Stock Investing for Dummies (Paperback)

by Paul Mladjenovic (Author) "Stock investing became all the rage during the 1990s..." (more)
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Product Description
Packed with tips for building wealth and holding on to it

Put together a successful stock portfolio — even in a bear market!

Do stocks have you stumped? This easy-to-follow, reassuring guide helps you become a well-informed investor, with practical, proven strategies for choosing the right broker, making winning stock picks, and knowing when not to invest.

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Packed with tips for building wealth and holding on to it

Put together a successful stock portfolio — even in a bear market!

Do stocks have you stumped? This easy-to-follow, reassuring guide helps you become a well-informed investor, with practical, proven strategies for choosing the right broker, making winning stock picks, and knowing when not to invest. You’ll be buying and selling with confidence in no time!

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• Tear-out cheat sheet
• Top ten lists
• A dash of humor and fun

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Product Details

• Paperback: 360 pages
• Publisher: For Dummies; 1st edition (June 15, 2002)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0764554115
• ISBN-13: 978-0764554117
• Product Dimensions: 9.3 x 7.4 x 0.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.2 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.1 out of 5 stars See all reviews (37 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #235,108 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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59 of 59 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Outstanding!, August 4, 2006

By	Matthew Paolini - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

This review is from: Stock Investing For Dummies (For Dummies (Business & Personal Finance)) (Paperback)

As a novice investor, I wanted a book that covered all of the basics in detail. This book was exactly that! I wasn't looking for a book that was loaded with ratios and technical data; This book covered everything from determing your risk factor by analyzing your current financial situation, approach, analyzing markets and companies. The basic fundamentals were discussed in detail and also included the important technical aspects of investing with very basic and straight forward examples that were very easy to understand.

I would and have recommended this book to anyone who is looking to invest in the stock market. I liked the book so much I'm going to read it over again.

I would also recommend that seasoned investors read this book just to reinforce the basics of investing that they might have forgotten over the years. Review of the basics is very important in any industry.

79 of 88 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Recommended, May 10, 2003

By	DJ - See all my reviews

Solid, solid, solid. This book is very resourceful. I have never picked up one of these "Dummies" books before but got this one as a gift. It covers enough about investing in stocks and the securities industry in general so as to ease the befuddled neophyte. For the rudiments, start here. Then afterwards, you can move on to that other junk promising you the secrets of Wall Street.

29 of 30 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Simple Stocks and Investing, July 5, 2005

By	Donavan McKnight "Princess Donavan" (USA) - See all my reviews

This book is great. It is simple and easy to understand and it brings stock investing down to my level. I have never understood anything about the stock market or investing because of the terms and varying degree of options. Now I am finding that I can some what understand what stock options and investments will be best suited for me and my financial goals.