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Tracy Byrnes has been a financial journalist for over ten years, covering tax, accounting, and personal finance issues. She is currently an on-air reporter for the FOX Business Network. Prior to that, she wrote weekly finance columns for the New York Post and TheStreet.com, where she also did daily videos for the Web site, and was a regular guest on numerous financial television shows. Before diving into journalism, Byrnes spent five years as a senior accountant with Ernst & Young LLP. Byrnes has an MBA in accounting from Rutgers University and a bachelor of arts in economics and English from Lehigh University.
Foreword | p. xi |
Introduction | p. xiii |
Acknowledgments | p. xv |
Be An Owner, Not an Employee | p. 1 |
To Market to Market, to Buy a ... What? | p. 3 |
So What Exactly Is the Stock Market? | p. 3 |
Buy a Stock and Become a Restaurateur | p. 7 |
Look to the Indexes for the Market Scoop | p. 10 |
Wrap-Up | p. 16 |
The Lamborghini Murcielago LP640 Roadster: A Lifetime of Dividends | p. 19 |
The Derivation of Dividend | p. 21 |
Dissecting a Dividend's Date | p. 23 |
Rev the Engine with Some Ratios | p. 25 |
Drive through the Financials | p. 25 |
It's All About the Little Things | p. 26 |
Get To Know a DRIP (Dividend Reinvestment Program) | p. 28 |
What's a DRIP? | p. 28 |
Of Course, the Company Benefits, Too | p. 30 |
So How Do You Find a DRIP? | p. 31 |
DRIP Downers | p. 32 |
Wrap-Up | p. 33 |
Bond, James Bond | p. 35 |
Bond with the Family | p. 36 |
The Mature Bond | p. 37 |
A Bond's Yield | p. 38 |
Wrap-Up | p. 39 |
Mutual Funds and ETFs: For Folks on the Go | p. 41 |
Mutual Funds: Funds for Kegs | p. 41 |
Mixing in Exchange-Traded Funds | p. 53 |
Wrap-Up | p. 59 |
Look under the Hood | p. 61 |
Navigating the Financial Statement: Your "Just Get to the Good Stuff" Guide | p. 63 |
Find the Financials (Hint: They're in the Annual Report) | p. 64 |
Where to Begin | p. 66 |
Wrap-Up | p. 68 |
Auditing Your Potential Investment | p. 69 |
Open the Company Checkbook: The Balance Sheet | p. 69 |
Check the Company Report Card: The Income Statement | p. 77 |
Wrap-Up | p. 85 |
Cash Is the Real Deal. Earnings Reports Are Not | p. 87 |
Find Your Two Dollars on the Cash Flow Statement | p. 87 |
Earnings Release: The Ultimate Optimist | p. 93 |
Wrap-Up | p. 99 |
Breakfast with the Federal Reserve: Getting the Economic Porridge "Just Right" | p. 101 |
Where Did the Fed Come from and Why Do We Need It? | p. 102 |
Inflation: Bad for the Porridge and the Economy | p. 103 |
Recession: Bad for Your Hairline and the Economy | p. 104 |
How the Fed Keeps the Porridge "Just Right" | p. 106 |
Adjusting Interest Rates: The Long, Slow Simmer | p. 108 |
Testing the Porridge | p. 113 |
Wrap-Up | p. 115 |
Decisions, Decisions | p. 117 |
Will You Still Love Me Tomorrow?: Growth, Value, and Momentum Stocks | p. 119 |
Growth Stocks: Hidden Gems | p. 120 |
Value Stocks: Till Death Do Us Part | p. 122 |
Momentum Stocks: One Night Stands | p. 123 |
Wrap-Up | p. 125 |
Evaluating Cars and Stocks | p. 127 |
Price-to-Earnings Ratio | p. 127 |
Price-to-Book Ratio | p. 130 |
Growth Rate | p. 132 |
Knowing What's Important: A Case-by-Case Decision | p. 135 |
Hard to Get Good Help | p. 136 |
Wrap-Up | p. 136 |
The Ins and Outs of IPOs | p. 139 |
Pop Goes the IPO | p. 140 |
A Beneficial Blow | p. 143 |
Knowing When to Make the Move from Public to Private | p. 146 |
Take That IPO on the Road | p. 147 |
Sorting through the S-1 | p. 149 |
Getting a Ticket to the Hottest Party in Town | p. 152 |
Leave the Stock, Take the Fund | p. 156 |
Wrap-Up | p. 157 |
Options and Futures | p. 159 |
An Introduction to Options | p. 159 |
Check the Expiration Date: Options Expiration Week | p. 165 |
Use the Futures Market to Foresee Market | p. 167 |
Wrap-Up | p. 172 |
Bringing It All Together | p. 175 |
Be Specific about Your Goals | p. 176 |
Spread the Risk Around | p. 176 |
Don't Marry Your Holdings | p. 179 |
Do Your Homework | p. 181 |
Don't Forget to Pay Uncle Sam | p. 184 |
Wrap-Up | p. 186 |
Appendix | p. 189 |
About the Author | p. 193 |
Index | p. 195 |
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