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Presents advanced investing techniques for various things from stocks and futures to options and exchange-traded funds. This title helps to find out how to trade on the FOREX market, choose the right commodities, and buy into hedge funds. It offers the information, strategies, and techniques you need to make your financial dreams come true.
List of contents
Introduction.
Book I: Investment Basics.
Chapter 1: What Every Investor Should Know.
Chapter 2: Indexes and Exchanges.
Book II: Basic Investments: Stocks, Bonds, Mutual Funds, and More.
Chapter 1: Playing the Market: Stocks.
Chapter 2: Many Happy Returns: Bonds.
Chapter 3: Getting to Know Mutual Funds.
Chapter 4: The ABCs of ETFs.
Chapter 5: Annuities.
Book III: Futures and Options.
Chapter 1: Futures and Options Fundamentals.
Chapter 2: Being a Savvy Futures and Options Trader.
Chapter 3: Basic Trading Strategies.
Chapter 4: Advanced Speculation Strategies.
Book IV: Commodities.
Chapter 1: A Commodities Overview.
Chapter 2: Understanding How Commodity Exchanges Work.
Chapter 3: Welcoming Commodities into Your Portfolio.
Chapter 4: The Power House: Making Money in Energy.
Chapter 5: Pedal to the Metal: Investing in Metals.
Chapter 6: Down on the Farm: Trading Agricultural Products.
Book V: Foreign Currency Trading.
Chapter 1: Your Forex Need-to-Know Guide.
Chapter 2: Major and Minor Currency Pairs.
Chapter 3: The Mechanics of Currency Trading.
Chapter 4: Gathering and Interpreting Economic Data.
Chapter 5: Advice for Successful Forex Trading.
Chapter 6: Putting Your Trading Plan in Action.
Book VI: Hedge Funds.
Chapter 1: Getting the 411 on Hedge Funds.
Chapter 2: Looking before You Leap: How Hedge Funds Work.
Chapter 3: Taking the Plunge.
Chapter 4: A Potpourri of Hedge Fund Strategies.
Chapter 5: Evaluating Hedge Fund Performance.
Book VII: Value Investing.
Chapter 1: An Investor's Guide to Value Investing.
Chapter 2: A Value Investor's Guide to Financial Statements.
Chapter 3: Using Ratios as a Valuation Tool.
Chapter 4: Valuing a Business.
Book VIII: Technical Analysis.
Chapter 1: Wrapping Your Brain around Technical Analysis.
Chapter 2: Reading Basic Bars to Special Bars.
Chapter 3: Charting the Market with Candlesticks.
Chapter 4: Seeing Patterns and Drawing Trendlines.
Chapter 5: Transforming Channels into Forecasts.
Index .
