Stock Investing For Dummies
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Stock Investing For Dummies

Paperback – January 2, 2006

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Price
$15.00
Format
Paperback
Pages
360
Publisher
For Dummies
Publication Date
ISBN-13
978-0764599033
Dimensions
7.5 x 1 x 9.25 inches
Weight
1.15 pounds

Description

Fully covers today's economic realities — and new opportunities Build your wealth with smart investing — even in a bear market! With so many choices, investing can be tricky. Stock Investing For Dummies, 2nd Edition, makes it simple with proven tactics and time-tested strategies for picking winners. This updated edition gives you new case studies, resources, and insight on government policy — and will have you investing with confidence in no time! Discover how to Find a great broker Find a great broker Decode company documents Decode company documents Choose the right investment strategy Choose the right investment strategy Handle your taxes Handle your taxes Weigh risk versus reward Weigh risk versus reward Discover new investing opportunities Discover new investing opportunities Paul Mladjenovic is a certified financial planner practitioner, writer, and public speaker who has a Web site at www.mladjenovic.com. His business, PM Financial Services, has helped people with financial and business concerns since 1981. In 1985 he achieved his CFP designation. Since 1983, Paul has taught thousands of budding investors through popular national seminars such as “The $50 Wealthbuilder” and “Stock Investing Like a Pro.” Paul has been quoted or referenced by many media outlets such as Bloomberg, MarketWatch, CNBC, and many financial and business publications and Web sites. As an author, he has written the books The Unofficial Guide to Picking Stocks (Wiley, 2000) and Zero-Cost Marketing (Todd Publications, 1995). In 2002, the first edition of Stock Investing For Dummies was ranked in the top 10 out of 300 books reviewed by Barron’s . In recent years, Paul accurately forecasted many economic events, such as the rise of gold and the decline of the U.S. dollar. At press time he has been warning his students and clients about the coming decline in housing. He maintains a financial database for his readers and students at www.supermoneylinks.com

Features & Highlights

  • Stock Investing For Dummies, 2
  • nd
  • Edition
  • covers all the proven tactics and strategies for picking the right stocks. Packed with savvy tips on today’s best investment opportunities, this book provides a down-to-earth, straightforward approach to making money on the market without the fancy lingo. Soon you’ll have the power to optimize your returns by:
  • Recognizing and minimizing the risks
  • Recognizing and minimizing the risks
  • Gathering information about potential stocks
  • Gathering information about potential stocks
  • Dissecting annual reports and other company documents
  • Dissecting annual reports and other company documents
  • Analyzing the growth and demand of industries
  • Analyzing the growth and demand of industries
  • Playing with the politicians
  • Playing with the politicians
  • Approaching uncertain markets
  • Approaching uncertain markets
  • Using corporate stock buybacks to boost earnings
  • Using corporate stock buybacks to boost earnings
  • Handling the IRS and other obligations
  • Handling the IRS and other obligations
  • With a different strategy for every investor—from recent college grad to married with children to recently retired—this valuable reference is a must-have. It also features tips and tricks on how to tell when a stock is on the verge of declining or increasing, how to protect yourself from fraud, and common challenges that every investor must go through, along with resources and financial ratios.

Customer Reviews

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Most Helpful Reviews

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Outstanding!

As a novice investor, I wanted a book that covered all of the basics in detail. This book was exactly that! I wasn't looking for a book that was loaded with ratios and technical data; This book covered everything from determing your risk factor by analyzing your current financial situation, approach, analyzing markets and companies. The basic fundamentals were discussed in detail and also included the important technical aspects of investing with very basic and straight forward examples that were very easy to understand.

I would and have recommended this book to anyone who is looking to invest in the stock market. I liked the book so much I'm going to read it over again.

I would also recommend that seasoned investors read this book just to reinforce the basics of investing that they might have forgotten over the years. Review of the basics is very important in any industry.
131 people found this helpful
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terrible at explaining financial lingo!

The worst part of "Stock Investing for Dummies" is that it refers to previous sections far too often (note: you can refer to the first part of this sentence for something incredibly annoying). It's obvious the writer didn't intend for the book to be read cover-to-cover, but when you're 5 pages into a chapter and it refers you to earlier in the same chapter, it's serious overkill.

Browsing through popular stock sites such as Google/Yahoo Finance, you wind up with an alphabet soup of financial terms and ratios, such as EPS, ROA, and P/E. I was really hoping this guide would dumb-down the incredible amount of jargon, but I actually feel more confused having read this material.

This book did have one huge benefit to me: it convinced me to do a Balance Sheet and an Income Sheet for my own personal finances (after explaining what they actually were). It is so eye opening to have your expenses laid out that clear, and shows how a company is really responsible for doing the same thing, just on a larger scale.
30 people found this helpful
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Not Just for Dummies

I've read about a dozen books on stock investing in the last 6 months or so and this is probably my favorite. It's detailed, interesting, and very easy to read. It's perfect for dummies, or those new to the stock market, but also so loaded with great info that even the "experts" would probably pick up a few things here and there. Since I just finished reading it, cover to cover, for the second time, I thought I ought to give the author a well-deserved good review.
16 people found this helpful
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Not too hot

Easy read and good flow, but this book spends a lot of pages stating the obvious (even obvious or me, and I'm a novice to investing). Some of the early chapters discuss whether or not you're really ready to invest... well, duh! I would not have gotten this book if I was not ready to invest! Anyway, too many pages wasted on that. The real sin with this book is that the author dodges one of the most important things that needs to be talked about with stock investing-- rating the various broker firms. Ok author, I know you can't endorse one over the other directly, but how about helping your readers to find out how they can find out for themselves instead of leaving them stranded. If you're like me and you already know what companies you want to invest in, then one of the main things you need to find out about is which brokers would be the best for you and your needs, and this book never gave any hints.
14 people found this helpful
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A good place to start

I doubt that anyone would buy a "Dummies" book expecting to find an in-depth, comprehensive treatment of the topic, but instead is looking for a simple and straightforward introduction to stock investing. This book definitely serves its purpose. "Stock Investing for Dummies" provides the reader with very basic instruction on stocks and investing.

You cannot expect that it will teach you to be a solid investor, or even that you will be able to differentiate between good stocks and those that are about to crash, but it will give you the basic knowledge that you need to understand the stock market and further your financial management abilities.
7 people found this helpful
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Exactly what the title implies.

Like it says, it's stock investing for dummies. Not only will you get explanations for key terms that you will encounter, you also will be taught how to look at numbers on a balance sheet, and decode what story the balance sheet is telling you. The way this book is written is very novice-friendly, you won't have to worry about being lost or not being able to understand some words. I can see how the more "advanced" investors might flip through the pages going "I already know that...." But like the title says, It's for dummies. If you know nothing about investing and want to know more, this is a great start. However, If you want to take it to the next level, I recommend a successful mentor.
6 people found this helpful
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stock investing for dummies

This book is just what I needed. I started to be interested about the stock market but was totally clueless what it's all about. While I dont like the title,the truth of the matter is I'm a real dummy on this topic. The book really helped a lot. It explained things in a very simple manner. It really gave me the basics of what I need to know. The only thing that I want to add... Can we please pick a better title? LOL
3 people found this helpful
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Five Stars

Good book
2 people found this helpful
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A Really, really Good Book!

I usually am not too fond of these "dummy books" but this one has really, really been done right! This is a book that will take a beginner value investor right up to making smart choices in stock investing. Paul Mladjenovic (the author) has given us one of the finest books on the stock market, and stock investing that I have read and I've got most. For the beginner, or the person who has been investing for a while and wants to learn more this is the ultimate book to get to start with. For those persons I rate this book a high five as others do. I constantly return to this book to remember something. This book is a source you will never disgard.
2 people found this helpful
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very good for us "dummies"

For somebody that doesn't know anything about stocks, it was very good.Very simple, not esoteric and strange.It goes to the basics.I check the basics every once in a while, and I got the results: I am doing VERY good investing.Now I can jump to some more complicated things.But I still go to the basics.Good book!
2 people found this helpful

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