How to Get Started in Stocks

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.

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