Getting Started in Stock Investing and Trading

An up-to-date guide to the complex world of equities Getting Started in Stock Investing and Trading walks investors and traders through the essential information they need to know before they decide what kind of participant they want to be in equities. The book is filled with the key strategies and tools and offers a comprehensive guide for those entering this marketplace. The author does not argue that one method is better or more appropriate than another. Rather, he reveals the various methods and lets investors decide for themselves. The book covers investment risks, value investing, market strategies, trading methods such as day and swing trading, technical indicators, and diversifying your portfolio, and Offers a thorough overview of strategies and tools that investors need to profit from the volatile equities markets Provides examples, charts, and timely additions that reflect recent changes in the equities markets Other titles by Thomsett: Getting Started in Bonds and eight editions of Getting Started in Options. This book is another title in The Getting Started series, which makes complex issues easy to understand.

Introduction The Potential of the Stock Market vii Part I Investing Chapter 1 Investment Risks 3 Chapter 2 Value Investment 21 Chapter 3 Market Strategies 31 Chapter 4 Fundamental Analysis 43 Chapter 5 Alternatives: Stocks or Mutual Funds 61 Part II Trading Chapter 6 Trading Risks 79 Chapter 7 Trading Methods: Day and Swing Trading 95 Chapter 8 Charting Tools and Interpretation 109 Chapter 9 Essential Technical Indicators 125 Chapter 10 Technical Analysis, Dow Theory, and Practice 149 Part III Combining Investing and Trading Chapter 11 The Contrarian Approach to Trading 163 Chapter 12 Mixing Speculation and Investing 177 Chapter 13 Options to Leverage and Manage Your Portfolio 189 Chapter 14 Your Sensible Approach to the Market 203 Glossary 209 About the Author 226 Index 227