The Irwin Guide to Using The Wall St.reet Journal

A tool for understanding "The Wall Street Journal", this guide shows readers how to use this source to make informed business and investment decisions. This new edition is revised to include a new design, all new examples, expanded definitions, and updated appendices, while retaining the structure of the other editions. The guide provides an in-depth review of investment choices, the stock market, commodities, and the role of interest rates in business cycles. Charts, graphs and articles taken directly from the pages of "The Wall Street Journal" offer to help the reader make sound and prudent investment decisions. Investor tips are stated succinctly in boxes strategically placed within each chapter. Written in layman's language, the guide seeks to be easy to use, for novices and seasoned investors alike.