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Description of Investor's Guide: Be Your Own Stockbroker

This completely revised edition of 'Be Your Own Stockbroker' includes:

- Material on electronic share registration - CREST
- Advice on setting targets for efficient portfolio management
- The use of IT and charts and the techniques for their interpretation

Even if you cannot trade in the stock markets in person there is a great deal that you can do to manage your own investment affairs and avoid hefty commissions.

Be Your Own Stockbroker provides all the practical advice you need to do your own research, formulate your own investment strategy and manage your own portfolio. Armed with these skills you can apply the secrets of stockbroking on your own terms.You will be able to manage your own ventures and get maximum value from investment services and professionals at minimum cost.

Be Your Own Stockbroker shows you how to:

- Understand the stock market and the secrets of stockbroking

- Select the right portfolio for your investment needs

- Plan investment strategies for maximum growth

- Save broker charges by showing how to manage your own investment affairs

- Manage your relationships with financial intermediaries

- Deal with and minimise income, capital gains and inheritance taxes

- Invest for less and how to maximise your earnings

Title Information

ISBN:

9780273639251

Pages:

338 pages

Format:

Paperback

Product Code:

10969

Publisher:

FT Prentice Hall

Published:

25/06/1999

Edition:

3rd Edition

Press and Industry Reviews

'Vintcent's book will transform the occasional share owner into a serious DIY investor. Read the book, find a good share dealing and information service and start making money.'
David L. Jones, Chief Executive, Sharelink

'Charles Vintcent demonstrates that by managing your own portfolio, savings are to be gained that enhance the return one may earn. I recommend Be Your Own Stockbroker to any investor serious about taking investment decisions into their own hands.'
David Plucinsky, President, Fidelity Brokerage Services

'This is one publication which tackles the stockbroking mystique - head on.'
Stephen Pinner, MD City Deal Services Ltd

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Contents of Investor's Guide: Be Your Own Stockbroker

Introduction

1. The Broker, the Market and You

2. Settlement

3. Getting to Grips with Stocks and Shares

4. Futures

5. Gathering Your Share Information

6. Interpreting Share Information

7. Company Reports and Accounts

8. Making the Most of Managed Funds

9. Capital Gains Tax - a Voluntary tax?

10. Build Your Own Strategy

11. Sharpening Your Investment Tactics

12. The Role of Information Technology

13. Getting the Most from Financial Advisers

Conclusion

Appendix 1: Registrars
Appendix 2: Firms of Stockbrokers offering Execution-Only Services
Appendix 3: Client Agreement Forms
Appendix 4: Regulatory Authorities
Appendix 5: Glossary of Stock Market Terms

Index