03994cam a2200421 i 4500 47102 47102 BJBSDDR 20230410115736.0 ta 140626s2014 enka 000 0 eng 9780749472382 (paperback) 18201614 DLC eng DLC Eng pcc HG 4529.5 B396h 2014 332.64/2 23 BUS050020 bisacsh Becket, Michael (Michael Ivan H.) How the stock market works : a beginner's guide to investment / Michael Becket. Stock market works Fifth edition. London ; Philadelphia : Kogan Page, 2014. ix, 161 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm. text rdacontent unmediated rdamedia volume rdacarrier How this book can help -- Acknowledgements -- 01. What and why are shares? -- Quoted shares -- Returns -- Stock markets -- 02. What are bonds and gilts? -- Bonds -- Preference shares -- Convertibles -- Gilts -- 03. The complicated world of derivatives -- Pooled investments -- Other derivatives -- 04. Foreign shares -- 05. How to pick a share -- Strategy -- The economy -- Picking shares -- 06. Tricks of the professionals -- Fundamental analysis -- Technical analysis -- 07. Where to find advice and information -- Advice -- Information -- Indices -- Online -- Company accounts -- Using the accounts -- Other information from companies -- Other sources -- Complaints -- 08. What does it take to deal in shares? -- Investment clubs -- Costs -- 09. How to trade in shares -- How to buy and sell shares -- Using intermediaries -- Trading -- Stock markets -- Other markets -- 10. When to deal in shares -- Charts -- Technical tools -- Sentiment indicators -- Other indicators -- Selling -- 11. Consequences of being a shareholder -- Information -- Annual general meeting -- Extraordinary general meeting -- Consultation -- Dividends -- Scrip issues -- Rights issues -- Nominee accounts -- Regulated markets -- Codes of conduct -- Takeovers -- Insolvency -- 12. Tax -- Dividends -- Capital profits -- Employee share schemes -- Tax incentives to risk -- ISAs -- SIPPs -- Tax rates -- Glossary. "Now more than ever, people are being affected by the fluctuations in the global economy and by financial uncertainty - with major impacts on their savings, portfolios and pensions. Fully updated for this fifth edition, How the Stock Market Works tells investors what is being traded and how, who does what with whom, and how to evaluate a particular share or bond in light of rival claims from critics and admirers.Although using the British stock market as an example throughout, and a short chapter on British taxation, the book covers the fundamentals of what stocks are, how they are traded and how stock markets work. Covering the practical consequences of being a shareholder, the book is a useful reference for those new to investing. "-- Provided by publisher. "Now more than ever, people are being affected by the fluctuations in the global economy and by financial uncertainty - with major impacts on their savings, portfolios and pensions. Fully updated for this fifth edition, How the Stock Market Works tells investors what is being traded and how, who does what with whom, and how to evaluate a particular share or bond in light of rival claims from critics and admirers. From the practical consequences of being a shareholder to a basic coverage of the taxation regime, the book provides a wealth of information on individual product types as well as the key players themselves"-- Provided by publisher. Portfolio management. Investment analysis. Stock exchanges. Análisis de inversiones 1998 Bolsa de valores 3355 Carteras de inversión 7132 lcc BK dvf 0 0 0 0 CS BJB BJB CS 2023-04-10 0 HG 4529.5 B396h 2014 00000121791 2018-10-24 00:00:00 1 2018-10-24 BK