Table of Contents
Preface ix
Part 1 What You Need to Know First
1 Welcome to the Stock Market 3
2 Opening a Brokerage Account 15
3 Your Watch List 25
4 How Wall Street Keeps Score 41
Part 2 The Art of Buying and Selling
5 Buying Your First Stock 55
6 ETFs, Index Funds, and Mutual Funds 71
7 Selling Your First Stock 87
Part 3 Moneymaking Strategies
8 Long-Term Investment Strategies 107
9 Short-Term Trading Strategies 125
10 Fun Ways to Increase a Portfolio's Value 141
Part 4 Introduction to Technical Analysis
11 Let's Get Technical 155
12 Indicators and Oscillators 179
13 Basic Chart Patterns 195
Part 5 Introduction to Fundamental Analysis
14 It's Really Fundamental 209
15 Use Fundamental Tools to Find Stocks 221
16 Lessons from Peter Lynch 235
Part 6 Alternative Strategies
17 Buy Fixed Income, Bonds, and REITs 249
18 Selling Short 259
19 Cryptocurrencies 273
Parting Advice: What You Can Do Now 283
Appendix: Where to Get Help 291
Acknowledgments 297
Index 299