Shares Made Simple : A beginner's guide to the stock Market

by Hobson, Rodney

• ISBN13: 9780857192356
• ISBN10: 0857192353
• Edition: 2nd
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2012-07-23
• Publisher: Ingram Pub Services

Summary

At last a book that champions the small investor, the growing bank of potential shareholders who have cash to spare but fear entering the jungle that is the City of London. "Shares Made Simple", written by highly respected financial journalist Rodney Hobson, tears away the mystique and jargon that surrounds the stock market. It takes you step by step through the most basic concepts of stock market investing, carefully explaining issues such as: what shares are and how they are bought and sold; why share prices go up and down; why some companies'shares look cheap while others appear to be expensive; and, the hidden traps for the unwary. This fully revised and updated second edition of this bestselling book sets out to create a level playing field between the stock market professionals and the small investor. As rising living standards and inherited cash provide assets for investment, no-one needs to suffer pitiful bank interest rates when there is real money to be made in sharing the nation's wealth.

Table of Contents

Preface	p. ix
Introduction	p. xi
Shares	p. 1
What Are Shares?	p. 3
How Shares Are Created	p. 9
Whose Company Is It?	p. 15
What's In It For Me?	p. 23
Is My Investment Safe?	p. 35
The Stock Market	p. 45
The Market Place	p. 47
Full Listings And AIM	p. 53
How Shares Are Traded	p. 61
Stock Market Indices	p. 69
Companies	p. 77
Company Focus	p. 79
Income Statement (Profit And Loss)	p. 83
Balance Sheet	p. 101
Potential Nasties	p. 105
Investing	p. 117
Starting Out	p. 119
Stockbrokers	p. 127
Fundamental Data	p. 133
Charting	p. 139
Tips	p. 147
Jargon Busting	p. 155
Rights Issues And Placings	p. 161
Takeovers	p. 169
Mergers And Acquisitions	p. 171
Before A Bid	p. 175
A Bid Is Launched	p. 183
Bid Timetable	p. 195
Management Buyouts	p. 199
Appendix	p. 201
Useful Websites	p. 203
Index	p. 205
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