A highly visual look at major investment opportunities from the minds at Bloomberg in an enhanced ebook edition.
The essential guide for anyone trying to get a handle on the fundamentals of investing, the Bloomberg Financial Series Visual Guide to Financial Markets Enhanced Edition distills 30 years of Bloomberg expertise into one straightforward, easy-to-read volume.
The book teaches readers about three basic investment options--governments, companies, and real assets, including gold and other commodities--and offers valuable insights into money-market securities, bonds, stocks, derivatives, mutual funds, exchange-traded funds, and alternatives. .
As an enhanced eBook, Bloomberg Financial Series Visual Guide to Candlestick Charting features a slew of exciting additional features designed to provide a more immersive learning experience. 2
"Test Yourself" sections with click through to answer keys to help you measure your comprehension of the material, as well as video lessons. Designed to help financial professionals, students of finance, and individual investors understand the markets in which they're investing, the book begins with simple investments before moving on to more complex choices.
Features enhanced eBook features to test yourself on key concepts, gain a deeper understanding of chart patterns through detailed and captioned color graphics, and learn hands-on through video tutorials
Enhanced ebook features:
The Bloomberg Financial Series Visual Guide to Financial Markets Enhanced edition gives the reader a clear picture of what underlies market structure, instruments, and dynamics and how to capitalize on these elements.
Show moreA highly visual look at major investment opportunities from the minds at Bloomberg in an enhanced ebook edition.
The essential guide for anyone trying to get a handle on the fundamentals of investing, the Bloomberg Financial Series Visual Guide to Financial Markets Enhanced Edition distills 30 years of Bloomberg expertise into one straightforward, easy-to-read volume.
The book teaches readers about three basic investment options--governments, companies, and real assets, including gold and other commodities--and offers valuable insights into money-market securities, bonds, stocks, derivatives, mutual funds, exchange-traded funds, and alternatives. .
As an enhanced eBook, Bloomberg Financial Series Visual Guide to Candlestick Charting features a slew of exciting additional features designed to provide a more immersive learning experience. 2
"Test Yourself" sections with click through to answer keys to help you measure your comprehension of the material, as well as video lessons. Designed to help financial professionals, students of finance, and individual investors understand the markets in which they're investing, the book begins with simple investments before moving on to more complex choices.
Features enhanced eBook features to test yourself on key concepts, gain a deeper understanding of chart patterns through detailed and captioned color graphics, and learn hands-on through video tutorials
Enhanced ebook features:
The Bloomberg Financial Series Visual Guide to Financial Markets Enhanced edition gives the reader a clear picture of what underlies market structure, instruments, and dynamics and how to capitalize on these elements.
Show moreAcknowledgments ix
Introduction xi
Part I: Direct Investing 1
Chapter 1: Overview 3
Quotations 4
Three Rs 6
Chapter 2: Government 11
Currencies 12
Quotations 13
Three Rs 15
Bills 18
Quotations 20
Three Rs 21
Notes and Bonds 24
Quotations 26
Three Rs 27
Chapter 3: Companies 35
Money Markets 35
Quotations 38
Three Rs 39
Notes and Bonds 42
Quotations 45
Three Rs 46
Stocks 50
Quotations 53
Three Rs 55
Chapter 4: Hard Assets 63
Gold 63
Quotations 66
Three Rs 66
Commodities 68
Quotations 70
Three Rs 71
Real Estate 73
Quotations 75
Three Rs 75
Chapter 5: Indexes 79
Currency 79
Debt 81
Equity 83
Hard Assets 85
Chapter 6: Government Revisited 87
Municipal Bonds 88
Quotations 90
Three Rs 91
Mortgage-Backed Securities 93
Quotations 95
Three Rs 95
Chapter 7: Companies Revisited 99
Preferred Stock 99
Quotations 100
Three Rs 101
Convertible Securities 103
Quotations 104
Three Rs 105
Bank Loans 106
Quotations 109
Three Rs 109
Chapter 8: Hard Assets Revisited 113
Master Limited Partnerships 114
Quotations 115
Three Rs 116
Real Estate Investment Trusts 118
Quotations 120
Three Rs 120
Part II: Indirect Investing 123
Chapter 9: Overview 125
Quotations 126
Three Rs 127
Chapter 10: Derivatives 129
Futures and Forwards 129
Quotations 131
Three Rs 134
Options and Warrants 137
Quotations 140
Three Rs 142
Swaps 145
Interest-Rate Swaps 147
Quotations 149
Three Rs 149
Credit Default Swaps 152
Quotations 153
Three Rs 154
Chapter 11: Mutual Funds and Exchange-Traded Funds 159
Quotations 161
Three Rs 162
Alternative Funds 165
Quotations 168
Three Rs 168
Chapter 12: Indexes Revisited 173
Futures 173
Options 175
Swaps 176
Funds 177
Appendix: Bloomberg Functionality Cheat Sheet 179
About the Author 181
Index 183
David Wilson has covered financial markets since the 1980s. He has served as a managing editor, bureau chief, columnist, radio host, and stock market reporter at Bloomberg News, and has taught business and financial journalism courses that he created to staff members worldwide. He currently writes the "Chart of the Day" column for Bloomberg and reports on stocks hourly for Bloomberg Radio.
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