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The Beginners Guide to Investment

Are you baffled by the stock markets and investing? Would you like to learn how to take control of your financial future? Then you should definitely start by reading this investment bible.

This book is invaluable to both new investors and those with some experience. It explains investment in easy to understand terms. It is split into three sections. The first section explains the markets, including the stock market, the guilt market and the futures markets.

Section 2 explains how to invest and covers topics including financial planning, shares and tax efficient investments. The final section talks about companies and covers subjects such as valuing shares, new issues, takeovers and the explains what actually moves share prices.

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Contents

Introduction	1
Section 1: The Markets	17
Chapter 1: The Stock Market	19
Chapter 2: The Gilt Market	37
Chapter 3: Foreign Exchange	53
Chapter 4: The Money Markets	68
Chapter 5: The Euromarkets	79
Chapter 6: The Futures Markets	94
Section 2: How to Invest	111
Chapter 7: Financial Planning	113
Chapter 8: Fixed Interest	137
Chapter 9: Unit and Investment Trusts	156
Chapter 10: Shares	176
Chapter 11: ISAs	195
Chapter 12: Futures and Options	210
Chapter 13: Investing abroad	224
Section 3: Companies	235
Chapter 14: Types of Share	237
Chapter 15: valuing Shares	252
Chapter 17: New Issues	283
Chapter 18: Rights and Scrip Issues	296
Chapter 19: takeovers	309
Chapter 20: Liquidations	325
Chapter 21: What Moves Share Prices?	342
Appendix A: Tax	357
Appendix B: How to Compain	372
Appendix C: Finding a Broker	382
Glossary	401
Bibliography	419
Index	422

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