CNBC Creating Wealth : An Investor's Guide to Decoding the Market

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• ISBN13: 9780471399087
• ISBN10: 0471399086
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2001-07-06
• Publisher: Wiley

Summary

Making money on Wall Street isn't as difficult as it once was. The rapidly growing influence of the individual investor and the stunning evolution of technology are two of the most remarkable developments in the history of the financial world. In CNBC Creating Wealth, we help you take advantage of these fundamental changes to Wall Street and take charge of your own investing.

Author Biography

BRIAN O’CONNELL is an experienced business journalist. He has written on investment and other topics for a variety of publications, including TheStreet.com, the Boston Herald, Entrepreneur Magazine, and Dow Jones Investment Advisor. O’Connell is also the author of Gen E: Generation Entrepreneur Is Rewriting the Rules of Business–And You Can,Too! and The 401(k) Millionaire. O’Connell lives in Doylestown, Pennsylvania.

Table of Contents

Introduction	1	(4)
Revenge of the Small Investor	5	(18)
Inside the Money Pits: How the Stock Markets Work	23	(32)
Maximizing Your Stock Investments	55	(38)
Leveraging the Bond Market	93	(28)
Making Mutual Funds Work for You	121	(36)
Have Portfolio, Will Travel: Creating Wealth in Foreign Markets	157	(32)
Be Your Own Research Analyst	189	(26)
Technical Analysis and Volatility: A Primer	215	(20)
Asset Allocation Strategies	235	(24)
Web Savvy: Using the Internet to Trade and Track Your Portfolio	259	(36)
Resources, Tips, and Places to Go	295	(22)
Appendix: CNBC and CNBC.com Resources	317	(4)
Glossary	321	(8)
Index	329