Finance & Investment: Investor Manuals

Explains how to read stock, bond, mutual fund, and commodities quotations in newspapers. Also includes appendices listing companies, ticker symbols, and exchanges on which stock is traded, and definitions of ratings by Moody's and Standard and Poor's.

Call Number: HG173 .D66 2007
Young Library – 4th floor

More than 5,000 terms, financial abbreviations, and acronyms related to stocks, bonds, mutual funds, banking, tax laws, and transactions in the various financial markets are presented alphabetically with descriptions.

Comprehensive money market coverage including treasury bonds, CDs, and money market funds.

Introduction to the stock market--what it is, how it works, and why it plays a vital role in business and economic growth.

Demonstrates how to read, understand, and interpret financial market quotations printed in financial publications and newspapers. Financial instruments covered include stocks, bonds, treasury securities, futures, options, mutual funds, and the dollar and foreign exchange.

Provides CFA terminology and fundamental concepts.

Provides overview of the economic forces affecting investments and shows how to read and analyze the Wall Street Journal's market data.

A comprehensive overview of the futures industry, including exchange operations, market fundamentals, a glossary, and directory of major future exchanges worldwide.