Michael C. Thomsett 
Getting Started in Stock Investing and Trading 

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

* Offers a thorough overview of strategies and tools that
investors need to profit from the volatile equities markets

* Provides examples, charts, and timely additions that reflect
recent changes in the equities markets

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.

قائمة المحتويات

Introduction The Potential of the Stock Market vii

Part I Investing

Chapter 1 Investment Risks 3

Chapter 2 Value Investment 21

Chapter 3 Market Strategies 31

Chapter 4 Fundamental Analysis 43

Chapter 5 Alternatives: Stocks or Mutual Funds 61

Part II Trading

Chapter 6 Trading Risks 79

Chapter 7 Trading Methods: Day and Swing Trading 95

Chapter 8 Charting Tools and Interpretation 109

Chapter 9 Essential Technical Indicators 125

Chapter 10 Technical Analysis, Dow Theory, and Practice 149

Part III Combining Investing and Trading

Chapter 11 The Contrarian Approach to Trading 163

Chapter 12 Mixing Speculation and Investing 177

Chapter 13 Options to Leverage and Manage Your Portfolio 189

Chapter 14 Your Sensible Approach to the Market 203

Glossary 209

About the Author 226

Index 227

عن المؤلف

MICHAEL C. THOMSETT is a bestselling author who has written more than seventy books on investing, real estate, business, and management. He has authored numerous books published by Wiley, including eight editions of the bestselling Getting Started in Options, as well as Getting Started in Real Estate Investing and Getting Started in Swing Trading. Visit his Web site at www.Michael Thomsett.com.