Getting Started in Stocks
3rd Edition
Published on 15. August 1997
Book
Paperback/Softback
320 pages
978-0-471-17753-1 (ISBN)
Description
Now completely revised and expanded!
THE bestselling guide to Getting Started in Stocks
Thinking of getting your feet wet in the stock market, but don'tknow where to begin? Perhaps you've already taken the plunge butwould like to know more about the stock and mutual fund investmentsyou've made? Tens of thousands of investors already know the placeto start is this best-selling guide by Alvin D. Hall, whose dynamicstyle of teaching investment professionals has earned him themoniker, the "Professor of Wall Street." Packed with new materialon mutual funds, dozens of new real-life examples, andup-to-the-minute information, this thoroughly updated edition willhelp you:
* Set clear financial goals
* Determine the level of risk you can afford to take
* Evaluate stocks and securities for risks and rewards
* Track market trends for solid, informed choices
* Use mutual funds to diversify and cut risk
* Determine the right proportion of stocks for your portfolio
* Fully exploit international market opportunities
THE bestselling guide to Getting Started in Stocks
Thinking of getting your feet wet in the stock market, but don'tknow where to begin? Perhaps you've already taken the plunge butwould like to know more about the stock and mutual fund investmentsyou've made? Tens of thousands of investors already know the placeto start is this best-selling guide by Alvin D. Hall, whose dynamicstyle of teaching investment professionals has earned him themoniker, the "Professor of Wall Street." Packed with new materialon mutual funds, dozens of new real-life examples, andup-to-the-minute information, this thoroughly updated edition willhelp you:
* Set clear financial goals
* Determine the level of risk you can afford to take
* Evaluate stocks and securities for risks and rewards
* Track market trends for solid, informed choices
* Use mutual funds to diversify and cut risk
* Determine the right proportion of stocks for your portfolio
* Fully exploit international market opportunities
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Series
Edition
3rd edition
Language
English
Place of publication
New York
United States
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Unsewn / adhesive bound
Dimensions
Height: 235 mm
Width: 156 mm
Thickness: 22 mm
Weight
458 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-471-17753-1 (9780471177531)
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Schweitzer Classification
Other editions
Previous edition
Alvin D. Hall
Getting Started in Stocks
Book
05/1994
2nd Edition
Wiley
€18.51
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Person
ALVIN D. HALL is President of Alvin D. Hall Associates, Inc., a company that designs and conducts training seminars about the investment markets for domestic and international brokerage firms, banks, and regulatory authorities. For more than fifteen years, his engaging lectures have demystified the markets for thousands. A faculty member at the New York Institute of Finance, Hall was the featured presenter on the BBC's widely praised series Alvin Hall's Guide to Successful Investing.
Content
Investing in Stocks: The Fears, the Fantasies, the Facts.
Setting Your Goals: Assessing Risks and Rewards.
Common Stock and Preferred Stock.
The Basics of Buying and Selling Stocks.
Investment Strategies.
Fundamental Analysis.
Technical Analysis.
Building a Stock Portfolio or Investing in Mutual Funds.
Indirect Investing in Stock: Rights, Warrants, and Options.
International Investing in Stocks.
The Psychology of Investing.
Glossary.
Index.
Setting Your Goals: Assessing Risks and Rewards.
Common Stock and Preferred Stock.
The Basics of Buying and Selling Stocks.
Investment Strategies.
Fundamental Analysis.
Technical Analysis.
Building a Stock Portfolio or Investing in Mutual Funds.
Indirect Investing in Stock: Rights, Warrants, and Options.
International Investing in Stocks.
The Psychology of Investing.
Glossary.
Index.