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Overview
Investors rely on a wide variety of sources for the financial data they need to make decisions. The Informed Investor's Guide to Financial Quotations puts the most important information from all of these sources at investors' fingertips, so that they can quickly and easily obtain the data they need. Howard Berlin describes as simply and clearly as possible how to read, understand, and interpret the financial market quotations that appear in the financial press, as well as in many local newspapers from a wide range of markets. Information on stocks, bonds, Treasury securities, agencies, futures, options, mutual funds, and foreign currency exchanges is readily available in this one-stop resource. The Informed Investor's Guide to Financial Quotations:. Contains information from the sources investors rely on daily, including Investors' Daily, Barron's, ValueLine, Moody's, Morningstar, Standard & Poor's, and syndicated and local newspapers. Explains how each source can be used to find specific information and shows how to interpret various symbols, ratios, and formulas. Features topically divided sections and lists of additional sources of information, making it easy for investors to find exactly what they need. To add clarity, all quotation formats are explained column by column and term by term. All major formulas are boxed to emphasize their importance, and many numerical examples are used to illustrate the use of the formulas and the interpretation of the results. This is the ideal tool for investors at any level of expertise, as well as anyone taking courses in economics and finance that require the ability to follow financial markets. From the anatomy of the stock ticker symbol, to an analysis of the foreign exchange and the dollar, this sourcebook provides readers with the knowledge they need to understand and use financial and economic data.Busy investors rely on a variety of sources for the financial data they need to make decisions. This book puts the most important information from all of these sources at investors' fingertips so they can obtain the data they need in moments. This one-stop resource contains information from the primary sources of financial data that investors rely on daily, explains how each source can be used to find specific information, and more.
Editorials
Booknews
Describes how to read, understand, and interpret the financial market quotations coming out of financial presses such as Standard & Poor's and ValueLine. While reviewing the available data, Berlin explains the best uses for each source and discusses the value of the various symbols, ratios and formulas used by each source in presenting their data. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)David Rouse
Would-be and novice investors--and many librarians--are often intimidated or put off by the blur of tables, charts, and abbreviations in the "Wall Street Journal" and other financial publications. Heretofore those frustrated individuals have been well served by Gerald Warfield's "Investor's Guide to Stock Quotations and Other Financial Listings" (1990). Now Berlin, author of the helpful "Handbook of Financial Market Indexes, Averages Indicators" (1990), goes several steps further by including information about more-sophisticated investment instruments such as currency futures and government-sponsored equity bonds. He also shows how to interpret various financial formulas and ratios and how to read advisory services such as those published by Value Line, Morningstar, and Standard Poor. Included are many cutaway illustrations from the sources Berlin describes, which are used to demonstrate his explanations. Recommended for investment collections and reference desks.Book Details
Published
May 1, 1994
Publisher
Irwin Professional Publishing
Pages
240
Format
Hardcover
ISBN
9781556239540