Financial Markets for the Rest of Us: An Easy Guide to Money, Bonds, Futures, Stocks, Options, and Mutual Funds

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iUniverse, Nov 9, 2001 - Bonds - 440 pages
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"Financial Markets For The Rest Of Us" is a reference and tutorial covering various financial markets in the USA and the rest of the world. The book comprises five major chapters covering the concepts of money, bonds, futures, stocks, and options.


It cleverly illustrates the operation and interdependencies of these various markets, while keeping the language simple for everyone to follow. Numerous examples and references help the reader grasp the concepts with ease and stay interested. Beginner and intermediate-level investors will find this book an indispensable tool to learn about the financial markets and sharpen their financial knowledge and skills.


This book is also an excellent financial markets reference for everyone. If you have ever wondered about how the financial markets operate, or you have ever felt overwhelmed by the complexities of the financial markets, this book is for you.

 

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$50 per share 20 shares amount analysis assets average investor banks benefits broker brokerage buy and sell buyers call options capital gains cash closed-end fund commissions company’s stock coupon covered calls CUSIP daytraders delivery dividends earnings economy equity example executed expiration date financial firms first Ford stock Ford’s fund’s fundamental analysis futures contracts gold contracts higher income indices inflation interest payments interest rates investment known limit order long bond loss margin market order maturity means mutual funds naked calls NASDAQ number of shares P/E ratio PEG ratio penny stocks portfolio potential premium price moves profit put options rise risk sector securities sellers shareholders shares of Ford short position sold specified stock market stock price stock splits strike price trading at $50 transaction Treasury TreasuryDirect types underlying commodity underlying stock usually volatility yield

About the author (2001)

Robert Hashemian is an Internet and database software engineer living in Connecticut. He holds a B.S. in computer science and engineering from the University of Connecticut (UCONN) and an M.S. in electrical engineering from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI).

He became actively involved in trading stocks in 1995 and after a number of costly mistakes went on to educate himself in the world of money and markets. While Web programming and development is his chief passion, he has great interest in the financial markets. He is also an avid runner. He maintains his personal website at https://www.hashemian.com.

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TitleFinancial Markets for the Rest of Us: An Easy Guide to Money, Bonds, Futures, Stocks, Options, and Mutual Funds
AuthorRobert Vahid Hashemian
PublisheriUniverse, 2001
ISBN0595202756, 9780595202751
Length440 pages
  
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