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Read Jason Kelly's posts on the Penguin Blog The essential stock market guide updated with timely strategies for investing after the crash Now in its fourth edition, Jason Kelly's "The Neatest Little Guide to Stock Market Investing" has established itself as a clear, concise, and highly effective guide for investing in stocks. This comprehensively updated edition contains tried-and-true investment principles to teach investors how to create and refine a profitable investment program. New strate...

"They say if you give a man a fish, you can feed him for a day...Teach him how to fish, and he can eat for a lifetime. In The SmartMoney Stock Picker's Bible, Peter Finch teaches people how to invest rather than to simply pick out a few hot stocks. His insights on the investing process will teach people how to make money for a lifetime!"-Ron Insana, Coanchor, CNBC's Business Center "Forget the gurus, pundits, and the latest 'hot' mutual fund manager. This book is what you need to make money in t...

This is a practical guide to investing in the Nasdaq index. It presents the basics of the Nasdaq as well as hands-on strategies for short-term and long term investing. Nasdaq reached a record 4000 points by the end of the 20th century. The US economy and stock market skyrocketed to levels beyond prediction. These successes have been largely based on the strength of technology stocks. The book looks at the paradigm shift and how the Internet affects the new economy.

The summer and fall of 1998 witnessed some of the most turbulent financial markets the world has ever seen. The implosion of the Russian financial markets and investors' ensuing flight to quality propelled the giant hedge-fund, long-term Capital Management, to the brink of collapse and left the investment portfolios of many of Wall Street's major banks and brokerage houses teetering on the brink. The US equity market dropped precipitously at the end of August and continued over the next month to...

Before this book, sector investing was practiced almost exclusively by financial professionals. Now, individual investors can get the lowdown on this powerful strategy with a new edition of the only annual guide to sector investing. Combining how-to knowledge with a wealth of unique data, this book is perfect for geginners in sector investing.

Paths to Wealth through Common Stocks contains one original concept after another, each designed to greatly improve the results of those who self-manage their investments -- while helping those who rely on professional investment advice select the right advisor for their needs. Originally written by investment legend Philip A. Fisher in 1960, this timeless classic is now reintroduced by his well-known and respected son, successful money manager Ken Fisher, in a new Foreword. Filled with in-dep...

Joe Ricketts, founder of TD Ameritrade, shares the epic inside story of how a working-class kid from the Nebraska prairie took on Wall Street's clubby brokerage business, busted it open, and walked away a billionaire. Joe Ricketts always had the gift of seeing what others missed. The son of a house builder, he started life as a part-time janitor, but by the age of thirty-three he saw the chance to challenge the big brokerage firms by offering Americans an inexpensive way to take control of the...