The Complete Idiot's Guide to Value Investing


Book Description

Value investing concentrates on business tangibles and common sense. This guide explains these strategies in clear, jargon-free terms, and gives advice on- the importance of knowing the four major parts of a company's annual report and how to read them, how to listen for insights into the company plans and performance during the CEO's discussion with analysts, and major strategic investment policies that drive value investing and how to select the one right for your goals. From an expert financial writer Red-hot investment strategy in this troubled financial climate Billionaire gurus like Warren Buffet advocate value investing




The Complete Idiot's Guide to Stock Investing


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The keys to financial success and security are just one book away Investing in the equity or stock market has never been riskier-or more profitable. In The Complete Idiot's Guide® to Stock Investing, veteran Certified Financial Planner Sarah Young Fisher and business writer Susan Shelly lead the novice investor through the often confusing process of investing in the stock market, helping him or her think like a veteran trader. • Written with the recent market in mind, this book will give strategies that apply to today's investors.




The Complete Idiot's Guide to Stock Investing Fast-Track


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The Complete Idiot's Guide® to Stock Investing Fast-Track gives readers exactly what they need to know in order to confidently invest in stocks on their own. Readers won't get bogged down with non-essential information, but will instead learn the critical fundamentals for picking and valuing stocks and intelligently managing a portfolio for long-term success. Readers learn how to evaluate various classes of stocks, how to improve their chances of success based on their personal level of risk, how to make a purchase, when to invest, and how to minimize their risk along the way. Many investing books give readers a lot of non-essential information; The Complete Idiot's Guide® to Stock Investing Fast-Track gives readers nothing but the essentials so they can get moving and start investing right away.




The Complete Idiot's Guide to Real Estate Investing Basics


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What, where, and how to buy! The Complete Idiot’s Guide® to Real Estate Investing Basics presents the practical advice and knowledge readers need to get started in the residential real estate market. Based on the knowledge of an established expert, this guide teaches readers how to find properties that have the greatest investment potential, make offers and negotiate deals, locate great tenants, and re- sell properties for maximum profit. • According to the US Census Bureau, there were an estimated 123.3 million housing units in the US in the first quarter 2005. • Residential real estate is always on the move. • Baby boomers are growing older, and many look at real estate investing as a safe way to assure their current standard of living.




The Complete Idiot's Guide to Personal Finance in Your 20s & 30s


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Revised and updated, this new edition clearly explains all the basic information everyone in this age group needs to begin planning their personal finances or enhance their current financial plan to yield better returns on their investments, including completely new material on. Topics Covered Internet banking Budget for spiraling food and fuel costs College loans management Effective 401(k) and retirement planning Debit and prepaid credit cards Tips about online car shopping Online college degrees and what they can get you Investment strategies for the next decade Home-based employment opportunities Financial effects of changing job Financial impact of marriage and children Home ownership options from building your own to townhouses and condos Online mortgage brokers Fully updated resources




The Complete Idiot's Guide to Money for Teens


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Teens are targeted as consumers more and more. This gives them tremendous influence, but it also sets them up to be taken advantage of. "The Complete Idiot's Guide to Money for Teens" teaches them how to get money, save and invest it, budget it, spend it wisely, and keep track of it. Whether they're saving for their first car, trying to make sense of a checking account statement, or trying to establish a good credit history, this guide has solid information and teen-tested tips.




The Complete Idiot's Guide to Options and Futures


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Completely updated, this practical guide has the information investors need to keep up in the complex, fast-paced, and highly profitable world of options and futures, where everything is in play-from oil to diamonds, poultry to vaccines, franchises to coffee. Provides cutting edge information on energy futures and options Tools for creating flexible strategies that can move with the times New information on the solid standbys like livestock, precious metals, and equities Keyed to the new realities of the global economy, making this book vital for investors at all levels Highly respected expert author




The Complete Idiot's Guide to Accounting


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Introduces the basics of accounting, discussing such topics as creating accounting statements, tracking sales, keeping tax records, producing a balance sheet, and maintaining receipts.




The Complete Idiot's Guide to Technical Analysis


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Troubled economic times call for recession-proof, reliable trading advice. CD included. In today's volatile market, the most reliable way of anticipating when to invest is the technical analysis of market patterns. Here, a veteran trader and technical analysis software specialist shares his decades of experience, enhanced with an innovative audio-visual tutorial CD. It employs jargon-free, detailed explanations of each aspect of technical analysis and advice on how to set up shop to become a successful home technical analysis investor. -Veteran trader and expert on technical analysis -The most current strategies that reflect today's fast-paced market -Over 90 charts, both black-and-white and full-color, and how to read them -Unique instructional CD




The Complete Idiot's Guide to Getting Rich


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Here is a down-to-earth, commonsense guide to accumulating wealth the good old-fashioned way- by prudent investing, saving, and a sharp sense of money management. In the tradition of such books as The Millionaire Next Doorand Rich Dad, Poor Dad, the latest edition of this popular guide updates and expands on the basic habits and strategies that will bring anyone financial success, such as- Knowing your wealth index Using the debt pyramid reduction program Knowing when and how to hire professional financial planners And more The authors present information in an easy-to-read, easy-to-follow style that is at once succinct and complete. Readers will learn that it doesn t take a million to make a million - just commitment, discipline, and the smart advice of experts like Welch and Waschka.