All About Value Investing

by Esme E. Faerber

Overview

One way to make a killing in the market is by identifying underappreciated stocks, purchasing them at less than their intrinsic value, and selling them for profit. It's called value investing, and it's how Ben Graham, David Dodd, and Warren Buffett made their fortunes.

Now, the secrets of value investing are available to you in this easy-to-understand guide. All About Value Investing covers all practical aspects of this winning investing strategy. Avoiding complicated theories and technical explanations, it shows you how value investing works and how you can use it to draw amazing profits from the stock market. Learn how to:

• Read balance sheets and income statements to research possible investments
• Use fundamental analysis to project a company's future earnings
• Construct a value investing portfolio suited to your specific needs
• Use a variety of funds in lieu of individual stocks inyour value investing portfolio

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780071811125
Publisher:	McGraw Hill LLC
Publication date:	11/29/2013
Series:	All About Series
Edition description:	List
Pages:	352
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 8.90(h) x 0.80(d)

About the Author

ESMÉ FAERBER is a professor of business and accounting at Rosemont College. She has written several investing books, including All About Stocks, All About Investing, and All About Bonds, Bond Mutual Funds, and Bond ETFs.

Table of Contents

Preface vii

Chapter 1 Value Investing: What It Is and What It Is Not 1

Chapter 2 Are You a Value Investor? 13

Chapter 3 The History of Value Investing 33

Chapter 4 Sources of Information 45

Chapter 5 The Balance Sheet 63

Chapter 6 The Income Statement 93

Chapter 7 Statement of Changes in Cash 109

Chapter 8 Fundamental Analysis 125

Chapter 9 Choosing a Value Stock Portfolio 157

Chapter 10 Using Mutual Funds 175

Chapter 11 Using Closed-End Funds 209

Chapter 12 Exchange-Traded Funds 221

Chapter 13 Bonds 235

Chapter 14 Preferred Stock 267

Chapter 15 Options, Rights, and Warrants 281

Chapter 16 Portfolio Management and Evaluation 313

Notes 329

Index 333