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Investing for Dummies by Tony Levene
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    • Product code: 17095
    • ISBN: 0764570234, ISBN13: 9780764570230, 320 pages, paperback
      Published by John Wiley & Sons on 2004 , UK
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    Description of Investing for Dummies

    This friendly guide shows you step-by-step how to assess your financial situation, gauge risks and returns - and make sound, sensible investment choices

    If you think investment is only for the likes of Richard Branson, think again! The UK is already home to 12 million people who directly own shares and bonds. With updated coverage of everything from Internet brokerages to information sources, this friendly guide shows you step-by-step how to assess your financial situation, gauge risks and returns - and make sound, sensible investment choices. It's the only book you need to start building wealth!

    Contents of Investing for Dummies

    Introduction

    PART I: Investment Basics

    1. First Steps on the Money Trail

    2. Checking Your Personal Life Before You Invest

    3. Recognising What Makes an Investor Tick

    4. Squaring Risks with Returns

    5. Being Aware of the Small Print


    PART II: Shares and Bonds

    6. Comprehending How Stock Markets Work

    7. Taking the Top-Down View of Investing

    8. Investing in Markets

    9. Analysing Stock-Market-Quoted Companies

    10. Banking on Bonds

    11. Building Your Information Bank

    12. Choosing a Stockbroker


    PART III: Collective Investments

    13. Looking at Fund Management

    14. Getting Into Unit Trusts

    15. Gearing Up with Investment Trusts

    16. Examining Investment-Linked Insurance Plans

    17. Hedging Your Fund Bets

    18. Investing at Random


    PART IV: Property and Alternatives

    19. Investing in Bricks and Mortar

    20. Delving into Exotic Investments


    PART V: The Part of Tens

    21. Ten Tips for Finding a Good Adviser

    22. Ten Helpful Hints for You

    Index

    About Tony Levene

    Tony Levene is a member of The Guardian Jobs & Money team where he writes on issues ranging from investment to consumer rights. He has been a financial journalist for nearly 30 years, after spending a year or so teaching French beforehand. Over his career, he has worked for newspapers including The Sunday Times, Sunday Express, Daily Express, The Sun, Daily Star, and Sunday Mirror. He has also published six previous books on investment and financial issues.

    He lives in London with his wife Claudia, 'almost grown up' children Zoë and Oliver, and cats Plato, Pandora, and Pascal.

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