Product Description

Shows how the financial markets operate and explains which investments to back and which to avoid. Diagrams and charts explain difficult concepts like futures. Each chapter ends with a "nutshell" summary of the main points for easy reference.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #218184 in Books
• Published on: 1993-11-04
• Original language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• 436 pages

Customer Reviews

Essential Reading For Investors
Are you baffled by the stock markets and investing? Would you like to learn how to take control of your financial future? Then you should definitely start by reading this investment bible.

This book is invaluable to both new investors and those with some experience. It explains investment in easy to understand terms. It is split into three sections. The first section explains the markets, including the stockmarket, the guilt market and the futures markets.

Section 2 explains how to invest and covers topics including financial planning, shares and tax efficient investments. The final section talks about companies and covers subjects such as valuing shares, new issues, takeovers and the explains what actually moves share prices.

Good but a wee bit dated
I know nothing about the subject (that's why I bought the book). I now know more having got about 1/3 the way through, but I didn't notice, as the book was recommended to me, that the second issue was written in '93.

It's a good and easily understandable text but (and I can't categorically state this as I've nothing to compare it too), I do get the feeling that things might have moved on!?