The easy-to-use resource for anyone looking to learn more about the financial sector and how to make the most of itThe Fisher Investments On series is designed to provide individual investors, students, and aspiring investment professionals with the tools necessary to understand and analyze investment opportunities—primarily for investing in global stocks. Each guide is an easily accessible primer to economic sectors, regions, or other components of the gl...

Many people believe that the key to success in the stock market is buying low and selling high. But how many investors have the time, talent, and luck to earn consistent returns this way? In The Ultimate Dividend Playbook: Income, Insight, and Independence for Today’s Investor, Josh Peters, editor of the monthly Morningstar DividendInvestor newsletter, shows you why you don’t have to try to beat the market and how you can use dividends to capture the income and growth you seek.

Expert advice on a mature, reliable way to invest moneyAccording to Fortune magazine, investing in dividends is one of the top five ways to survive market instability. Dividend Stocks For Dummies gives you the expert information and advice you need to successfully add dividends to your investment portfolio, revealing how to make the most out of dividend stock investing-no matter the type of market.Explains the nuts and bolts of divid...

McKinsey & Company's #1 best-selling guide to corporate valuation, now in its sixth editionValuation is the single best guide of its kind, helping financial professionals worldwide excel at measuring, managing, and maximizing shareholder and company value. This new sixth edition provides insights on the strategic advantages of value-based management, complete detailed instruction, and nuances managers should know about valuation and valuation techniques as...

The bestselling author of Pioneering Portfolio Management, the definitive template for institutional fund management, returns with a book that shows individual investors how to manage their financial assets.In Unconventional Success, investment legend David F. Swensen offers incontrovertible evidence that the for-profit mutual fund industry consistently fails the average investor. From excessive management fees to the frequent "churning" of portfo...

You don’t need an MBA to master corporate finance“Finally, the book which may put Harvard Business School out of business. A must-read for all professionals who seek strong financial expertise.”—Rick Rickertsen, Managing Partner, Pine Creek Partners; author of Buyout“Terrific overview of corporate finance and accounting that even the nonfinancial professional will find useful.”—Ken Glazer, former Senior Compet...

People wanting basic advice about stocks, bonds, mutual funds, retirement planning, and tax strategies are often frustrated by information overload. Picking the right book seems as daunting as deciding what to do with their savings and investments.Investing 101: Updated and Expanded removes both roadblocks, putting people on a path that they can understand and stick with. Kristof is renowned for taking the mystery and anxiety out of investing by keeping choices manageable....

The new Fourth Edition of the definitive handbook on investing in Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs)Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs), which provide some of the best total returns in the investment world, along with above-average dividend yields and stable earnings, have become increasingly popular with both individual and institutional investors. Investing in REITs, Fourth Edition has established itself as the definitive guide to understan...

A straightforward guide to generating consistent income by selling call options on selected stocksThe Stock Option Income Generator outlines a low-stress approach to making predictable profits no matter what the state of the overall market. Harvey Friedentag, a registered investment advisor who has been successfully using this strategy for more than thirty-six years, shows how to pick stocks and then sell call options against those stocks to generate a constant source of i...

The most up-to-date and all encompassing guide to investing in today's marketsFrom Forbes and the CFA Institute-two of the most highly respected and recognized names in the investment industry-The Forbes/CFA Institute Investment Course is an interactive roadmap to investing in today's challenging stock markets. From building capital and asset allocation and diversification to choosing a broker and reading a financial statement, The Forbes/CFA Institute...

For the millions of individual stock investors who want to improve their results-and for beginners who want to get started on the right foot-Sensible Stock Investing: How to Pick, Value, and Manage Stocks is a comprehensive yet easy-to-follow guide.Written for the busy individual, Sensible Stock Investing presents the investment process in three phases: rating companies for their intrinsic soundness; valuing stocks to find advantageous purchase prices; and managin...

A practical guide to passive investingTime and again, individual investors discover, all too late, that actively picking stocks is a loser's game. The alternative lies with index funds. This passive form of investing allows you to participate in the markets relatively cheaply while prospering all the more because the money saved on investment expenses stays in your pocket.In his latest book, investment expert Richard Ferri shows you how easy and accessible ...