
New York Institute of Finance - Guide to Investing
Résumé
Contents
Introduction xiii
Chapter 1 - Determining Your Investment Goals 1
- Investment Preparation 1
- First Things First 5
- Your Financial Profile 7
- Your Psychological Profile 8
- Understanding Investment Risk 11
- Budgeting 12
- Tax Planning 14
- Types of Business Organizations 19
- Capitalization of Corporations 21
- The Process of Going Public 23
- How Do You Go about Investing? 26
- Reading Stock Tables in the Financial News 31
- Corporate Bonds 38
- Reading Corporate Bond Tables in the Financial News 46
- U.S. Government-Issued Securities 49
- Municipal Bonds 51
- U.S. Government-Sponsored Securities 53
- Mortgage-Backed Securities 55
- Options and Other Derivatives 58
- Commodities/Futures 60
- Savings Accounts 62
- Insurance 63
- Real Estate 63
- Collectibles 64
- Precious Metals 65
- Selecting a Mutual Fund 67
- Which Funds Are Best for You 74
- Reading Mutual Fund Tables 74
- Pros and Cons 80
- Index Funds 81
- Wall Street-Where it All Began 84
- The New York Stock Exchange 85
- The American Stock Exchange 90
- Regional Stock Exchanges 91
- The Over-the-Counter Market 91
- The Chicago Board Options Exchange 94
- Futures Exchanges 95
- Investment Objectives 99
- The Risk/Reward Ratio 101
- Leverage 102
- Market Averages 108
- What Causes Market Movements? 110
- Choosing Your Investments 112
- What the Brokerage Firm Does for the Investor 117
- What the Stockbroker Does for You 120
- Full-Service and Discount Firms 122
- Your Relationship with Your Account Executive 128
- Choosing a Brokerage Firm 134
- Choosing an Account Executive 136
- Types of Accounts 139
- How an Order Is Executed 153
- Units of Trading 155
- Types of Orders 155
- Special Instructions 156
- Selling Short 156
- Dividends 157
- Accrued Interest 159
- Your Monthly Statement 159
- Defining a "Sound Investment" 162
- Fundamental vs. Technical Analysis 164
- The Basics 165
- Value vs. Growth 180
- Ownership: The Missing Link 183
- Conclusion 190
- Basic Concepts of Technical Trading 192
- Bar Charts 194
- Trade and Trend Lines 194
- Channel Lines 198
- Retracement 200
- Price Gaps 201
- Island Reversal 203
- Resistance and Support 203
- Price Patterns 205
- Blowoffs and Selling Climaxes 210
- Moving Averages 211
- Oscillators 211
- Point-and-Figure Charts 213
- Box Size 213
- The Horizontal Count 217
- Point-and-Figure Price Patterns 217
- Using Long-Term Charts 217
- Confirmation and Divergence 217
- Sentiment Indicators 219
- Conclusion 221
- Shareholder Rights 224
- Protecting Yourself Against Fraud 229
- Preventing and Correcting Errors 232
- Where to Turn for Help 235
- How to Recover Your Money 236
- Final Comments 240
- Computer Efficiency 242
- The Internet as an Investment Tool 243
- Trading on the Internet 244
- Internet Stocks as Investments 245
- Day Trading 248
Appendix 1 - Recommended Reading 277
Appendix 2 - Sources for Additional Information on Brokerage Firms 279
Appendix 3 - Recommended Websites 283
Index 289
Caractéristiques techniques
PAPIER | |
Éditeur(s) | NYIF |
Auteur(s) | Michael Steinberg |
Parution | 01/05/2000 |
Nb. de pages | 304 |
Format | 15 x 22,8 |
Couverture | Broché |
Poids | 508g |
Intérieur | Noir et Blanc |
EAN13 | 9780735201170 |
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