The Standard & Poor's Guide for the New Investor

by Nilus Mattive

Valuable Advice For Investors Of All Types From Standard & Poor's, Today's Most Trusted Resource For Reliable Investment Information Standard & Poor's brings the impressive knowledge and resources of Standard & Poor's to some of today's most challenging financial issues. Covering subjects from saving for college to technical analysis to risk management, books in the series will give both independent and institutional investors the knowledge they need to dramatically improve their overall financial decisions. Knowledge and insights new investors need to build wealth without risking what they already have Even veteran investors often can be confused by today's markets. So, where does that leave beginners? The Standard & Poor's Guide for the New Investor provides novice investors with solid, insightful Standard & Poor's data and research to help them make sense of investing in post-bubble markets and is the perfect introductory resource for those looking to smooth the transition from low-return savings accounts to high-return, long-term investing. Covering everything from basic stock investing rules and strategies to technical analysis and other advanced tools and techniques, this straightforward book provides investors with the knowledge they need to both manage their money today and invest it for the future. Discussing vehicles from stocks and bonds to mutual funds and even derivatives, it uses a simple, conversational style to

Genres: Nonfiction, Finance

192 pages, Paperback

First published October 17, 2003

Reviews

[Leonard · Rating 3 out of 5]

This is a good book for novice investors who are looking to learn more about the markets, stocks, bonds, and mutual funds. The book covers a wide array of topics in brief detail but does so in a simple and easy to understand manor. The author provides some good examples and illustrations to convey his thoughts. For those who are new and looking to learn about investing I would also recommend fool.com.

[Amber · Rating 4 out of 5]

This was a great read for me. It explained in terms I could follow all the different types of investing and the players involved. I'm the type of person who needs to see where everything fits together to be able to understand any little part of something so this was a wonderful general overview for me.

[Jessi · Rating 4 out of 5]

This book has a lot of good information when you're first learning about investments and the stock market. Some sections of the book could have been elaborated on more though. As I was taking notes, I had to use other sources to fill in the voids for myself. All in all though, it gave me a good start to my investment education.