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Description of The Motley Fool UK Investment Guide

'If you read only one book about personal finance, make it this one' - "Mail On Sunday." 'This book is geared entirely to the UK market and it is difficult to see how anyone could fail to benefit' - "Mail on Sunday". Scared of shares? Baffled by brokers? Intimated by ISAs? Don't panic - the Fools can help! In this no-nonsense guide, the Motley Fools show you how to invest your money wisely for a profitable future. If your idea of investment begins and ends with a savings account at a building society, then this is the book for you. Using practical examples and with their usual off-the-wall style, the Fools cut through financial jargon and take you through the basics of investing. The Foolish book will show you how to: sort out your personal finances; decide on your investment objectives; choose companies to invest in; and interpret the numbers in a company report. With advice delivered in plain English, and prepared with humour and mind-boggling facts, this book provides the bricks with which to build a secure financial future. Bruce Jackson and David Berger co-founded the Motley Fool UK in 1997.
The highly acclaimed Motley Fool UK website has won the New Media Age 1999 'Best Finance Site', Creative Freedom Awards 1999 'Best Electronic Media', the Net Magazine Award 2000 'Best Finance Site' and Investor's Week 2001 People's Choice Award.

Title Information

ISBN:

9780752265391

Pages:

240 pages

Format:

Paperback

Product Code:

15622

Publisher:

MacMillan

Published:

08/11/2002

Edition:

3rd Revised edition

Press and Industry Reviews

'Don't be fooled. This lot are using the internet to rewrite the rules of investment.'
- The Scotsman

'This book is geared entirely to the UK market and it is difficult to see how anyone could fail to benefit.'
- Mail on Sunday

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About David Berger

David Berger co-founded the Motley Fool UK Web site in 1997. Previously working as a GP, he now runs the Fool in Europe. He is also the co-author of The Motley Fool UK Investment Workbook, The Fool's Guide to Investment Clubs and The Fool's Guide to Online Investing, which are all published by Boxtree. James Carlisle is the personal finance and equlty investing writer for Motley Fool. He has written the Motley Fool Tax Return Workbook.

Contents of The Motley Fool UK Investment Guide

Introduction
How to Use this Book

Starting Out
1. Why You Should Invest
2. The Miracle of Compound Interest
3. All That Glitters Is Not Gold
4. The Bible of the Long-Distance Investor
5. You Have More Than You Think
6. Be Your Own Financial Adviser
7. A Tale of Two Professions and Basic Foolish Investment

Interlude
8. A Foray Into Some Very Foolish Ventures
9. This Online World

Moving On
10. When Not To Invest
11. A Share Primer
12. Obviously Great Investments
13. The Ten Most Common Investing Mistakes

What You've (Maybe) Already Got
14. The Dangerous World of Pensions
15. The Disturbing Abyss of Endowments
16. The Tranquil Paradise of ISAs
17. Unit Trusts, Investment Trusts and All Sorts

Bits 'n' Bobs
18. Be Your Own Landlord
19. Investing for Income
20. Six Lessons from the Technology Boom and Bust
21. Where Else to Invest
22. The Ethical Fool

Rounding Up
23. Welcome to the End of the Beginning!

Foolish glossary of investment terms

Appendices
1. Coping with Compound Interest: The Mathematics
2. What Makes a Good Index Tracker?
3. Major UK Index Trackers
5. Useful Websites
6. The Pan-galactic Gargle Buster

Index