Guide to Investing in Stocks, Bonds, Etfs and Mutual Funds
Guide to Investing in Stocks, Bonds, Etfs and Mutual Funds

Author: Shyam Bahadur Ph.D.

Publisher: LifeRich Publishing

Published: 2018-02-13

Total Pages: 171

ISBN-13: 1489715029

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Where to invest for growth can be a daunting decision for even an experienced investor. For a beginner, it can seem downright impossible. The author covers in this investment guide all kinds of investments including the stocks, treasury securities, municipal and corporate bonds, mutual funds and exchange traded funds and introduces even the master limited partnerships and real estate investment trusts. Some of the highlights of coverage are the concept of compounding and dollar cost averaging selection and analysis of stocks using the fundamental approach to stock evaluation supplemented with technical analysis selection and analysis of mutual funds and ETFs asset allocation, diversification and rebalancing guidelines for buying and selling the securities evaluating market levels and the discussion of market volatility and crash economic and tax considerations in investing

Stocks, Bonds, Options, Futures
Stocks, Bonds, Options, Futures

Author: New York Institute of Finance

Publisher: Prentice Hall

Published: 1987

Total Pages: 356

ISBN-13:

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From arbitrage to zero-coupon bonds, this all-inclusive guide explains the fundamentals of investments and their markets. Covers how broker/dealer firms function, option trading, technical and fundamental futures, exchange and over-the-counter transactions, and more.

Are You a Stock Or a Bond?
Are You a Stock Or a Bond?

Author: Moshe Arye Milevsky

Publisher: Financial Times/Prentice Hall

Published: 2012

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9780133115291

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You must be aware of the value, potential return and risk of your own human capital (your job, career and what you do for a living as opposed to stocks and bonds or other investment choices) as well as financial capital and investments to plan a secure future. Human capital is the most valuable asset that you will own over your lifecycle. You need to balance all financial decisions with the characteristics of your human capital. The key trends identified in the first edition of the book namely, the decline of Defined Benefit (DB) pension provision, the continued increase in human longevity and the risk of personal inflation, are as relevant today as they were five years ago. The financial crisis has taught us that all types of capital - human, financial and even social - are key to a secure financial future. If your career has "stock-like" growth and risk characteristics, Milevsky helps you balance your "portfolio" by tilting investments towards safer "bonds." If your job is more secure but offers lower financial upside, you'll learn to tilt your investments towards stocks that compensate for your lower earning potential. Either way, Milevsky shows you how to integrate investments, insurance, annuities, and retirement plans to generate the safe and reliable income you'll need. This Edition's updates include: New 2012 data, charts, figures, and references More coverage of incorporating "human capital" into financial planning Advice reflecting the aftermath of the financial crisis Easier, more usable techniques, and less math!

Stocks, Bonds, And The Investment Horizon: Decision-making For The Long Run
Stocks, Bonds, And The Investment Horizon: Decision-making For The Long Run

Author: Haim Levy

Publisher: World Scientific

Published: 2022-04-28

Total Pages: 494

ISBN-13: 9811250162

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A century ago, life expectancy was roughly 40 years, hence all income could be consumed, as for most people, there was no need to save for retirement. Today, things have drastically changed: Life expectancy exceeds 80 years in many countries, and one should expect to live and consume many years after retirement. Thus, we have many investors with various investment horizons, where the length of the investment horizon becomes a crucial factor in determining the best investment diversification.This book analyzes the effect of the investment horizon on the optimal diversification, specifically between stocks and bonds: Should a young investor and an older investor have the same portfolio? Is it recommended to savers for retirement to change the asset allocation between stocks and bonds as they grow older, as life cycle mutual funds do in practice? Is the idiom 'stocks for the long run' backed by scientific evidence? We analyze for which horizons it is recommended to employ the popular Mean-Variance rule and for which horizons employing this rule induces an economic distortion, hence a loss to the investors. It is shown that all relevant parameters for investment choice (means, variances, and correlations) change in a non-linear way with the horizon, a fact that makes the investment horizon crucial for investment choices. Similarly, the popular Sharpe, Treynor, and Jensen performance indices vary with the assumed horizon even in the case of independence over time. To analyze all the above issues, we employ the Mean-Variance rule and Stochastic Dominance rules, as well as direct expected utility calculations.

How I Trade and Invest in Stocks and Bonds
How I Trade and Invest in Stocks and Bonds

Author: Richard D. Wyckoff

Publisher: Ravenio Books

Published:

Total Pages: 121

ISBN-13:

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During the last thirty-three years I have been a persistent student of the security markets. As a member of several Stock Exchange firms, as a bond dealer, trader and investor, I have come into active contact with many thousands of those who are executing orders and handling markets, as well as those who deal in such markets, namely traders and investors. For the past fifteen years I have edited and published The Magazine of Wall Street, which at this writing has the largest circulation of any financial publication in the world. These experiences have given me an opportunity to study not only the stock and bond markets, but all those related thereto, and have enabled me to observe the forces which influence these markets and the human elements which contribute so largely to their activity and wide fluctuations. Out of this experience I have evolved or adopted or formulated certain methods of trading and investing, and some of these I have collected and presented in the pages which follow. My purpose in preparing this book has been two-fold. Primarily, I have in mind the thousands of new investors who find the securities market a vast, technical machine, too complex to be understood by many. It has been my effort to do away with this impression—to emphasize the fact that, in Wall Street as anywhere else, the chief essential is common sense, coupled with study and practical experience. I have attempted to outline the requirements for success in this field in a way that will be understandable to all. This classic includes the following chapters: I. First Lessons II. Profitable Experiences III. Why I Buy Certain Stocks and Bonds IV. Unearthing Profit Opportunities V. Some Experiences in Mining Stocks VI. The Fundamentals of Successful Investing VII. The Story of a Little Odd Lot VIII. Rules I Follow in Trading and Investing IX. Forecasting Future Developments X. Truth About “Averaging Down” XI. Conclusions as to Foresight and Judgment XII. Safeguarding Your Capital XIII. How Millions Are Lost in Wall Street XIV. Importance of Knowing Who Owns a Stock