Overview
Despite those touching, flowery ads with slogans about ""making money the old fashioned way"" or ""helping people one client at a time,"" Wall Street has always been more interested in taking care of itself instead of helping investors. The scandals of today are nothing new; they are just on a bigger scale and are getting more media attention. The latest bubble was really built by Wall Street insiders: Peter Cohen, former CEO of Shearson Lehman Hutton, characterized the bubble of the 1990s as a ""Wall Street induced boom"" for its own self-interest and benefit. Under such circumstances, where is the individual investor to turn? Who can he trust? How should he invest? Investing Despite Wall Street, Inc. is a simple, short review and re-evaluation of the simplest and most important investing rules to remember when investing in light the new realities of the stock market. It also provides a clear and honest look at how the denizens of Wall Street really act to help themselves while hurting investors, and what investors can do to protect themselves from such shenanigans. The author provides an instructive set of investment principles and guidelines that are tried and true and will serve the individual investor well on today's new Wall Street: Understand the sector you're investing in; Know the importance and influence of economic factors; Know how to use technical and fundamental analysis; Understand the true importance of valuation measures such as p/e ratio and dividend yield and how those are the real predictors of stock price; In Investing Despite Wall Street, Inc., the author also gives readers various elements of investing strategy for coping with changing market conditions. There are also lessons learned from the stock market bubble of the late 1990s. For investors confused by today's turbulent markets and accounting strategies, this book offers the reliable guidance needed to get back to the basics of investing.
Full Product Details
Author: Fred Plemenos
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education - Europe
Imprint: McGraw-Hill Inc.,US
Dimensions:
Width: 15.00cm
, Height: 0.90cm
, Length: 22.60cm
Weight: 0.177kg
ISBN: 9780071415255
ISBN 10: 0071415254
Pages: 112
Publication Date: 09 May 2003
Audience:
Professional and scholarly
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Professional & Vocational
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active
Availability: In Print
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Author Information
Fred Plemenos writes DRI Industry Financial Service for Data Resources, Inc. He has been quoted in the Wall Street Journal, Barron's, Fortune, BusinessWeek, and other influential financial publications.
