A complete guide to financial success that can save money immediately, by the popular founder of America's largest discount brokerage company.

In an amusing and entertaining style, the author confesses to every tactic, secret and method that has enabled him, and could enable you, to make big money. Filled with funny and enlightening anecdotes, this book shows you the way to find your own blue chips of the future, while taking you along on an always facinating and entertaining journey.

Written by the editor of Moneypaper, the leading authority on Direct Reinforcement Portfolios (DRP), this guide is for people who want to invest but can't afford to risk their life's savings or pay high broker fees. Contains a listing of over 900 U.S. companies offering DRPs.

Nowadays, the stock market is no longer limited to rich global traders. Anyone can trade equities without the help of a broker. Despite this opportunity to build staggering wealth, potential investors seem to continue to stumble in the dark. Too many take the easy route of trading on advice from friends or so-called experts. These traders inevitably leave the market before they are able to create a definitive path to becoming their own stockbrokers. This book shows you how to avoid such pitfalls. It outlines what a stock is, explores the different types of securities and provides advice on the equipment and software required for successful trading. It also pinpoints strange market behaviour, investigates what causes price changes and describes how investors can develop strategies for buying and selling stocks. Indispensable to both beginners and successful investors, this book offers a clear and simple method for picking winning stocks and managing your portfolio in the short and long term. Jacques Magliolo has been described as 'Africa's most successful trader'. Today, he is an associate to a number of stockbrokers, concentrating on assisting traders with restructuring their portfolios and developing strategies to become more efficient and ultimately more profitable.

A successful stock fund manager reveals the secrets behind a fifty percent return in this comprehensive, practical guide featuring all the tools you’ll need. Fund manager Joel Greenblatt has been beating the Dow (with returns of fifty percent a year) for more than a decade. And now, in this highly accessible guide, he’s going to show you how to do it, too. You’re about to discover investment opportunities that portfolio managers, business-school professors, and top investment experts regularly miss—uncharted areas where the individual investor has a huge advantage over the Wall Street wizards. Here is your personal treasure map to special situations in which big profits are possible, including: Spin-offs Restructurings Merger Securities Rights Offerings Recapitalizations Bankruptcies Risk Arbitrage This is a practical and easy-to-use investment reference, filled with case studies, important background information, and all the tools you’ll need. All it takes is a little extra time and effort—and you can be a stock market genius.

Sound Familiar? Ive opened an online brokerage account, but Im having a bit of a problem. How do I know what stocks to buy? There are plenty of terrific sources of investment information on the Internet, but there are so many sources, all claiming to be the one and only source that I need, that I cant make any decisions. Maybe I should return to my full-service broker. Be Your Own Broker can help you cut through the bewildering maze of online stock information and help you find the sources of information that can provide you with higher investment returns. Written by a seasoned broker with over 30 years of investing experience, the book provides you with a systematic method for discovering emerging growth stocks. More important, the book will provide you with a risk-free learning process that will enable you to improve your investment skills before you risk any of your own money. The author identifies two types of information that enabled him to increase the value of his fantasy portfolio from a start of $250,000 to more than $9 million in less than three years. In addition, he reveals specific sites on the Internet that provide that information and how to gain the most value from those sites.

Sound Familiar? Ive opened an online brokerage account, but Im having a bit of a problem. How do I know what stocks to buy? There are plenty of terrific sources of investment information on the Internet, but there are so many sources, all claiming to be the one and only source that I need, that I cant make any decisions. Maybe I should return to my full-service broker. Be Your Own Broker can help you cut through the bewildering maze of online stock information and help you find the sources of information that can provide you with higher investment returns. Written by a seasoned broker with over 30 years of investing experience, the book provides you with a systematic method for discovering emerging growth stocks. More important, the book will provide you with a risk-free learning process that will enable you to improve your investment skills before you risk any of your own money. The author identifies two types of information that enabled him to increase the value of his fantasy portfolio from a start of $250,000 to more than $9 million in less than three years. In addition, he reveals specific sites on the Internet that provide that information and how to gain the most value from those sites.

This guide shows readers how to invest for less and at the same time maximise earnings. The book saves readers having to pay broker charges by showing them how to manage their own investment affairs and also provides advice on setting targets for efficient portfolio management.