How the Stock Market Really Works by Leo Gough

How the Stock Market Really Works by Leo Gough

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The main point of this book is to guarantee that private investors gain a solid foundation for managing their financial future themselves, rather than taking notes from a financial service more concerned about making profits than providing suitable advice.

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How the Stock Market Really Works by Leo Gough

With the current pension crisis and a raised retirement age, people today are under more pressure to financially secure their future. How the Stock Market Really Works provides you with all the key advice and strategies you need to successfully invest in the future, without relying on a financial service. Whether you are new to investing or already have a share portfolio, this intelligent handbook will guide you safely through the often confusing world of investing. It covers several areas of the market, including: • How shares, bonds and derivatives work • What really goes on in the stock market and who gets rich • Investment strategies to make your money work for you • An overview of the major financial instruments • How to deal in the markets yourself and avoid the pitfalls • How to interpret the huge amount of investment advice available • Accounts of some of the biggest investment scandals.   Make the stock market work for you with this entertaining and refreshingly cynical approach.

Leo Gough is an experienced investment writer and dedicated private investor. He is the author of 16 books, including Going Offshore, 25 Investment Classics, The Finance Manual for Non-Financial Managers, Trading the World’s Markets and Teach Yourself Saving and Investment.

He has edited a number of financial newsletters and since the late 1990s he has spent much of his time in the Asia/Pacific region, working with banks, such as Citibank, and consultancy firms, such as AT Kearney, and publishers to produce investment books and research for this dynamically expanding area

He is currently branching into new areas and is reading for a modern history degree at Oxford University!

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ISBN 13 9780273714286
ISBN 10 0273714287
Title How the Stock Market Really Works
Author Leo Gough
Series Financial Times Series
Condition Unavailable
Binding Type Paperback
Publisher Pearson Education Limited
Year published 2008-05-29
Number of pages 248
Cover note Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.