What You Need to Know Before You Invest
World of Books
The feel-good place to buy books
What You Need to Know Before You Invest by Rod Davis
Updated to help readers cope with the unusual number of uncertainties that characterize today's financial markets, this book is a financial primer that will be of special value to first-time investors, but also enlightening to everybody who currently has a personal investment portfolio. The author provides sound fundamental information in clear language that non-experts can understand. Separate chapters give practical advice on how to select a broker and open a brokerage account, and describe how the stock market operates. Readers learn how to cut through the jargon that fills annual reports and other financial statements. They will find clear explanations of mutual funds, stock options, an investor's legal rights, the tax consequences of investing, market analysis, technical analysis, and much more. Here is information that every potential investor should have before opening an account.
Davis, Rod: - Rod Davis is the recipient of the inaugural Fiction Award of the PEN Southwest Book Awards in 2005 for Corina's Way, described by Kirkus Reviews as a spicy bouillabaisse, New Orleans-set, in the tradition of Flannery O'Connor or John Kennedy Toole: a welcome romp, told with traditional Southern charm. He also is author of American Voudou: Journey into a Hidden World, selected as one of the Exceptional Books of 1998 by Bookman Book Review Syndicate. A six-part series on the Texas-Mexico border, A Rio Runs Through It, appears in Best American Travel Writing 2002. His PEN/Texas-award-winning essay, The Fate of the Texas Writer, is included in Fifty Years of the Texas Observer and his Texas Monthly story, Wal-marts Across Texas, is excerpted in True Stories by David Byrne. Davis has received numerous awards as a magazine editor and writer. He earned an M.A. in Government at Louisiana State University and studied at the University of Virginia before joining the Army in 1970, serving as a first lieutenant in South Korea. He lives in Texas.
| SKU | Unavailable |
| ISBN 13 | 9780764124938 |
| ISBN 10 | 0764124935 |
| Title | What You Need to Know Before You Invest |
| Author | Rod Davis |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Peterson's Guides,U.S. |
| Year published | 2003-07-01 |
| Number of pages | 320 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
| Note | Unavailable |