Summary
Stripping away the mystique from the world of investment and finance, How to Read the Financial Pages is a layman’s guide to reading and understanding the financial press and the markets and events it covers. Assuming no financial knowledge, Michael Brett provides a valuable explanation of the workings of the financial world - from money markets to commodity markets, investment ratios to takeover bids. With an extensive glossary of financial terms, this book will help you through the financial columns to a better understanding of the language of markets and money. For ten years How to Read the Financial Pages has been an outstanding first-choice buy for everyone who wants a thorough - but friendly - grounding in finance and investment.
- What are stock markets, currency markets, commodities markets? How do they operate?
- What are derivatives? Could they cause the financial system to crash?
- What is meant by insider dealing? Why is it illegal?
- Who are the main players in the world of money? What do stock brokers, market makers, merchant bankers and underwriters actually do?
- How has the Internet affected private investors? What are the new opportunities?
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780712662598 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0712662596 |
| Author: | Michael Brett |
| Publisher: | Cornerstone |
| Imprint: | Random House Business Books |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 432 |
| Edition: | 5th |
| Release Date: | 15 March 2003 |
| Weight: | 521g |
| Dimensions: | 31mm x 153mm x 234mm |
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Michael Brett
Michael Brett is a freelance financial journalist, former editor of the Investor’s Chronicle and a frequent lecturer on financial topics.
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