The complete idiot's guide to making money on Wall Street
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| Author / Creator: | Heady, Christy. |
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| Edition: | 2nd ed. |
| Imprint: | New York : Alpha Books, c1998. |
| Description: | xxi, 358 p. : ill. ; 23 cm. |
| Language: | English |
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| Format: | E-Resource Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/4421149 |
Table of Contents:
- Part 1. Wall Street and Your Future
- 1. You Can Get There from Here
- Focus on Your Investments as the Path to Success
- Save or Invest?
- History, Technology, and Your Future
- The Process for Successful Investing
- Your Financial Toolbox
- The Big Payoff: The Magic of Compounding
- Buying and Selling Your Way to Success
- Investing for Tomorrow
- 2. Everyday Economics
- The Big 3: Economics, You, and Your Wallet
- What Do Inflation and Recession Have to Do with Me?
- Economics + You = Understanding Wall Street
- The Power Players
- Check In with Dr. Econ
- 3. Your Personal Financial Battle Plan
- Setting a Goal--and Figuring Out How to Reach It
- A Few Tools to Help
- A Look at Your Budget
- How Much Can You Afford to Invest?
- Pay Yourself First
- Cash You Didn't Know You Had
- 4. How Much Risk Should You Take?
- How Much Risk Can You Take?
- No Pain, No Gain
- Risk Is Not a Four-Letter Word
- 5. Researching Your Investments
- Learn About the Company and Market
- Sources of Performance Information
- Interpreting Performance Information
- Getting a Prospectus and Attempting to Understand It
- Using a Financial Advisor
- Doing It Yourself
- It'll Cost You: Comparing Broker Fees and Hidden Costs
- Shopping for a Broker
- 6. Kick the Spending Habit!
- That Trip to the Mall Costs More Than You Think
- Kick the Habit
- Keeping Up with the Joneses
- An Alternative to Spending--Investing
- 7. Diversifying Your Portfolio
- It's a Percentage Thing
- Slicing Your Investment Pie
- Timing--A Strategy Not for the Beginner
- Dollar Cost Averaging Beats Averaging Down
- An A+ or an E for Effort?
- Time to Check Your Portfolio
- Part 2. Banking: Today and Tomorrow
- 8. Banking--The One-Stop Shopping Supermarket of Finance
- You Can Take That to the Bank
- Banks Enter Wall Street's Turf
- Rich Cats in Blue Suits
- Choosing the Bank Product for Your Needs
- 9. Should You Consider a Savings Account?
- The First Savings Accounts
- Keeping It Liquid
- 10. Checking Out Checking Accounts
- You'll Always Need One
- Interest-Bearing Checking Accounts
- Finding the Best Checking Deals
- 11. Keeping Your Money Safe
- CD Primer
- Should You Invest in a CD?
- If You Have $100K, Here's How to Play
- Chasing Higher CD Yields--Out of Town and Online
- 12. Where Safety Comes into Play
- Promises, Promises
- And for Your Protection
- A Word About Brokerage Accounts
- How's Your Bank Doin'?
- Part 3. Mutual Funds: A Whole Lot of Diversifying Goin' On
- 13. Simple Mutual Fund Strategies
- Basic Training
- The Whole Kit 'n' Caboodle
- Learning the Differences Between Open-End and Closed-End Mutual Funds
- What Else Do They Offer?
- NAV--What Does It Mean to Me?
- Trading Closed-End Mutuals
- One Final Note
- 14. Creating Mutual Fund Objectives
- Jumping In
- You Don't Have to Suffer from Fund Paralysis
- How to Buy 500 Stocks for Under $1,000
- 15. Load Versus No-Load: Which to Choose?
- Load Versus No-Load--Does It Really Matter?
- Wait! There's More!
- Show Me the Way
- 16. Investing in a Mutual Fund with $50
- It's As Easy As A-B-C
- So Who's Got the Goods?
- Strategies to Use So You Can Do It Yourself
- Investment Clubs: Your Own Fund (Sort Of)
- 17. The Rating Service War
- On a Scale of 1 to 10
- Separating the Best from the Rest
- Tidbits to Keep in Mind Before Subscribing or Investing
- Part 4. Making Money in Stocks
- 18. Getting Your Feet Wet in the Stock Market
- Taking Stock of Stocks
- Mo' Money Through Dividends
- Go Figure!
- Trading in the Pits
- May I Take Your Order, Please?
- 19. Basic Stock Investing Strategies
- The Most Commonly Asked Question in the U.S.
- A Quick World About the SandP 500
- Picking a Few Winners
- Which Comes First? The Market or the Stock Price?
- Shorting Stocks and Margin Accounts
- 20. Selling Your Stocks
- Getting Rid of Fear and Eliminating Greed
- Fear Not--It's a Stop Loss to the Rescue
- Take the Money and Run
- Splitsville
- Patience, Patience
- Cutting Your Losses
- Another Reason for the Fall
- 21. Getting into the Game with DRIPs
- Got Ten Bucks?
- Where Can You Sign Up?
- 22. Understanding the Risks Involved with Trading Stocks
- Don't Follow John Q. Public
- Ignore the Fads
- Get Rich Quick--and Pay for It!
- 23. Researching Your Way to Your Investment Goals
- Read All About It!
- How to Tell the Good from the Bad and the Ugly
- And Now for Some News About Other Investments
- No Newsprint, Only You and Your Keyboard
- Part 5. Looking for Income? Consider Bond Investing
- 24. Getting a Grip on the Bond Market
- How Much Do We Owe?
- The Continuing Saga of Bond Prices and Interest Rates
- Crash Course in Current Yields
- Buy Bonds at Your Own Risk
- What if Interest Rates Flip-Flop?
- The Ladder to Successful Bond Investing
- 25. Investing in Uncle Sam
- We Want You!
- Three Ways to Security
- Treasury Bills
- Longer-Term Maturities: T-Notes and T-Bonds
- Buy, Sell, or Hold?
- Where to Buy 'Em
- Basics About Savings Bonds
- 26. Investing in Other Types of Fixed-Income Products
- Three Play-School Buddies
- So My House Is Involved?
- Ginnie Mae, Fannie Mae, and Freddie Mac Step In
- How Do They Trade?
- What's in It for the Broker?
- CMOs
- A Word of Caution
- Zeros, or Zero-Coupon Bonds
- Who Sells Zeros?
- 27. Corporate and Municipal Bonds: Should You Bite?
- Float Me a Note
- Playing the Game of Risk
- Municipal Bonds--Only for the Tax Troubled?
- 28. What's All This Junk?
- The Risks and the Rewards
- Debt Was Fashionable in the 1980s--Are We Making a Fashion Faux Pas Today?
- And the Price, Please?
- Are They for You?
- Part 6. Taking the Plunge with Futures and Options
- 29. Learning the Basics About Investing in Futures
- Taking a Gamble
- Making or Losing Millions Overnight
- Read All About It
- List Some Futures for Me
- 30. Hedging Your Bets with Options
- Leveraging Your Portfolio
- And Your Time Is Up
- I'm a Little Short
- Judging the Overall Risk
- Part 7. Make That Money Grow
- 31. Your Investment Portfolio from $100 to $10,000
- Where to Begin
- The $100 Portfolio
- The $1,000 Portfolio
- The $5,000 Portfolio
- The $10,000 or More Portfolio!
- 32. Tips on Year-Round Tax Planning
- Adding Up the Pluses and Minuses
- No Pain, No Capital Gain
- Profits = Capital Gains
- Dividends and Interest
- It's All in the Timing
- Appendixes
- A. Money Talks--Learn the Language
- B. No-Load Mutual Fund Companies
- Index