How to Understand the Financial Pages: A Guide to Money and the Jargon - 2nd Edition
Author(s): Alexander Davidson
Publisher: Kogan Page
Pub Year: 2008
Edition: 2nd Edition
Language: English
Pages: 384
ISBN: 0749451440, 9780749451448
How to Understand the Financial Pages is a basic guide to the financial media, providing comprehensive coverage of newspapers, magazines, financial websites, stockbrokers' research and company reports. The handy A-Z format enables the reader to look up entries quickly and easily. Written with the beginner in mind, it explains essential terms and concepts in non-technical English. It goes on to cover such topics as the use of technical analysis in internet trading, the development of hedge funds and other alternative investments, and the growth of financial services regulation and compliance. Journalistic, snappy and stylish, this book will help readers gain a full understanding of what they read in the financial pages.