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Author : Finance Publishing Syndicate, New York
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 96 pages
Book Rating : 4.A/5 ( download)
Download or read book How to Avoid Losses in Your Investing written by Finance Publishing Syndicate, New York and published by . This book was released on 1920 with total page 96 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Prasenjit Paul
Publisher : PartridgeIndia
ISBN 13 : 9781482850888
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (58 download)
Download or read book How to Avoid Loss and Earn Consistently in the Stock Market written by Prasenjit Paul and published by PartridgeIndia. This book was released on 2015-07-14 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Are you suffering loss in equity investment? Do you want your hard earned money to grow consistently? Do you want to learn easy methods for selecting great stocks? If any of the above answers is ?YES?, then this book will be a perfect guide for you. Written in a simple language, this book will help you in ? Selecting fundamentally strong stocks for consistent return Proper construction of equity portfolio When to buy and when to sell stocks Avoiding loss in equity investment
Author : Paul Mladjenovic
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
ISBN 13 : 1119140838
Total Pages : 390 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (191 download)
Download or read book High Level Investing For Dummies written by Paul Mladjenovic and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2015-11-06 with total page 390 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Enhance your investment portfolio and take your investments to the next level! Do you have an investment portfolio set up, but want to take your knowledge of investing a step further? High-Level Investing For Dummies is the resource you need to achieve a more advanced understanding of investment strategies—and to maximize your portfolio's profits. Build upon your current knowledge of investment, particularly with regard to the stock market, in order to reach a higher level of understanding and ability when manipulating your assets on the market. This approachable resource pinpoints key pitfalls to avoid and explains how to time your investments in a way that maximizes your profits. Investing can be intimidating—but it can also be fun! By building upon your basic understanding of investment strategies you can take your portfolio to the next level, both in terms of the diversity of your investments and the profits that they bring in. Who doesn't want that? Up your investment game with proven strategies that help increase profits and minimize risks Avoid common pitfalls of stock speculating to make your investment strategy more impactful Understand how to time the market to maximize returns and improve your portfolio's performance Uncover hidden opportunities in niche markets that can bring welcome diversity to your portfolio High-Level Investing For Dummies is the perfect follow-up to Stock Investing For Dummies, and is a wonderful resource that guides you through the process of beefing up your portfolio and bringing home a higher level of profits!
Author : Finance Publishing Syndicate
Publisher : Forgotten Books
ISBN 13 : 9780282981709
Total Pages : 86 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (817 download)
Download or read book How to Avoid Losses in Your Investing (Classic Reprint) written by Finance Publishing Syndicate and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-07-16 with total page 86 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from How to Avoid Losses in Your Investing Looking up Wall Street from Top of No. 65. Roof Left F oreground, National City Bank. Pyr amid Roof in Centre, Bankers' Trust Building. Large Double Structure to Right is the Equi table, 120 Broadway, the Largest Office Build ing in the World. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Author : New York Finance Publishing Syndicate
Publisher : Legare Street Press
ISBN 13 : 9781019097953
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (979 download)
Download or read book How to Avoid Losses in Your Investing written by New York Finance Publishing Syndicate and published by Legare Street Press. This book was released on 2022-10-27 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
Author : Dr Harrison Sachs
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 92 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (134 download)
Download or read book Strategies For How To Never Lose Money Investing In The Stock Market, The Formula For Generating Wealth That Can Predict The Future Profitability Of A Company, And How To Apply The Formula For Generating Wealth written by Dr Harrison Sachs and published by . This book was released on 2020-02-13 with total page 92 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This essay sheds light on the strategies for how to never lose money investing in the stock market and elucidates the formula for generating wealth that can predict the future profitability of a company. Moreover, how to apply the formula for generating wealth to determine if buying stocks in a company is a warranted investment and unconventional investment strategies for how to afford to retire prematurely without ever having to work for anyone are delineated in this essay. Additionally, how to earn substantial money online to be able to afford to invest in the stock market is expounded upon in this essay. While investing in the stock market may appear to be a daunting, overwhelming, and precarious undertaking, there is are strategies that can be employed in order to never loose money investing in the stock market. Before you can implement these strategies, it is incumbent to find a brokerage firm, such as E*Trade, Charles Schwab, TD Ameritrade, or Fidelity that offers commission free stock trades so that you can execute these strategies. By leveraging an online broker that does not levy commission fees for stock trades, you no longer need a stock to increase by at least over $18 to offset the commission fees just to reap a capital gain post selling the stock. When brokerage firms imposed commissions for equity trades, an investor would pay a $9 commissions fee just to purchase a stock and then an additional $9 commission fee to simply sell the stock, irrespective of whether or not the investment yielded a capital gain. This meant that the investor would ultimately need their shares of equity to rise above 2% to reap a capital gain if they bought $1000 worth of stocks in company. Paying these commissions for stock trades meant that the investor was always investing at an unrealized capital loss whenever they initially purchased the stocks. The Investor would eager hope that the stocks' pending growth could be significantly enough to offset the exorbitant total commission fees of $18 for buying and selling the stock. Due to ample online brokerage firms no longer imposing commission fees for stock trades, you can invest in the stock market without having to procure stocks at an unrealized capital loss nor loose money. One strategy to never loosing money investing in the stock market simply involves making commission free equity trades on a brokerage firm platform and also placing pending stop loss orders on your equity positions to avert loosing any real money in the stock market other than pennies from a poor investment decision. For instance, if you earmarked $1000 into buying 10 shares of equity in a company at $100 per share, then you can set your stop loss order to be a penny less than the purchase price of the stock so that you limit your losses to 1 penny per share of equity sold if the stock price fluctuates unfavorably. In this context, the stop loss order would be set to trigger if the $1000 of equity shares that were purchased for $100 marginally decreased to $99.99 per share. This strategy allows the utmost risk adverse equity investor to avoid loosing money in the stock market by capitalizing on commission free trades and utilizing pending stop loss orders to safeguard his wealth. The only amount of money lost in this context would be an infinitesimal, negligible amount of $0.10 which is a capital loss of only penny per share of stock sold by activation of the stop loss order. The utmost risk adverse investors should have pending stop loss orders on their equity investments to prudently safeguard their wealth so that they can limit their losses in the event their equities were becoming devalued. They can subsequently repurchase new income generating assets in the future that are undervalued and are no long overvalued. Buying and then retaining overvalued income generating assets, such as highly overvalued equities, can be a risky and imprudent financial decision. Ideally, investors should prudently sleuth to buy.
Author : Carl C. Roba
Publisher : SP Books
ISBN 13 : 9781561718870
Total Pages : 292 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (188 download)
Download or read book How to Recover Stock Market Losses with Or Without an Attorney written by Carl C. Roba and published by SP Books. This book was released on 2004 with total page 292 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Investors were swindled out of billions by Wall Street crooks. Were you one of them? This expose of a massive rip-off of the American public explains the behind-the-scenes the brokerage business, which tends to be corrupt and unethical, as evidenced by the recent scandals we have observed in the media on a regular basis. With guidelines that are simple and easy to understand, a successful former broker reveals how easily you can recover your investment losses without legal expenses. How to reclaim your losses without costly attorneys? - Analyze whether your broker committed an abuse where losses can be recovered. - Find out how to file claims against your stock broker or brokerage firm with federal and state government agencies. - Discover how to participate in an actual arbitration. - Learn to reclaim losses and fill out the paperwork, without relying on lawyers. A List of Recommended Litigation Securities Attorneys. If you feel your case is complex or too big to handle on your own, we have compiled a state-by-state list of successful, aggressive attorneys who are experts in their field, who will work to recovery your losses on a contingency basis. How to recover commission overcharges? Almost every investor has been overcharged commissions by their stockbroker. If you bought mutual funds from your broker, you were probably overcharged on commissions. Find out how to get all these overcharges back, plus interest How to spot abusive practices by your broker? A special list of Red Flags and Actual Case Examples are included to help you spot abusive practices by stockbrokers and brokerage firms. No investor should be without this criticalessential information. How to win an arbitration case through the mail? You will learn to successfully collect damages from your stockbroker without even having to show up for your hearing. Plus, there is important information and advice for today's investor: - Variable Annuities: What You Must Know? - The Right Way to Mutual Fund Investing - Everything You Wanted to Know About Hedge Funds But Were Afraid to Ask - Differences Between Mutual Funds & Hedge Funds? - How to Avoid Being Defrauded?- The only book of its kind enabling consumers to learn how to recover their stock market losses without lawyers. - Author will be actively promoting this work by positioning himself as spokesperson for the aggrieved average investors of America. - With the existing, as well as the forthcoming, Wall St. scandals that are going to be revealed, there will be a growing market for the info in this work. - Teaches investors how to spot inappropriate behavior on the part of their brokers and the firms they have accounts with--and how to get their money back, when possible.
Author : Liz Davidson
Publisher : HMH
ISBN 13 : 0544633342
Total Pages : 261 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (446 download)
Download or read book What Your Financial Advisor Isn't Telling You written by Liz Davidson and published by HMH. This book was released on 2016-01-05 with total page 261 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Protect your money with this “accessible and practical” guide to hiring and working with financial advisors (Publishers Weekly, starred review). Hiring a trained expert to safeguard and grow your wealth seems like a foolproof decision, but it can go awry for many people. You should never blindly trust that your advisor has your best interests at heart—and while there are many benefits to working with a financial pro, there are some things you should know first. Drawing on her insider’s knowledge of how the financial advice profession really works, Liz Davidson shows how to judge whether an advisor is going to help or harm your savings. This no-nonsense guide covers questions such as: How should you decide if you really need an advisor? What financial moves can you make without their help? What important questions should you ask before trusting them with your money? What are the red flags you should run from? What does all their jargon really mean? Learn how to take control of your financial well-being—either with a financial advisor or without one. “This book is mandatory reading for anyone who wants a better understanding of how to manage their money.” —Mary Beth Franklin, InvestmentNews “Valuable tools for managing one’s personal finances for maximum results.” —Publishers Weekly, starred review
Author : Nick Atkeson
Publisher : McGraw Hill Professional
ISBN 13 : 0071812911
Total Pages : 288 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (718 download)
Download or read book Win By Not Losing: A Disciplined Approach to Building and Protecting Your Wealth in the Stock Market by Managing Your Risk written by Nick Atkeson and published by McGraw Hill Professional. This book was released on 2013-10-18 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A DISCIPLINED STRATEGY FOR AVOIDING MAJOR DOWN MARKETS AND PARTICIPATING IN BULLISH MARKETS Your financial advisor's strategy to buy-and-hold a diversified equity portfolio sounded good. Diversification promised to protect your wealth. Now, however, more than a decade of hard data shows it didn't work. And, more than likely after a decade of multiple financial shocks and crashes, your account balance is not what you hoped it would be when you started saving years ago. Much of your investment life has been spent just trying to make back what was lost. Win By Not Losing reveals how you can make smarter, more profi table investments by first protecting your capital from major bear equity markets. It also shows you how to identify major bullish equity market trends and guides you on how best to participate. By avoiding the major downs and catching the ups, your portfolio compounds gains and allows you to achieve your financial goals. Chasing returns leads to the poorhouse. With this book's disciplined system for knowing when to buy, what to buy, and when to sell, you can build and protect your portfolio through active management techniques. It walks you step-by-step through growing your portfolio in bull and bear market cycles. You will master a concrete investing method that lets you trade with emotionless confidence and precision. Packed with links to online resources and personal tips from successful, high-profile traders, Win By Not Losing gives you everything you need to: Identify the market metrics that are important to building wealth Detect and measure the market signals foreshadowing major moves Build a portfolio with strong downside protection, full transparency, immediate liquidity, low fees, and incredible risk-adjusted returns Your portfolio returns will continue to be disappointing unless you act. It's time to make up for lost profits by taking an active, professional, and nonemotional portfolio management approach to avoid major losses and capture gains. Win By Not Losing provides everything you need to build wealth in today's stock market. Stop watching your money rise and fall without signifi cant net gain with a "buy-and-hold" strategy and optimize your positions as market sentiment changes. In a nonappreciating market, investors must actively manage equities to acquire gains. Win By Not Losing presents an active approach that uses rigorous risk-management techniques to preserve your wealth and generate high returns in all equity market environments. Prominent authors and lecturers Nick Atkeson and Andrew Houghton have culled the best of their work to help you revitalize your trading habits, protect your capital, and beat the market. Through real-world stories demonstrating fi nancial theory in action and how-to instructions for executing their strategic investment approach, these expert authors enable you to: Achieve sizable returns through an investment strategy equally focused on when to invest and when to sell Avoid major down markets and fully benefit from major up markets Access unique financial information to help you stay current, think ahead, and build and protect your wealth Whether you're an independent investor or a professional financial advisor, this refreshing look at investing will change the way you see the markets. Forget what you know about modern portfolio theory and trade to make money in today's markets with Win By Not Losing. "Anyone with some experience in the stock market, especially the person who wants to move beyond a buy and hold strategy, can find useful tidbits in this book.” ReadingTheMarkets.com
Author : Carrie Schwab-Pomerantz
Publisher : Crown Currency
ISBN 13 : 0804137374
Total Pages : 434 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (41 download)
Download or read book The Charles Schwab Guide to Finances After Fifty written by Carrie Schwab-Pomerantz and published by Crown Currency. This book was released on 2014-04-01 with total page 434 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Here at last are the hard-to-find answers to the dizzying array of financial questions plaguing those who are age fifty and older. The financial world is more complex than ever, and people are struggling to make sense of it all. If you’re like most people moving into the phase of life where protecting—as well as growing-- assets is paramount, you’re faced with a number of financial puzzles. Maybe you’re struggling to get your kids through college without drawing down your life’s savings. Perhaps you sense your nest egg is at risk and want to move into safer investments. Maybe you’re contemplating downsizing to a smaller home, but aren’t sure of the financial implications. Possibly, medical expenses have become a bigger drain than you expected and you need help assessing options. Perhaps you’ll shortly be eligible for social security but want to optimize when and how to take it. Whatever your specific financial issue, one thing is certain—your range of choices is vast. As the financial world becomes increasingly complex, what you need is deeply researched advice from professionals whose credentials are impeccable and who prize clarity and straightforwardness over financial mumbo-jumbo. Carrie Schwab-Pomerantz and the Schwab team have been helping clients tackle their toughest money issues for decades. Through Carrie’s popular “Ask Carrie” columns, her leadership of the Charles Schwab Foundation, and her work across party lines through two White House administrations and with the President’s Advisory Council on Financial Capability, she has become one of America’s most trusted sources for financial advice. Here, Carrie will not only answer all the questions that keep you up at night, she’ll provide answers to many questions you haven’t considered but should.
Author : Everyman Investing
Publisher : scott m ecommerce
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 105 pages
Book Rating : 4./5 ( download)
Download or read book Stock Investing for Beginners: The 7 Golden Investment Rules & Strategies for Passive Income and Lifetime Wealth Building with Value Investing written by Everyman Investing and published by scott m ecommerce. This book was released on 2019-05-15 with total page 105 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: How to invest like Warren Buffett with any size account… Fact: YOU DO NOT need a PhD from Harvard in economy or even a Bachelor’s degree to make money in the stock market. Ordinary people can get lifechanging returns, if you just apply a few key principles. Principle #1: It’s better to buy a great company at a good price, than it is to buy a good company at a great price. Principle #2: It’s better to invest in companies you understand, than it is to risk money in so-called “boom industries” you don’t have a good grasp of Principle #3: Minimizing losses, not maximizing profits – will give you the best long-term results It’s these three principles which made investors like Warren Buffett and Ray Dalio billions of dollars. And you can use the same ones to transform your own life. Here’s just a fraction of what you’ll discover inside: The biggest mistake investors make in high-growth markets… make it and you could lose your entire investment… but we’ll show you how to avoid it every time The best investing websites for beginners Why novice or new investors should never buy IPOs How to identify bubbles in the stock market. Do this and you’ll avoid big losses, even during recession periods The ultimate foolproof starter portfolio (these fundamental stocks have been around for decades, and will continue to be around for another 100 years) Why you should never listen to stock tips from friends and family (and what to do instead) How to invest in US stocks from your smartphone… with zero commission! What to do if you have no clue about the long-term prospects of individual companies (this is a time-saving alternative) How to invest in real estate without the hassles of buying a house Why you don’t need to be a math whiz to profit from stocks… if you have this personality trait Set and forget strategies to profit in any market You don’t need a huge sum of money to begin investing either. Using the consistent investment philosophy inside, you can get started with as little as $500! This is NOT get rich quick book – this is fundamental guide with long term strategies to profit in the stock market, written in plain, easy to understand English. To become a millionaire, you need to start thinking like one first. You can think of this book as The Intelligent Investor for the 21st Century. So if you want to discover how you can get long-term profits in the stock market… without risking all your money… then scroll up and click “add to cart”
Author : Jeff Luke
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781703778397
Total Pages : 202 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (783 download)
Download or read book No Bullsh*t Investing written by Jeff Luke and published by . This book was released on 2019-10-31 with total page 202 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Learn the eight questions you must ask before buying any stock. This no-jargon guide is for any investor, whether you're just starting out or think you're already Warren Buffett. Packed with current examples from today's stock market, this book teaches you how to grow your money, avoid losses, and bring intensity and focus to your investing game. Whether you're a professional or new investor, if you want to win big in stocks you need this book in your toolbox.
Author : Joe Wallin
Publisher : Holloway, Inc.
ISBN 13 : 1952120497
Total Pages : 244 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (521 download)
Download or read book Angel Investing written by Joe Wallin and published by Holloway, Inc.. This book was released on 2020-07-01 with total page 244 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Angel Investing: Start to Finish is the most comprehensive practical and legal guide written to help investors and entrepreneurs avoid making expensive mistakes. Angel investing can be fun, financially rewarding, and socially impactful. But it can also be a costly endeavor in terms of money, time, and missed opportunities. Through the successes, failures, and collective experience of the authors you’ll learn how to navigate the angel investment process to maximize your chances of success and manage downside risks as an investor or entrepreneur. You’ll learn how: - Lead investors evaluate deals - Lawyers think through term sheets - To keep perspective through losses and triumphs This book will also be of use to founders raising an angel round, who will be wise to learn how decisions are made on the other side of the table. No matter where you’re starting from, this book will give you the context to become a savvier thinker, a better negotiator, and a positive member of the angel investing and startup communities.
Author : David Gaffen
Publisher : FT Press
ISBN 13 : 0132564106
Total Pages : 255 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (325 download)
Download or read book Never Buy Another Stock Again written by David Gaffen and published by FT Press. This book was released on 2010-09-09 with total page 255 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Want to build long-term, sustainable wealth? Then stay out of the stock market! That’s radically different advice from what the "experts" have served up for decades... but look at the miserable results those pundits have delivered! Investors who’ve chosen equity-based buy-and-hold approaches have seen their assets decline dramatically: not just for a year, but often for decades. Fortunately, there are better ways to invest — and Never Buy Another Stock Again reveals them. Renowned Reuters financial journalist David Gaffen first explains why stocks are an even worse short- and long-term investment than you realize. Next, he shows how to create a balanced portfolio that reflects a "big-picture," holistic approach, intelligently incorporating cash, real estate, retirement funds, savings, and other holdings. Gaffen’s strategies rely primarily on investments outside the stock market, while identifying strictly limited roles for mutual funds and ETFs. Readers will learn how to: dramatically reduce investing costs that can kill your returns; invest in an environment where double-digit returns can never be expected; overcome huge flaws in conventional diversification strategies; and offset risks associated with existing equity ownership.
Author : Peter Lynch
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 0743200403
Total Pages : 308 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (432 download)
Download or read book One Up On Wall Street written by Peter Lynch and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2000-04-03 with total page 308 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: THE NATIONAL BESTSELLING BOOK THAT EVERY INVESTOR SHOULD OWN Peter Lynch is America's number-one money manager. His mantra: Average investors can become experts in their own field and can pick winning stocks as effectively as Wall Street professionals by doing just a little research. Now, in a new introduction written specifically for this edition of One Up on Wall Street, Lynch gives his take on the incredible rise of Internet stocks, as well as a list of twenty winning companies of high-tech '90s. That many of these winners are low-tech supports his thesis that amateur investors can continue to reap exceptional rewards from mundane, easy-to-understand companies they encounter in their daily lives. Investment opportunities abound for the layperson, Lynch says. By simply observing business developments and taking notice of your immediate world -- from the mall to the workplace -- you can discover potentially successful companies before professional analysts do. This jump on the experts is what produces "tenbaggers," the stocks that appreciate tenfold or more and turn an average stock portfolio into a star performer. The former star manager of Fidelity's multibillion-dollar Magellan Fund, Lynch reveals how he achieved his spectacular record. Writing with John Rothchild, Lynch offers easy-to-follow directions for sorting out the long shots from the no shots by reviewing a company's financial statements and by identifying which numbers really count. He explains how to stalk tenbaggers and lays out the guidelines for investing in cyclical, turnaround, and fast-growing companies. Lynch promises that if you ignore the ups and downs of the market and the endless speculation about interest rates, in the long term (anywhere from five to fifteen years) your portfolio will reward you. This advice has proved to be timeless and has made One Up on Wall Street a number-one bestseller. And now this classic is as valuable in the new millennium as ever.
Author : James Grant CPA MS
Publisher : Page Publishing Inc
ISBN 13 : 1681392313
Total Pages : 307 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (813 download)
Download or read book Avoiding Investment Blunders written by James Grant CPA MS and published by Page Publishing Inc. This book was released on 2022-08-01 with total page 307 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: There are two parts to the investment equation: (1) How to make money from investing and (2) how to avoid losing it. This book deals with the second objective. Investors can prosper from small mistakes because they teach valuable lessons, but large mistakes (blunders) wipe out large amounts of capital and ruin lives. Blunders result in lost opportunities, children not going to college, or retirement being postponed or permanently abandoned. Severe losses can produce depression, failed marriages, and even suicide. How do investors stumble into blunders? They are not prepared, and they are ill-informed. They invest in inappropriate investments, and their timing is bad. They listen to bad forecasts by economists, portfolio managers, CEOs, journalists, and security analysts. Just because an investment product exists does not mean it should be bought. Some investments like mortgage bonds and variable annuities are structurally flawed and too dangerous for average investors. Blunders occur as a result of misleading statements by the media. They also occur due to scams. Investors are way too gullible and greedy. The investment landscape is treacherous, and it is important for investors to pay attention and employ healthy amounts of skepticism. Investors must employ less emotion and more reason. Investing is not a hobby! There are many resources to guide investors on how to make money in investing, but there are few guides on how to avoid losing money. The information deficit in Avoiding Investment Blunders is significant. This book contains detailed guidance and occasional colorful examples of the author s missteps and the mistakes of others. Investment blunders are, therefore, financial disasters that must be avoided at all cost. Investment blunders usually only happen once per person per lifetime. This book will help ensure that blunders do not happen at all!
Author : George A. Fontanills
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
ISBN 13 : 0471036706
Total Pages : 464 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (71 download)
Download or read book The Stock Market Course written by George A. Fontanills and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2002-02-28 with total page 464 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Avoid costly trading mistakes with this workbook that tests readers' investment knowledge No one enters the stock market in the hopes that they may actually lose money on their investments. Sadly, most do. Avoid expensive trading blunders with this hands-on workbook designed to test readers' investment savvy. Developed by a popular stock trading instructor, The Stock Market Course Workbook quizzes readers on their knowledge of the concepts presented in Fontanills's The Stock Market Course. Because mistakes are costly in the stock market, this accessible study guide provides readers with the opportunity to trade "fake money" before risking their real assets in the market. The invaluable lessons learned in this workbook could save readers thousands of dollars in investment mistakes.
