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Are you a beginner who is looking to open a self-directing stock investing account for the first time? If so, that means Stock Market Investing for Beginners is the book you are looking for! Running your own self-directed investing account can be exciting and empowering. But do you really know the ins and outs of the stock market?
But if you prepare ahead of time and do things right, then you can have a long and successful investing career. By: James Johnson , and others. When you own dividend stocks, your money is working for you whether you are at the office, or at the beach.
Imagine how your life would change, if you knew that you were on the proven path to wealth. It's time to learn how to create safe income streams in the stock market. Dividend investing is something that anyone can do. You can start with just a few dollars, and then watch them grow. It's time to learn a proven strategy that takes the stress out of investing. This course is an introduction to the stock market and stock investing for novices and experienced investors alike.
Professor DeGennaro uses simple analogies to explain the origin of stocks and other securities, as well as their relative risks.
He stresses the danger of trying to beat the market by trying to pick winners, predict price trends, or otherwise find opportunities that other investors have missed. By: Ramon P. DeGennaro , and others. Need to clean up your credit? This up-to-date resource is packed with action plans for repairing a bad report, paying down debt, and repairing a bad credit report. You'll discover how to dispute inaccurate information, communicate with collectors and creditors, set financial goals, and build a good credit history.
You'll also see how to avoid scams - and take action if you're victimized. By: Steve Bucci. Newly revised and updated, Mutual Funds for Dummies quickly and easily helps you pick the best funds, assemble and maintain your portfolio, and evaluate your funds' performance. In no time, it gets you up and running on exchange-traded funds, tax laws affecting investments in funds, how to evaluate different fund-investing strategies, and much more. With so many choices, investing can be tricky.
Stock Investing for Dummies, 2nd , makes things simple with proven tactics and time-tested strategies for picking winners. This updated edition includes new case studies, resources, and insight on government policy - and will have you investing with confidence in no time!
Discover how to find a great broker, decode company documents, choose the right investment strategy, handle your taxes, weigh risk versus reward, and discover new investing opportunities. While I consider myself intelligent I have always found the "for Dummies" series of books very easy to navigate and understand and well laid out. The same is true here.
The format of these books is excellent no matter the topic. I learned a great deal in the first half, however then the text became very dated. I was stunned when the author began speaking of the house market as if we should be cautious, but the problems MAY happen. I then realized this text was two versions older than the book sold on Amazon. Not good in a topic like stocks where advice needs to stay current!
Yes, I found his voice and reading engaging unlike some other books I have listened to where the information is valuable, but the narrator makes you go numb. Any additional comments? This book will help you understand the terms of stock investing Would you recommend this book to a friend? Why or why not? Like most who get this title, would like to more about the process and understand the various ways to go about it. Went with a broker only to discover he was making recommendations that benefited his commissions.
Lost money in the process. So have been timid going at it on my own. This title helps describe some basic components but always seem to warn that one could easily lose money as well. So I felt like I was taking one step forward and two back. So for me this title provide a skimming overview. Touching on a number of topics but none in great detail.
I wouldn't recommend this title to a friend. Still looking into the subject. This one didn't move me closer to investing on my own. If your a beginner at investing, or even if you just want to understand what those talking heads on tv are talking about, this is a great place to get started.
Its packed with tips, hints and straight up no BS knowledge. It is not a book that tries to get you to invest in penny stocks or tells you that you too can be a millionaire in 30 days. Its simple common sense knowledge for the common person. This book was common sense stuff. I really thought it would explain the process of researching companies. Lots of repeat information and long website addresses.
I'm listening to this for a reason and I can't write down 25 character web addresses while going down the road. He could at least go over them all again at the end when you can right them down with out running over people.
This is the best start for anyone looking to invest in stocks. Best book I've read on the subject thus far. Good summation of good financial nuggets. All the basics are here for a novice or anyone looking to touch up on basic investment topics. Add to Cart failed. Please try again later. Add to Wish List failed. Remove from wishlist failed. How and why does a share rise in price? This book gives great information for anybody seriously interested in starting stock investing, it tells you how to spot a winning stock, how to analyze it, how to expect if it might go down, what affects a stock, fundamental and technical analysis, brokers and what they do, how to start investing and many other things I always summarize what I read and go all over it again after I read about it in a DOC in my computer, there was so much new things I learnt it got to the point that I had to write for two hours to write about what I read, the book is rich with information.
Thought it was a great read, and worth the time of anyone seeking financial independence. Mladjenovic not only teaches the necessary tools for wise stock investment, but financial security and a balanced portfolio at that. I went from knowing nothing about stocks to being a comfortably knowledgable beginning investor.
The author doesn't talk over your head, and clearly spells out all concepts and mathematics in a simple and easily understood fashion. I recommend coupling this book with Investope Thought it was a great read, and worth the time of anyone seeking financial independence.
I recommend coupling this book with Investopedia. Overall, this book is a valuable resource. Aug 19, Gina added it. It is my first book of the genre. I was more interested in the investing terminology, so skipped a lot of parts where predominantly investing advices where given, as not my purpose, at least for now. Therefore refrained from rating it.
Choose this particular "dummies book" because I like books for absolute beginners not to use pretentious language. And this was true, I found clear explanations of the concepts which helps boost confidence in this domain I believe that a non-fiction book needs to It is my first book of the genre.
And this was true, I found clear explanations of the concepts which helps boost confidence in this domain I believe that a non-fiction book needs to always be clearly written. This despite of the fact that the book is an old edition so a lot of things might be outdated. For example, I did not encounter any mentioning of the trading algorithms robots that threaten the future of brokers. Sep 20, Amr Khaled rated it liked it Shelves: economics-investment.
I certainly didn't feel this book was for dummies. Not that I was clever, but the book is really too overwhelming for a beginner. While the best thing on it was the website references, the clear advice, the big picture. This just had to be said. Stock investment I definitely recommend this book if you interested in stocks investment, well written and easy to understand , by reading this book you will have very good knowledge about the subject.
Mar 24, Theigbobandit rated it liked it. Most of the basic info you need to invest in the stock market dumbed down a lot. I think it could have been a lot shorter than pages and can probably summarize the book in 20 pages. Jun 27, Vishnu Prasad rated it really liked it Shelves: liked. A great place to start reading about investing in equities and a good refresher for MBA graduates.
Aug 05, Tonya G rated it really liked it Shelves: my-choice. Information shared was definitely helpful. Apr 30, Sammi added it. Jun 05, Patrik rated it it was amazing. In this book it talks about how you can start off in the stock market and good ways to get rich off of it. This book isn't really a beginner book, but you have to have some background information on stocks to know what's going on. The beginning of the book talks about what a stock is.
A stock is a investment in something. Nearly all big companies have a stock. Around the book it talks about how it is a very risky business and how you have to be careful. This book didn't tell me what stock to inv In this book it talks about how you can start off in the stock market and good ways to get rich off of it.
This book didn't tell me what stock to invest in but it did show me how to invest and make the right choice. One of my favorite quotes from this book was "making it sound like a monolithic entity instead of what it really is.
My second favorite quote is " before you say, incoming stocks are great, il get my checkbook out and buy a batch right now. Jul 16, Alison rated it liked it. Was this my favorite book? Obviously, no. I think it is great for anyone who like me just wanted to get some basic information. It does contain a lot of information on how to invest if you are approaching retirement, which wasn't really helpful for me, but could be useful to someone else.
I will warn you that the book is liberally peppered with puns and small bits of conservative bias i. But it didn't bug me enough that I stopped reading the book.
Great book for any person that just started in the stock world This is a grear book for any person that is looking for a good introduction on stocks. You will go back and check it out again.
I recommend it. Sep 10, Ulio rated it really liked it Shelves: nonfiction , Pretty decent introduction to Stock investing but I recommend just going to Investopedia which is free and you can find the same amount of content more in depth. I read the version which was the recession version so a lot of the advice in the book is very conservative but in general for a beginner I can see how that is a good thing and also for the fact that we could be heading into another recession. Oct 07, Arthur rated it really liked it.
Good introduction to the basics of investing in stocks but definitely not enough knowledge in here to give you the confidence to purchase.
This book will give you pointers on what type of investing you should do based on your intentions but doesn't delve deep into them. Gives you quick summaries on how to read company financial statements and the like. Good book for introducing you to the basics. Sep 08, Joseph Hargreaves rated it really liked it. A good, relatively concise, introduction to investing for someone who knows nothing.
A few chapter were skippable, but otherwise I would recommend for anyone looking for the fundamental insights into investing. Scratch the surface with this and then delve deeper. Feb 21, Chad Lamb rated it liked it Shelves: finances , for-dummies-series , how-to , investing , nonfiction , reference , stocks.
Good guide to basic terms and understanding of stock investing. A little irritatingly repetitive at times but still a good guide. The author has great foresight about economic and market trends that did occur in the following years after this book came out. Very interesting book, I've learned a lot from it. And it's a kind of book that can be used as a reference and always check.
And it's very good to read it all. This book was more or less exactly what I was looking for. It wasn't a system for making it rich, but, instead, was an overview of what all the terms mean and how the stock market works. I admit, I still had questions at the end What's a put?
Or a call? Or a derivative? Additionally, dividends are key to creating This book was more or less exactly what I was looking for. Additionally, dividends are key to creating a portfolio that performs well no matter what the market is doing. At the same time, it goes over some of the riskier options selling short, for instance and cautions against them until you understand what's at stake.
I could do without the author's politics though I guess they come with the territory of economics and his sense of humor left much to be desired, but overall, the writing was very clear and aimed at a general audience i. Most of my experience with the stock market has been since the collapse of , when it was difficult not to pick winners. Now, as the market seems headed for rockier waters, I'm glad to have at least a little understanding of how it works. Jul 31, B.
The content certainly justifies the title of the book. However, the following observations are to be duly noted, before you start reading. Oct 24, Sabbir Shirajus rated it it was amazing.
An excellent book to start stock market investment and personal financing. It will provide a basic foundation and mindset of investment. It also discuses about the personal finance management which is very crucial. It discuses about risk management and then it explains how to choose a stock based on one's personal goal. Most importantly it discusses the financial analysis of a company and how to evaluate a company based on its financial progress. At the end of this book there is a appendix full An excellent book to start stock market investment and personal financing.
At the end of this book there is a appendix full of very useful resources. For any person it takes years of experience to understand and master stock market.
Having a book like this on your side it's a good piece of resource. Aug 09, Rex Wei rated it really liked it. A good introduction to the basics of stock investing and a little bit about portfolio allocation. Not the perfect replacement for the literary classics of investing, for this book is as is name suggests a guide for new stock investors.
When you're ready do check out the classics such as Benjamin Graham and Peter Lynch for deeper knowledge. This easily breaks info down to make it easier to know what I'm looking for In researching stocks or understanding data.
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