Getting Started in Stock Investing and Trading

by Michael C. Thomsett

An up-to-date guide to the complex world of equities Getting Started in Stock Investing and Trading walks investors and traders through the essential information they need to know before they decide what kind of participant they want to be in equities. The book is filled with the key strategies and tools and offers a comprehensive guide for those entering this marketplace. The author does not argue that one method is better or more appropriate than another. Rather, he reveals the various methods and lets investors decide for themselves. The book covers investment risks, value investing, market strategies, trading methods such as day and swing trading, technical indicators, and diversifying your portfolio, and
Other titles by Thomsett: Getting Started in Bonds and eight editions of Getting Started in Options. This book is another title in The Getting Started series, which makes complex issues easy to understand.

Genres: Finance

240 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 2010

About the author

Michael C. Thomsett is an expert in technical analysis and stock markets. He has published dozens of books on the topic as well as peer-reviewed papers, magazine articles, and blog entries. He has been writing professionally since 1978 and his best-selling, Getting Started in Options (John Wiley & Sons) is currently in its 10th edition (published by DeGruyter with a new title, “Options”) and has sold over 350,000 copies. The author lives near Nashville, Tennessee and he writes full time.

Reviews

[Loren · Rating 1 out of 5]

Reads more like an encyclopedia-lite, rather than a how to.

[Paresh · Rating 4 out of 5]

Lot of basics overview especially for technical analysis.

[Anchorfjord · Rating 3 out of 5]

Good for a start. Some technical explanations. Some good cross reference via valuable resources.

[Simple · Rating 3 out of 5]

A good guide for the beginner traders and investors.

[Alice · Rating 4 out of 5]

Really helpful for novice people like me in the business industry!