Revised edition of the author's Understanding stocks, [2014]

What you need to know first. Welcome to the stock market -- Opening a brokerage account -- Your watch list -- How Wall Street keeps score -- The art of buying and selling. Buying your first stock -- ETFs, index funds, and mutual funds -- Selling your first stock -- Moneymaking strategies. Long-term investment strategies -- Short-term trading strategies -- Fun ways to increase a portfolio's value -- Introduction to technical analysis. Let's get technical -- Indicators and oscillators -- Basic chart patterns -- Introduction to fundamental analysis. It's really fundamental -- Use fundamental tools to find stocks -- Lessons from Peter Lynch -- Alternative strategies. Buy fixed income, bonds, and REITs -- Selling short -- Cryptocurrencies -- Parting advice : what you can do now -- Appendix. Where to get help

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