ALL ABOUT STOCKS : THE EASY WAY TO GET STARTED 3/E

How to buy, what to hold, and when to sell-the guide to getting started in stocks and managing your portfolio!

Want to become a more accomplished investor? All About Stocks is packed with the practical, hands-on guidance you need to choose your investments wisely, minimize your risk, and enter today's market with confidence-no matter your level of experience.

Providing concise, clear answers to your most pressing stock-market questions, this thoroughly revised edition has been updated to address such timely issues as the role of exchange-traded funds, global investing, risk-adjusted returns, and the most effective ways to conduct online research and trading.

All About Stocks explains in easy-to-understand language:

• What stocks are, and why you should own them
• How to use the Internet to develop buying and selling strategies
• How fundamental and technical analysis can help you find undervalued stocks
• What mutual funds are, how they work, and which are right for you
• How stocks fit within the asset allocation framework
• Simple strategies for assembling a high-growth, low-risk, diversified portfolio
• Trades to increase your safety during turbulent markets

Esme Faerber is professor of business and accounting at Rosemont College.