Master the markets and make wise investments. Investing in Shares For Dummies gives you the sound advice and proven tactics you need to play the markets and watch your profits grow. The experienced authors introduce you to all categories of shares, show you how to analyse the key markets, and offer invaluable resources for developing a portfolio. Whether the markets are up or down, you’ll discover practical investing strategies and expert insights so you have the knowledge to invest with confidence. The book is divided into five parts: Part I: The Essentials of Investing in Shares (including common approaches to investing in shares, assessing risks and getting to know the stock markets) Part II: Before You Start Buying (including gathering the right info, finding a stockbroker, investing for growth and investing for income) Part III: Picking Winners (including decoding company documents, analysing industries and seeking emerging sector opportunities) Part IV: Investment Strategies and Tactics (including choosing a strategy, trading techniques, using your broker, and a glimpse at what the insiders do!) Part V: The Part of Tens
Book Details:
- Author: David Stevenson
- ISBN: 9781119966401
- Year Published: 2012
- Pages: 384
- BISAC: BUS050000, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS/Personal Finance / General
About the Book and Topic:
Master the markets and make wise investments. Investing in Shares For Dummies gives you the sound advice and proven tactics you need to play the markets and watch your profits grow. The experienced authors introduce you to all categories of shares, show you how to analyse the key markets, and offer invaluable resources for developing a portfolio. Whether the markets are up or down, you’ll discover practical investing strategies and expert insights so you have the knowledge to invest with confidence. The book is divided into five parts: Part I: The Essentials of Investing in Shares (including common approaches to investing in shares, assessing risks and getting to know the stock markets) Part II: Before You Start Buying (including gathering the right info, finding a stockbroker, investing for growth and investing for income) Part III: Picking Winners (including decoding company documents, analysing industries and seeking emerging sector opportunities) Part IV: Investment Strategies and Tactics (including choosing a strategy, trading techniques, using your broker, and a glimpse at what the insiders do!) Part V: The Part of Tens
14% of UK shares – some £208 billion – are owned by individuals in the UK, who make an average 46,000 transactions a day. While this may sound an impressive figure, there are no doubt countless other individuals who want to get involved in the world of shares, but have no idea how to begin, and have rational worries about squandering their hard-earned savings in risky investments. Additionally, many fund-holding customers would be pleased to find out they could possibly do themselves, for free, what they are currently paying their fund manager to do for them. With a bit of research and some expert advice from experienced investors, beginners can learn to analyse the financial markets, make wise investment decisions, weigh up the risks versus the rewards, and grow their savings. Share investing is an area that is submerged in jargon and can prove to be daunting for the first-time or inexperienced investor. As ever, this is where For Dummies books come into their own, providing readers with a plain English guide through the topic.
Shares remain a popular option for investors. Although shares are more volatile investments, history shows that over the longer term they have consistently outperformed other investments such as bonds, property or bank savings accounts. Shares offer a higher potential for gains than bonds and they offer greater flexibility than property – shares can be sold relatively easily but a property can take months to get rid of and be expensive to maintain in the meantime. 2010 proved to be a good year for the FTSE, despite a rocky start to the year. The FTSE climbed 9% in 2010 and ended the year by sneaking past the 6,000 mark (its highest level since the start of the financial crisis). http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/markets/ftse100/8230312/Will-the-FTSE-100-now-make-it-to-7000.html The second edition of Investing in Shares FD will be fully updated throughout to take account of changes in the financial markets. Particular attention will be paid to emerging sector opportunities and refreshing the challenges and opportunities around investing in shares. The stock market can be intimidating for the first-time or inexperienced investor, making it prime territory for a For Dummies book. It’s an area that is complicated and heavy on jargon. Sales of competing titles clearly show readers appreciate a plain English approach to the topic.
About the Author
David Stevenson is a columnist for the Financial Times where he writes the Adventurous Investor section. He has also written three books in the Financial Times Series and is a columnist for the Investors Chronicle. Originating author: Paul Mladjenovic is a certified financial planner, writer and public speaker.