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High-powered investing all-in-one for dummies
Book 1. Getting started with high-powered investing
Chapter 1. What every investor should know
Taking a glance at investment options and strategies
Surveying traditional investment vehicles
Considering high-end investment or speculation vehicles
Investigating investment strategies
Managing investment risks
Going for brokers
Distinguishing between full-service and discount brokers
Picking among types of brokerage accounts
Looking at indexes and exchanges
Indexes: tracking the market
Exchanges: securities marketplace
Chapter 2. Playing the market: stocks and bonds
Starting with stock basics
Stocking up
Choosing growth stocks
Investing for income
Getting your bond basics
Maturity choices
Investment-grade or junk bonds
Individual bonds versus bond funds
Various types of yield
Total return - what matters most!
Exploring your bond options
"Risk-free" investing: U.S. treasury bonds
Industrial returns: corporate bonds
Lots of protection: agency bonds
(Almost) tax-free havens: municipal bonds
Chapter 3. Getting to know mutual funds and ETFs
Going over mutual funds basics
Comparing open and closed end funds
Meeting myriad types of mutual funds
Loading up: sales charges
Being a savvy mutual fund investor
The ABC of ETFs
Looking at the positives and negatives
Getting in on the action
Managing risk with ETFs
Exploring ETF options
Chapter 4. All about annuities
Introducing annuities
Looking at how annuities work
Getting to know the participants
Noting common elements of all (or most) annuities
Deciding whether an annuity is right for you
Evaluating the pluses
Recognizing the minuses
Checking out the main types of annuities
Fixed deferred annuities
Indexed annuities
Variable annuities
Income annuities
Book 2. Futures and options
Chapter 1. Futures and options fundamentals
Getting the lowdown on futures trading
Getting used to going short
Decoding a futures contract
Futures exchanges: where the magic happens
Open-cry or electronic: futures trading systems
The individual players: hedgers and speculators
Choosing a futures broker
Getting up to speed on options
Comparing call and put options
Uncovering an option's value
Calculating option risks
Trading stock of the U.S. options exchanges
Creating options contract
Knowing a few important options trading rules
Choosing an options broker
Deciding whether to trade futures or options
Chapter 2. Being a savvy futures and options trader
Holding the key: Interest rates and the money supply
Respecting the role of central banks
Following the money supply
Digesting economic reports
The employment report
The consumer price index
The producer price index
The purchasing manager's reports
Consumer confidence reports
The beige book
Housing starts
The index of leading economic indicators
Gross domestic product
Oil supply data
A bevy of other reports
(Psycho)-analyzing the market
Defining sentiment
Watching call and put activity
Using volatility to measure fear
Adding technical analysis to your toolbox
Chapter 3. Basic trading strategies
Trading on margin
Looking at margin limits
Mulling over the multiple meanings of "Margin"
Buying calls
Understanding reasons and getting some pointers for buying calls
Calculating the break-even price for calls and puts
Using delta to time call-buying decisions
Following up after buying a call option
Writing calls
Choosing to be naked or covered
Doing your homework
Protecting your trade by diversification
Following up after writing a call
Considering basic put option strategies
Making the most of your put option buys
Buying put options
Selling naked and covered puts
Exercising your put option
Dealing with a huge profit in a put option
Chapter 4. Advanced speculation strategies
Thinking like a contrarian
Picking apart popular sentiment surveys
Looking at trading volume as a sentiment indicator
Signaling a potential trend reversal: Open interest
Combining volume and open interest
Checking out put/Call ratios as sentiment indicators
Using soft sentiment signs
Exploring interest rate futures
Bonding with the universe
Going global with interest rate futures
Yielding to the curve
Deciding your time fram
Sticking to sound interest rate trading rules
Focusing on stock market futures
Looking into fair value
Considering major stock index futures contracts
Book 3. Commodities
Chapter 1. Getting an overview of commodities
Defining commodities and their investment characteristics
Gaining from inelasticity
Offering a safe heaven for investors
Hedging against inflation
Taking time to bring new sources online
Moving in different cycles
Checking out what's on the menu
Energy
Metals
Agricultural products
Putting risk in perspective
Looking at the pitfalls of using leverage
Assessing the real risk behind commodities
Managing risk
Chapter 2. Adding commodities to your portfolio
Checking out methods for investing in commodities
Buying commodity features
Accessing commodity markets via funds
Investing in commodity companies
Making physical commodity purchases
Owning a piece of an exchange
Examining the major commodity exchanges
Exchange in the united states
A sampling of international exchanges
Regulatory organizations for commodity exchanges
Opening an account and placing orders
Choosing the right account
Placing orders
Chapter 3. The power house: Making money in energy
Investing in crude oil
Facing the crude realities
Making big bucks with big oil
Trading natural gas
Recognizing natural gas applications
Investing in natural gas
Bowing to Ol' king coal
Considering coal reserves and production
Investing in coal
Looking at other energy sources
Embracing nuclear power
Trading electricity
Tapping into renewable energy sources
Putting your money in energy companies
Profiting from oil exploration and production
Investing in refineries
Chapter 4. Pedal to the metal: investing in metals
Going for the gold
Measuring and valuing gold
Buying into the gold market
Taking a shine to silver
Assessing silver applications
Getting silver of silver in your portfolio
Putting your money in platinum
Poring over some platinum facts
Going platinum
Adding some steel to your portfolio
Getting the steely facts
Holding stock in steel companies
Including aluminum in your investments
Considering aluminum companies
Trading aluminum futures
Seeing the strengths of copper
Investing in copper companies
Buying copper futures contracts
Appreciating palladium
Keeping an eye on zinc
Noting the merits of nickel
Putting stock in diversified mining companies
Chapter 5. Down on the farm: Trading agricultural products
Profiting from the softs: Coffe, Cocoa, Sugar, and orange juice
Feeling the buzz from coffee
Heating up your portfolio with cocoa
Being sweet on sugar
Squeezing healthy profits from orange juice
Trading ags: corn, Wheat, and soybeans
Fields of dreams: Corn
The bread basket: Wheat
Masters of versatility: Soybeans
Making money trading livestock
Staking a claim on cattle
Seeking fat profits on lean hogs
Book 4. Foreign currency trading
Chapter 1. Your forex need-to-know guide
Chapter 2. Major and minor currency pairs
Chapter 3. Gathering and interpreting economic data
Chapter 4. Advice for successful forex trading
Chapter 5. Putting your trading plan in action
Book 5. Hedge funds
Chapter 1. Getting the 411 on hedge funds
Chapter 2. Taking the plunge with hedge funds
Chapter 3. A potpourri of hedge fund strategies
Chapter 4. Evaluating hedge fund performance
Book 6. Emerging markets
Chapter 1. Introducing emerging market investing
Chapter 2. A guided tour through the world's emerging markets
Chapter 3. Picking bonds, stocks, and mutual funds in emerging markets
Chapter 4. High finance in emerging markets
Book 7. Value investing
Chapter 1. An introduction to value investing
Chapter 2. A value investor's guide to financial statements
Chapter 3. Using ratios as a valuation tool
Chapter 4. Valuing a business
Book 8. Socially responsible investing
Chapter 1. Making your investments match your values
Chapter 2. The socially responsible enterprise: evaluating companies
Chapter 3. Introducing the islamic capital market
Chapter 4. Managing assets in islamic investments
Book 9. Crowdfund investing
Chapter 1. Getting the lowdown on crowdfund investing
Chapter 2. Evaluating crowdfund investing opportunities
Chapter 3. Committing your capital and adding value
Book 10. Technical analysis
Chapter 1. Wrapping your brain around technical analysis
Chapter 2. Bars and bar reading
Chapter 3. Charting the market with candlesticks
Chapter 4. Seeing patterns and drawing trendlines
Chapter 5. Transforming techniques into trades