Stock Investing

All About Stocks
From the Inside Out
Author: Esme E. Faerber
Publisher: Probus Pub. Co.
Softcover Published 12/94 225p. List $19.95

This book teaches the reader how to make money in the stock market. It covers every aspect of stock investing, from understanding the basics, to strategies, to managing a stock portfolio.



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The Basics of Stocks
Author: Gerald Krefetz
Publisher: Dearborn Financial Pub.
Softcover Published 03/92 152p. List $16.95

This book tells everything about starting a program of stock investments and monitoring that program to maximize profit. It explains all the basic concepts such as buying and selling common stock, balancing risks for rewards, predicting and profiting from market cycles, developing solid strategies for superior performance, creating a balanced portfolio, and choosing a brokerage firm. It does not cover every detail of the market in exhausting detail; instead it concentrates on showing new investors exactly how to begin investing in stocks and how to craft a portfolio that will grow and prosper.



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Common Stocks and Uncommon Profits
and Other Writings
Author: Philip A. Fisher
Publisher: Wiley
Softcover Published 05/96 271p. List $19.95

The author is widely acknowledged as one of the pioneers of modern investment theory, and his philosophies continue to be regarded as gospel by today's investors. This classic investment book, first published in 1958, fascinates investors because it enables them to discern the origins of some of today's most popular investment philosophies.



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Confessions of a Stockbroker
You, Too, Can Find Tommorrow's Blue Chips Before Wall Street Finds Them
Author: Andrew A. Lanyi
Publisher: Prentice Hall
Hardcover Published 09/92 274p. List $19.95

The author shares the secrets of his 33 years in the financial market, disclosing how he became one of the most successful brokers ever, amassing a fortune not only for himself but for many of his clients, too. He discusses his mistakes as well as his greatest triumphs. Readers are also let in on the techniques he uses from cold calling to analyzing new companies and industries. Written in an anecdotal style, this book provides a wealth of advice that brokers and sophisticated investors won't want to miss.



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Getting Started in Stocks
Author: Alvin D. Hall
Publisher: Wiley
Softcover Published 05/94 286p. List $17.95

This book was written for individual investors who want to understand today's equity environment and invest in stocks. It assesses the risks, rewards and opportunities of stock market investing and contains guidelines for getting started and evaluating a company's current performance and potential. It also shows how to use mutual funds to diversify and reduce risk.



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The Guide to Investing in Common Stocks
How to Build Your Wealth by Mastering the Basic Strategies
Author: David L. Scott
Publisher: Globe Pequot Press
Softcover Published 10/95 167p. List $9.95

This book explains how common stocks are issued, traded, and valued. It shows how to evaluate the various risks encountered when investing in common stocks and includes tips on selecting a broker and improving your investment techniques. It also explains about the advantages of buying individual stocks versus buying mutual fund shares.



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How to Buy Stocks
Author: Louis Engel Henry Hecht
Publisher: Little, Brown & Co
Softcover Published 09/94 398p. List $15.95

This classic stock market primer has been the one indispensable guide for every savvy investor, for more than 40 years. From bull market to bear market, this extensively revised edition preserves the easy-to-understand explanations and lucid advice and updates the prescriptions to incorporate the changes in the global marketplace.



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How Wall Street Works
The Basics and Beyond
Author: David L. Scott
Publisher: Probus Pub. Co.
Softcover Published 02/92 150p. List $15.95

This book is a concise, easy read from cover to cover with its "quick" reference, question-and-answer format. It contains all the essential information needed to "make sense" out of Wall Street and owning stock in today's markets.



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Investment Illusions
A Savvy Wall Street Pro Explodes Popular Misconceptions About the Markets
Author: Martin S. Fridson
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Softcover Published 04/96 230p. List $16.95

This book examines and exposes the false assumptions many investors and professional money managers make when playing the stock market. It conveys essential stock market principles by using entertaining and easy-to-understand analogies. It also includes numerous, bizarre, actual incidents and hilarious media howlers to dramatize misconceptions about the markets.



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Reminiscences of a Stock Operator
Author: Edwin Lefevre
Publisher: Wiley
Softcover Published 01/95 299p. List $19.95

Some have called this book the most important investment book for today's investors. It was originally published in 1923 and it still continues to inspire each new generation of investors.



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Revolution on Wall Street
The Rise and Decline of the New York Stock Exchange
Author: Marshall Blume J. Siegel D. Rottenberg
Publisher: W. W. Norton Co.
Hardcover Published 10/93 320p. List $27.50

The authors explain their theory on how the New York Stock Exchange's market share and possibly it's very existence is threatened by new technology and investor demands. Using the archives of the NYSE itself, the authors found that while the institution had the necessary information to foresee and adapt to such changing conditions as the growth of institutional investing and computerized trading, they simply ignored it.



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The Stock Market
Author: Richard Teweles E. Bradley T. Teweles
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Hardcover Published 10/92 566p. List $49.95

This book covers all aspects of the workings of the stock market including history, mechanics of transactions, and products. This newest edition has been updated to reflect conditions in today's markets including information on the globalization of the securities business, electronic trading, regulatory changes, program trading, and other current topics.



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Stock Market Primer
The Classic Guide to Investment Success for the Novice and the Expert
Author: Claude N. Rosenberg
Publisher: Warner Books
Softcover Published 05/91 372p. List $14.99

This book has helped nearly half a million investors up the ladder of financial success nearly three decades. It has been revised and updated, and offers sound advice on what to buy, how much to pay, when to sell for maximum return on investment, and much more.



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Straight Talk About Stock Investing
Author: John Slatter
Publisher: McGraw-Hill
Hardcover Published 10/95 270p. List $19.95

This book, for novice investors, covers all the stock investing essentials, from the risks and rewards of today's equity markets to the advantages and shortcomings of mutual funds. It shows the reader how to mine precious investment information from such sources as The Wall Street Journal, Value Line Survey, Barron's, and Standard & Poor's Stock Guide, then use it to build, manage, and monitor a portfolio of stocks based on his/her personal investment goals. It also includes the author's simple stock selection method anyone can use in thirty minutes or less to beat the market.



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20 Ways You Lose Money On Your Way
To The Stock Market
Author: Scott S. Fraser
Publisher: Dearborn Financial Pub.
Hardcover Published 05/96 152p. List $19.95

This books shows how an investor can learn to avoid the hidden pre-market landmines that can shatter his/her profits. It reveals the shocking truth about the ways the market is rigged against the small investor and presents winning strategies for out-maneuvering these traps.



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What You Need to Know Before You Invest
An Introduction to the Stock Market and Other Investments
Author: Rod Davis
Publisher: Barron's
Softcover Published 02/96 264p. List $8.95

This book provided a detailed explanation for the beginner or review for the experienced investor. It explains the stock market, its operations, and the Dow Jones Industrial Average and advises on how to select a broker and open a brokerage account, how to invest in bonds, how to understand mutual funds, how to read financial statements and more.



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