Active Investing
Description
The first edition of Active Investing was an Australian bestseller and a must-have for all DIY share investors and traders. In this book, sharemarket expert Alan Hull provides all types of investors with simple but effective methods for keeping one step ahead of the market using low-risk, tried-and-tested techniques.
Fully revised and updated due to popular demand, this new edition will show you how to profit in all sharemarket conditions. You'll discover:
- when to buy shares, when to hold them and when to keep your money in the bank
- how to survive volatility and even profit in a falling market
- how to sensibly use CFDs and protect your portfolio from market risk.
Manage your portfolio like a professional -- become an active investor!
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Content
Acknowledgements vii
About the author ix
Preface xi
1 The marketplace 1
2 The evolution of the marketplace 21
3 Trader or investor? 31
4 The investment business 43
5 Fools, facts and factions 59
6 Introducing dynamic analysis 77
7 Let the hunt begin 87
8 Separating the wheat from the chaff 103
9 Buy, hold or sell? That is the question 113
10 Managing the losses makes you profitable 129
11 Factors that affect opinion 149
12 How does it all work? 163
13 The downside - short selling using CFDs 177
14 The big picture 189
Appendix A: MetaStock indicator formulas 203
Further reading 205
Index 207