul

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1118376781 ISBN 13: 9781118376782

Publisher: For Dummies, 2013

Synopsis

The fast and easy way to grow your stock investments in today's changing market

The changes, events and conditions affecting stock investors since the recent economic crisis have been dramatic. Today's economic and financial landscape offers new challenges and opportunities for investors and money managers. This new edition of Stock Investing For Dummies provides you with the information you need to protect and grow your stock investments in today's changing market.

Stock Investing For Dummies contains 25 percent new and revised material designed to help investors navigate an ever-changing stock market with: information on ETFs, a safer way to be more diversified in the stock market; new rules, exchanges, and investment vehicles; the latest on the European debt crisis; and much more.

• Explores how technological changes mean new products, services, and ways of doing business
• Shows you how to use the latest research and information available
• Covers how (and why) to protect yourself

Stock Investing For Dummies is for anyone new to investing in the stock market who is looking for a trusted, comprehensive reference to make sure their investments grow.

About this title

About the Author

Paul Mladjenovic is a Certified Financial Planner and national speaker on investing and financial matters. He is the owner of PM Financial Services and www.RavingCapitalist.com; he is also the author of Precious Metals Investing For Dummies.

From the Back Cover

Learn to:

• Incorporate stocks into your investment plan
• Ride out the highs and lows of the market
• Balance risks and rewards to reach your goals
• Profit from emerging megatrends and sector opportunities

Grow your stock investments in today's changing environment

This practical guide gives you proven strategies for selecting and managing profitable investments in either a bear or bull market. You'll discover how to navigate the new economic landscape and choose the right stocks for different situations — and you'll find fresh real-world examples that show you how to maximize your returns.

• Stock investing 101 — understand stock value, assess your finances, set your investing goals, and know your investing style
• Risky business — get the 4-1-1 on risk, and understand how you can plan around it to keep your money growing
• The more you know — discover how to stay on top of financial news, read stock tables, and work with brokers to become a more knowledgeable investor
• Before you buy — find out how to evaluate a company's financial health; brush up on emerging sectors, industries, and megatrends; and understand the effects of politics on stocks
• Use smart stock strategy — find tips and tactics for using brokerage orders, trying trade triggers, keeping the taxman at bay, and more

Open the book and find:

• Tips on how to take stock of your current financial situation and goals
• Common approaches to stock investing
• Pointers for adding exchange-traded funds to your investing mix
• Basic accounting methods for choosing winning stocks
• Information on investing tactics such as brokerage orders and trade triggers
• Considerations for when your stock portfolio is down
• The latest resources for stock investors

Edition details

• Publisher: For Dummies
• Publication date: 2013
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1118376781
• ISBN 13: 9781118376782
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 4
• Number of pages: 384