July 2006
The
Essentials Of Trading: From The Basics To Building A Winning Strategy
The
Complete Idiot’s Guide To Investing: 3rd Edition
Irrational
Exuberance: 2nd Edition
Options
For The Beginner And Beyond: Unlock The Opportunities And Minimize The
Risks
The
Silk Road To Riches: How You Can Profit By Investing In Asia’s Newfound
Prosperity
The
Small Investor: 2nd Edition: A Beginner’s Guide To Stocks, Bonds, And Mutual
Funds
Super
Ca$h: The New Hedge Fund Capitalism
Technical
Analysis Of The Currency Market: Classic Techniques For Profiting From
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 The Essentials
Of Trading: From The Basics To Building A Winning Strategy (300 pages,
$60 hardcover, 2006, ISBN 0-471-79063-X) by John Forman, published by John
Wiley & Sons.
"Buy low. Sell high." It sounds easy, but the reality is very different. Changing market trends can make for turbulent trading. Lack of concentration can lead to costly mistakes. This book is written for those just beginning their journey into trading and provides a base of knowledge from which you can develop trading methods, systems, and techniques that suit you best. From the basics of analyzing a stock and placing a trade, through trading plans and risk management to the building of trading systems, this is your source of practical advice. Wiley Book Order Department, www.wiley.comBACK TO LIST |
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The Complete
Idiot’s Guide To Investing: 3rd Edition (372 pages, $19.95 softcover,
2005, ISBN 1-59257-480-7) by Edward T. Koch, Debra Desalvo, and Joshua
A. Kennon, published by Alpha, of the Penguin Group.
You’re no idiot, of course. You know that if you make an investment, you take a risk with your finances. But with risk comes the opportunity for great rewards. This edition shows you how to put your money in the right places at the right times. This revised and updated guide provides guidance on building a portfolio tailored to your needs, tips on mortgages and home ownership, advice on funding education for the family, and how to protect your investments and offset your risks. Alpha Books (a member of the Penguin Group), www.idiotsguides.comBACK TO LIST |
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Irrational Exuberance:
2nd Edition (304 pages, $15.95 softcover, 2006, ISBN 0-7679-2363-4)
by Robert J. Shiller, published by Currency-Doubleday.
In this update of his 2000 best-seller, the author goes back to the topic of market volatility. He predicted the stock market collapse that began just one month after his first edition was published. Now he expands to cover other markets that have become volatile, particularly housing. Shiller amasses support that the housing market bears many similarities to stock market bubble in the late 1990s and may be followed by declining prices for years to come. He maintains that because investors just moved a lot of their money from the stock market to the housing market, "irrational exuberance" merely changed markets, from stocks to housing. Currency Books (published by Doubleday, a division of Random House),BACK TO LIST |
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Options For
The Beginner And Beyond: Unlock The Opportunities And Minimize The Risks
(230
pages, $29.99 hardcover, 2006, ISBN 0-13-172128-3) by W. Edward Olmstead,
Ph.D., published by FT-Prentice Hall.
Full of carefully paced brief lessons, real-world examples, and step-by-step explanations, this book demonstrates how you can participate in the movement of a high-priced stock for a fraction of the usual cost. You’ll learn how to achieve big profits and use options to control your portfolio risks. Thinking like an options trader, squeezing the risk out of stock ownership, and understanding advanced professional-level concepts are just some of the objectives covered in this book. FT Prentice Hall, www.phptr.com/bookstore/index.aspBACK TO LIST |
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The Silk Road
To Riches: How You Can Profit By Investing In Asia’s Newfound Prosperity
(240
pages, $25.99 hardcover, 2006, ISBN 0-13-186972-8) by Yiannis G. Mostrous,
Elliott H. Gue, and Ivan D. Martchev, published by FT Prentice Hall.
Asia is now the world’s #1 growth story. Farsighted investors will realize enormous profits by investing in companies that benefit from Asia’s transformation. The authors will point you to the right companies, the right sectors, and the right strategies. Authors Mostrous, Gue, and Martchev illuminate global economic changes that will decide the fate of the US dollar as the world’s reserve currency and present an up-to-the-minute overview of crucial global security issues that every investor must understand, no matter where they invest. FT Prentice Hall, www.phptr.com/bookstore/index.aspBACK TO LIST |
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The Small Investor:
2nd Edition: A Beginner’s Guide To Stocks, Bonds, And Mutual Funds (296
pages, $14.95 softcover, 200X, ISBN 1-58008-386-2) by Jim Gard, published
by Ten Speed Press.
A sound investment strategy trumps all hype and trends, and the basics are easy to master. This revised work presents straightforward money-management lessons and planning tools to help small investors get off to a solid start. Both profit potential and risks of loss are clearly explained for each type of investment. Why small investors actually have some advantages in the market, how to work with the financial professionals, and the making of a personal plan that gives your best shot at a reliable return are also covered. If you are eager to learn and stay out of trouble, this is a good first investment. Ten Speed Press, www.tenspeed.comBACK TO LIST |
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Super Ca$h:
The New Hedge Fund Capitalism (211 pages, $49.95 hardcover, 2006, ISBN
0-471-74599-5) by James Altucher, published by John Wiley & Sons.
As hedge funds have become more mainstream, the strategies associated with them have become less capable of generating the returns you’d expect for the risk taken. To deal with this, hedge funds and other savvy investors have found new ways to make it in today’s financial environment. This book examines the many new types of investments developed over the past few years by the top hedge funds and investors. Altucher reveals how you can take advantage of these investments and offers strategies that can supersize your returns, and also talks about what to watch out for when investing directly in a hedge fund. Turning cash into superca$h is a way of life, not just an investing style. Wiley Book Order Department, www.wiley.comBACK TO LIST |
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Technical Analysis
Of The Currency Market: Classic Techniques For Profiting From Market Swings
And Trader Sentiment (212 pages, $60 hardcover, 2006, ISBN 0-471-74593-6)
by Boris Schlossberg, published by John Wiley & Sons.
Global currency markets combine unparalleled leverage, high short-term volatility, low execution cost, and significant long-term trends in an atmosphere of regulatory oversight that creates the nearly perfect trading enviornment. Multinational corporations and multibillion-dollar hedge funds have long relied on these markets, and now with the Internet providing direct access to these markets, retail speculators of all sizes are discovering the profitable advantages of FX trading. This book will show you how to avoid costly mistakes and give you the skill you need to carve out a small but profitable niche in the global currency markets. Wiley Book Order Department, www.wiley.comBACK TO LIST |
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