“Godd Starter book” Gives you the basics that build the blocks for a solid foundation on the stock market.

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Stock Investing For Dummies, 3rd Edition includes information on stock investing in both bear and bull markets; unique investment segments; stock investing for different types of situations; and examples straight from the real world of stock investing as they have occurred in the past three years.

A now wiser dummy! Soon to be rich?
A very good book. Makes that mysterious ’stock market’ less mysterious. Now on to make money with my new found knowledge!…more info

Very basic
This book is written for those who have never traded a single share in their life. Basic practices are broken down and explained, covering all of the why’s, how’s, and waht if’s. The author seems very well informed and credentialed. If you have already been trading/investing/speculating, and wish to brush up on principles or add new techniques to your repertoire, this book won’t help you much….go for something a little more advanced….more info

terrible at explaining financial lingo!
The worst part of “Stock Investing for Dummies” is that it refers to previous sections far too often (note: you can refer to the first part of this sentence for something incredibly annoying). It’s obvious the writer didn’t intend for the book to be read cover-to-cover, but when you’re 5 pages into a chapter and it refers you to earlier in the same chapter, it’s serious overkill.

Browsing through popular stock sites such as Google/Yahoo Finance, you wind up with an alphabet soup of financial terms and ratios, such as EPS, ROA, and P/E. I was really hoping this guide would dumb-down the incredible amount of jargon, but I actually feel more confused having read this material.

This book did have one huge benefit to me: it convinced me to do a Balance Sheet and an Income Sheet for my own personal finances (after explaining what they actually were). It is so eye opening to have your expenses laid out that clear, and shows how a company is really responsible for doing the same thing, just on a larger scale.

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