The bestselling stock-investing guide--revised and updated to improve
your performance in today's world of long-term investing and short-term
trading
There's never been a better time to get into stocks. New technologies
provide tools and equipment for novices that previous generations of
investors and traders didn't even dream of.
The go-to guide for beginners, Understanding Stocks, provides
everything you need to start out strong. From opening an account to
evaluating stocks to making trades, it covers all the
fundamentals―market language, players, rules, strategies, and
environment―and helps you build a solid portfolio by developing the
right balance between risk and reward. This updated third edition
includes brand-new chapters on:
- Risk management
- Identifying winning stocks
- Testing your trading strategy
- Bitcoin and alternative investments
- Ways to read the market quickly and accurately
- Technical and fundamental analysis
- Short-term trading and long-term investing
In addition, this comprehensive resource brings you fully up to date on
pattern day trading rules and zero commissions; strategies for both bull
and bear markets; the influence of computer algorithms; and preparing
for the market open.
You don't need a fortune to make a fortune. With Understanding Stocks
you have everything you need to succeed as an investor or trader.
Michael Sincere is the author of many popular investing and trading
books. He routinely provides his insight into the stock market. Sincere
has worked as an adjunct professor at two universities, and he writes
for several major corporations and brokerage firms. He also writes a
column for MarketWatch, "Michael Sincere's Long-Term Trader."
