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Get your slice of the economic pie and then some, in the UK and beyond
Investing in shares can help build anyone's financial standing-move over, economic elite! People from all walks of life can easily grow their wealth and secure money for the future. Investing in Shares For Dummies takes a friendly, non-jargony approach for new and not-quite-advanced-yet shareholders. This book walks you through the investment orchard so you can cherry-pick shares that will turn you a tidy profit (mmm, tasty.) You'll also learn to stay calm and ride the unavoidable waves of the markets. Over the long term, you stand to earn greater returns (translation: more money) than if you invested in real estate or bonds alone. And who isn't keen on the idea of more money?
This latest edition is up-to-date with the top investing apps, investing with ETFs, thematic investing, trading shares in the US and other nations, and everything else you might be curious about as you start building a rock-solid portfolio. With Investing in Shares For Dummies, you will:
Make investment decisions that maximise profits, lower costs and minimise your tax bill
Investing in Shares For Dummies gives you the sound advice and proven tactics you need to play the markets and watch your profits grow.
Auteur
David Stevenson is a UK-based investment columnist for the Financial Times, Citywire, and MoneyWeek. He's also the executive editor of www.etfstream.com and Altfi, a global fintech news and analysis website.
Paul Mladjenovic is the bestselling author of Stock Investing For Dummies. He's a certified financial planner, writer, and public speaker.
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Get your slice of the economic pie and then some, in the UK and beyond
Investing in shares can help build anyone's financial standing--move over, economic elite! People from all walks of life can easily grow their wealth and secure money for the future. Investing in Shares For Dummies takes a friendly, non-jargony approach for new and not-quite-advanced-yet shareholders. This book walks you through the investment orchard so you can cherry-pick shares that will turn you a tidy profit (mmm, tasty.) You'll also learn to stay calm and ride the unavoidable waves of the markets. Over the long term, you stand to earn greater returns (translation: more money) than if you invested in real estate or bonds alone. And who isn't keen on the idea of more money?
This latest edition is up-to-date with the top investing apps, investing with ETFs, thematic investing, trading shares in the US and other nations, and everything else you might be curious about as you start building a rock-solid portfolio. With Investing in Shares For Dummies, you will:
Investing in Shares For Dummies gives you the sound advice and proven tactics you need to play the markets and watch your profits grow.
Contenu
Introduction 1
About This Book 1
Foolish Assumptions 2
Icons Used in This Book 3
Beyond This Book 3
Where to Go from Here 4
Part 1: The Essentials of Investing in Shares 5
Chapter 1: Exploring the Basics 7
Understanding the Basics 8
Getting Prepared before Starting 8
Knowing How to Pick Winners 9
Recognising the value of shares 9
Understanding how market capitalisation affects share values 10
Sharpening your investment skills 11
Boning Up on Strategies and Tactics 12
Getting Good Tips 13
Chapter 2: Sizing Up Your Current Finances and Setting Goals 15
Establishing a Starting Point 16
Step 1: Making sure you have an emergency fund 17
Step 2: Listing your assets in decreasing order of liquidity 17
Step 3: Listing your liabilities 20
Step 4: Calculating your net worth 21
Step 5: Analysing your balance sheet 22
It's All about the Cash (Flow)! 23
Step 1: Tallying up your income 24
Step 2: Adding up your outgoings 25
Step 3: Creating a cash flow statement 26
Step 4: Analysing your cash flow 27
Finding investment money in tax savings 27
Setting Your Sights on Your Financial Goals 28
Chapter 3: Defining Common Approaches to Investing in Shares 31
Matching Shares and Strategies with Your Goals 32
Investing for the Future 33
Focusing on the short term 33
Considering medium-term goals 34
Preparing for the long term 34
Investing for a Reason 35
Growth investing 35
Income investing 36
Investing in Your Personal Style 38
Cautious investing 38
Aggressive investing 38
Chapter 4: Assessing the Risks 41
Exploring Different Kinds of Risk 42
Financial risk 42
Interest rate risk 42
Understanding the adverse effects of rising interest rates 44
Market risk 45
Inflation risk 46
Tax risk 46
Political and governmental risks 47
Personal risks 47
Emotional risk 48
Minimising Your Risk 50
Gaining knowledge 50
Staying out for now 51
Getting your financial house in order 51
Diversifying your investments 52
Weighing Risk against Return 53
Chapter 5: Getting to Know the Stock Markets 55
Knowing How Indices Are Measured 55
Using the Indices 57
Tracking the indices 57
Investing in indices 57
Checking Out Major Markets 58
The FTSE 100 Index 58
The FTSE 250 60
The FTSE All-Share 60
Identifying Markets for Smaller Companies 61
The Alternative Investment Market 61
Further afield: International indices 61
Considering international markets 63
Part 2: Before You Start Buying 65
Chapter 6: Gathering Information 67
Looking to Stock Exchanges for Answers 68
Understanding Shares and the Companies They Represent 69
Accounting for taste and a whole lot more 69
Understanding how economics affects shares 70
Staying on Top of Financial News 73
Figuring out what a company's up to 74
Discovering what's new with an industry 74
Knowing what's happening with the economy 75
Seeing what the politicians and government bureaucrats are doing 75
Checking for trends in society, culture and entertainment 76
Reading (and Understanding) the Financial Pages 76
52-week high 77
52-week low 78
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