How to Get Started in Stocks

1. Auflage 2005
ISBN: 978-0-471-71957-1
Verlag: Wiley

Buch, Englisch, 384 Seiten, Format (B × H): 191 mm x 235 mm, Gewicht: 446 g

3 Easy Steps to Better Stock Investing

Lessons explain key stock investing concepts clearly and simply to help you learn quickly.

Quizzes reinforce and build on what you learn.

Worksheets let you put what you learn into practice immediately to improve your own investing.

Morningstar Investing Workbook Series helps you build skills progressively at your own pace. Look for these other titles in the Workbook Series:

Stocks 2: How to Select Winning Stocks

Stocks 3: How to Refine Your Stock Strategy

Mutual Funds 1: Find the Right Mutual Funds

Mutual Funds 2: Diversify Your Fund Portfolio

Mutual Funds 3: Maximize Your Fund Returns

Morningstar has been helping investors make better investing decisions for more than 20 years with independent information and analysis. Morningstar people are passionate about helping you invest successfully.

Paul Larson is the editor of the Morningstar Investing Workbook Series: Stocks. He is also one of Morningstar's Equities Strategists and editor of Morningstar StockInvestor. As editor, Larson manages the publication's two market-beating portfolios: Tortoise for conservative and Hare for aggressive investors.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Larson, Paul

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Lesson 101: Stocks Versus Other Investments 3

Lesson 102: The Magic of Compounding 13

Lesson 103: Investing for the Long Run 23

Lesson 104: What Matters and What Doesn't 35

Lesson 105: The Purpose of a Company 45

Lesson 106: Gathering Relevant Information 55

Lesson 107: Introduction to Financial Statements 67

Lesson 108: Learn the Lingo-Basic Ratios 81

Lesson 109: Stocks and Taxes 95

Lesson 110: Using Financial Services Wisely 107

Lesson 111: Understanding the News 119

Lesson 112: Start Thinking Like an Analyst 131

Lesson 113: Using Morningstars Ratings for Stocks 145

Additional Morningstar Resources 157

Recommended Readings 159

Industry Web Links 162

Quiz Answer Key 165

Worksheet Answer Key 175

Investing Terms 185

Formulas Reference 215

Über Autor(innen)

Paul Larson is the editor of the Morningstar Investing Workbook Series: Stocks. He is also one of Morningstar's Equities Strategists and editor of Morningstar StockInvestor. As editor, Larson manages the publication's two market-beating portfolios: Tortoise for conservative and Hare for aggressive investors.