How the stock market works: a beginner's guide to investment [Fifth edition.,Enhanced Credo edition] 9780749472399, 9780749472382, 0749472391, 9781785390722, 1785390724

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How the stock market works: a beginner's guide to investment [Fifth edition.,Enhanced Credo edition]
 9780749472399, 9780749472382, 0749472391, 9781785390722, 1785390724

Table of contents :
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.

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