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INDEX 195 Specialists, 14, 62 Split-adjusted prices, 42 Spread, 51–52 SPY (S&P 500), 85 “Stale pricing,” 180, 183 Standard & Poor’s Corporation (S&P), 12 Stock analysis, 100 Stock certificates, 4–5 Stock charts, 108–109 Stock exchanges, 6–8 Stock market, 3–17 corporate influence on, 8 crashes of (see Crash[es], market) exchanges for, 6–8 history of, 5–6 individual investors in, 8–9 professional traders in, 10 and shares, 4 short-term traders in, 9 and stock certificates, 4–5 tracking the, 10–13 Stock patterns (see Patterns, stock) Stock price (see Price, stock) Stock quote, 49–52 Stock splits, 40–41 Stockbrokers, 56 <strong>Stocks</strong>: cost of, 13 definition of, 4 dividend, 32 growth, 31 income, 30–31 market capitalization of, 44–45 penny, 33–34 profit from, 13–15 reasons for buying, 5, 15 risk with, 15–16 and sectors, 29–30 types of, 29–35 value, 31 (See also Shares) Stop limit order, 61 Stop-loss order, 60–61 Strategy(-ies), 9 fast trading, 77–85 guidelines for, 69–70 slow investment, 69–76 successful, 179–183 Supply and demand, 155 Support, 116–118 Swing trading, 78 “Swiss cheese principle,” 168 Take on the Street (Arthur Levitt), 176 “Talking to company managers,” 92 Tax-deferred retirement plans, 22–23, 180, 183 Technical analysis, 107–129 advanced indicators/oscillators in, 132–138 bar charts for, 110–111 candlestick charts for, 111, 112 definition of, 108 and fundamental analysis, 173–174 and gaps, 125–127 line charts for, 109–110 problems with, 127 stock charts for, 108–109 stock patterns in, 119–125 support and resistance in, 116–119 trend lines for, 111–116 volume in, 131–132 Technical analysts, 108 Technical indicators, 132–137 10–K filing, 93 10–Q filing, 93 TheGlobe.com, 46 Time-zone trading, 180–183 Top line, 97 Tracking the market, 10–13 Trailing P/E, 101 Train, John, 168 Trend reversals, 115–116
196 INDEX Trends, 11, 111–116 down-, 112–113 sideways, 114–115 up-, 113–114 Triple top pattern, 122 Tulip bulb mania, 168–169 Unemployment report, 153 Uptick, 42 Uptrends, 113–114 U.S. Department of Labor, 153 U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), 34–35, 47, 63, 66, 92, 146, 185 U.S. Treasuries, 20, 25–26, 166 VA Linux, 46 Value investors, 72–73, 101 Value Line Investment Survey, 91 Value stocks, 31 VIX (see Chicago Board Options Exchange Volatility Index) Volume, 33, 131–132 Wall Street, 6 Wall Street Journal (WSJ), 11 Warren, Ted, 74, 159 Weiss, Martin D., 176 “Whisper number,” 100 Wilshire 5000, 12 Winning stocks, losing from, 159–160 Writing covered calls, 83–84 WSJ (see Wall Street Journal) Yield, 20 Zweig, Jason, 180, 182, 183
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UNDERSTANDING STOCKS Michael Sincer
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Introduction This book will be diff
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INTRODUCTION ix losing money (Part
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PART ONE WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW FIRS
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1 C H A P T E R Welcome to the Stoc
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2 C H A P T E R Stocks: Not Your On
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STOCKS: NOT YOUR ONLY INVESTMENT 21
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3 C H A P T E R How to Classify Sto
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HOW TO CLASSIFY STOCKS 31 dividend
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HOW TO CLASSIFY STOCKS 33 Penny Sto
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4 C H A P T E R Fun Things You Can
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FUN THINGS YOU CAN DO (WITH STOCKS)
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5 C H A P T E R Understanding Stock
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UNDERSTANDING STOCK PRICES 51 Views
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6 C H A P T E R Where to Buy Stocks
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WHERE TO BUY STOCKS 57 whether a fu
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WHERE TO BUY STOCKS 59 Market Order
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WHERE TO BUY STOCKS 61 Some people
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7 C H A P T E R Want to Make Money
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