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Acknowledgments I’d like to give special thanks: To Stephen Isaacs and Jeffrey Krames at McGraw-Hill for once again giving me the opportunity to do what I love most, and to Pattie Amoroso for helping me put the pieces together to produce a book. To my researcher, Maria Schmidt, who found the answer to nearly everything I asked; Tine Claes, who never fails to find something that needs improvement; and Lois Sincere, who has truly mastered the idiosyncrasies of the English language. ToTom Reid, a teacher at Deerfield High School in Florida, for helping to make the most complicated financial concepts seem easy; student Bailey Brooks for helping with editing; Dan Larkin, CEO and senior consultant for Larkin Industries, Inc., for his extremely insightful suggestions and comments; Mike Fredericks, Brad Northern, and Howard Kornstein for their thoughtful financial analysis and insights; Colleen McCluney for her encouragement and patience; and Oksana Smirnova for her inspiration and enthusiasm. To the hardworking and friendly staff at Barnes & Noble bookstore and Starbucks in Boca Raton, Florida. Finally, to my friends, family, and acquaintances: Idil Baran, Krista Barth, Bruce Berger, Andrew Brownsword, Sylvia Coppersmith, Lourdes Fernandez-Vidal, Alice Fibigrova, Joe Harwood, Jackie Krasner, Johan Nilsson, Joanne Pessin, Hal Plotkin, Anna Ridolfo, Tim Schenden, Tina Siegismund, Luigi Silverstri, Alex Sincere, Debra Sincere, Miriam Sincere, Richard Sincere, Harvey Copyright © 2004 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. Click here for Terms of Use.
vi ACKNOWLEDGMENTS Small, Bob Spector, Lucie Stejskalova, Deron Wagner, and Kerstin Woldorf. For additional reading, I recommend the following books: The Stock Market Course (John Wiley & Sons, 2001), by George Fontanills and Tom Gentile A Beginner’s Guide to Short-Term Trading (Adams Media Corporation, 2002), by Toni Turner Reminiscences of a Stock Operator (John Wiley & Sons, 1994), by Edward Lefevre
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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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UNDERSTANDING STOCK PRICES 53 After
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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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WANT TO MAKE MONEY SLOWLY? TRY THES
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13 C H A P T E R The Psychology of
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14 C H A P T E R What Makes Stocks
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15 C H A P T E R Why Investors Lose
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WHY INVESTORS LOSE MONEY 159 Mistak
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WHAT I REALLY THINK ABOUT THE STOCK
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Index AAA bonds, 20-21 Advice, 164-
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INDEX 191 Environment, 149-155 defl
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INDEX 193 Mutual fund redemptions,
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INDEX 195 Specialists, 14, 62 Split
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About the Author Michael Sincere be
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