Getting Started in Shares For Dummies

Getting Started in Shares For Dummies®, 2nd Australian Edition......Page 1
Contents at a Glance......Page 13
Table of Contents......Page 15
Introduction......Page 21
About This Book......Page 22
How This Book Is Organised......Page 24
Icons Used in This Book......Page 25
Where to Go from Here......Page 26
Part I: Putting the Share in Sharemarket......Page 27
Investing Is All about Timing......Page 29
Finding Out What a Share Is......Page 33
Buying Shares to Get a Return......Page 36
Making the Most of Share Investing......Page 38
Guarding Against Risk......Page 40
Floating: The Primary Market......Page 45
Planning the Prospectus......Page 49
Trading: The Secondary Market......Page 50
Using the Index......Page 52
Stepping Into the Futures Market......Page 57
Part II: Investing Strategies for Success......Page 59
Chapter 3: Developing an Investment Strategy......Page 61
Getting Rich Slowly......Page 62
Starting with Strategy......Page 68
Buying and Holding......Page 71
Chapter 4: Assessing Your Risk......Page 75
Gambling or Investing?......Page 76
Assessing Your Risk......Page 80
Avoiding the Turkeys......Page 99
Chapter 5: Eggs and Baskets......Page 103
Spreading the Risk......Page 104
Building a Portfolio......Page 110
Knowing How Many Stocks to Buy......Page 112
Diversifying through Managed Funds......Page 120
Investing outside Australia......Page 124
Part III: Buying, Buying, Sold......Page 127
Chapter 6: Buying and Selling Shares......Page 129
Finding the Market......Page 130
Making a Trade......Page 134
Working the Trading Day......Page 138
Playing CHESS Isn’t a Game......Page 142
Getting Ready for the Action......Page 145
Going into Analysis......Page 150
Investing or Trading......Page 155
Relying on Your Broker......Page 159
Looking and Listening......Page 162
Taxing Considerations......Page 164
Acquiring Ordinary Shares......Page 165
Finding Specialised Stocks......Page 190
Deciding What to Buy......Page 195
What a Broker Does......Page 201
Stockbroking for Everyone......Page 202
Choosing the Best Broker for You......Page 206
Interviewing for a Broker......Page 209
Benefiting from Dividend Imputation......Page 215
Watching Your Capital Gains......Page 220
Taxing Tactics......Page 222
Part IV: The Part of Tens......Page 231
Warren Buffett and Charles Munger......Page 233
John Neff......Page 236
Benjamin Graham......Page 237
Philip Fisher......Page 239
Jim Slater......Page 240
Charles Viertel......Page 242
Peter Lynch......Page 243
John Templeton......Page 244
Don’t Think You Can Get Rich Quick......Page 247
Don’t Underestimate Volatility......Page 248
Don’t Be Panicked Out of Your Shares......Page 249
Don’t Buy a Share You Know Nothing About......Page 250
Don’t Delay a Sale to Save Capital Gains Tax......Page 251
Don’t Let Tax Drive Your Investment Decisions......Page 252
Don’t Let Yourself Be Churned......Page 253
Index......Page 255