Demystifying the Stock Market: A Beginner's Guide to Investing

By: Vats, Pooja

The content provides a comprehensive guide to understanding and navigating the world of investing, focusing on fundamental concepts, strategies, and practices in the stock market. It covers a wide range of topics, including the definition and purpose of the stock market, market participants, stock exchanges, trading mechanisms, building wealth through ownership, historical stock market returns, listing and delisting of stocks, types of stocks (common vs. preferred, blue-chip, growth, and value), deciphering stock codes, major indices (S&P 500, Dow Jones), market capitalization and sector indices, calculating market capitalization, impact of share price changes, evaluating a company's profitability, interpreting the P/E ratio, importance of dividends and dividend yield, full-service vs. discount brokers, online trading platforms, types of orders (market, limit, stop), timing and execution strategies, diversification and risk management, tracking performance and setting goals, market volatility and economic factors, external events impacting stock prices, business and financial risks, conducting fundamental analysis, risk tolerance and investment horizon.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 6207466195
• ISBN13: 9786207466191
• Release Date: February 2024
• Publisher: LAP Lambert Academic Publishing
• Length: 76 Pages
• Weight: 0.27 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.2" x 6.0" x 9.0"