March 2007
Commodities For Dummies
Commodities For Dummies (360 pages, $24.99 softcover, 2006, ISBN 0-470-04928-6) by Amine Bouchentouf, published by John Wiley & Sons.
This guide gives you, in plain English, the basics on breaking into the market, dispels common myths, and presents a range of trading and investing strategies. It will help you diversify, measure risk, and apply market analysis techniques. You'll see how commodities stack up against other assets, and how to avoid investing pitfalls.
John Wiley & Sons, www,wiley.comBACK TO LIST
We all want to make our money work harder. But navigating today's market can seem a little confusing. This revised and updated guide for investors in their 20s and 30s delivers advice on finding the best investment options, reducing the overall risk, and achieving a return on your money. Readers will learn to create a budget they can live and invest with; to read the financial pages like a pro; pick winning stocks and bonds; optimize your IRA; and much more. There's even a chapter on ETFs. This book will put you in charge of your financial future.
Penguin Books, www.penguin.comBACK TO LIST
In 1981 options were regarded as a specialized trading tool best left to professionals. However, there is value and versatility in options for investors of every size and experience level. This work is a practical guidebook for using options combined with technical analysis tools to both create and protect portfolio profits in every market environment. The book is organized into three main sections: Market Outlook, Options Strategies, and Managing a Position. Options are valuable for all investors from conservative to aggressive. This guide shows you how to use options for every strategy in every market.
John Wiley & Sons, www,wiley.comBACK TO LIST
Traditional income-generating investments are producing historically low returns. Banks, money market funds, and bonds are still paying rates well below the expected increase in the cost of living. To be financially secure you need to generate exceptional cash flow with a portfolio that will appreciate over time to produce wealth. With the broad issuance of new income derivatives, investors can have a double-digit income and capital appreciation -- if they structure their portfolios properly. This book details a diversified, flexible, and highly liquid investment strategy that's ideal for anyone seeking to generate around 10% income and at least 15% annual capital gains. If you're willing to take on a minimal amount of risk to achieve yields that are twice as high as most other income investments, then this book is for you. It is divided into four parts to take you from constructing your portfolio to managing this portfolio so it pays out a 10% yield while the underlying assets grow by 15%.
John Wiley & Sons, www,wiley.comBACK TO LIST
This second edition delivers Tharp's 14-step model for developing a profitable trading system as well as his latest methods and techniques for winning in any market. It also includes new information on secular bull and bear markets and macro economies. This book explains that the Holy Grail of the market is different for each trader. It shows how the interplay of one's style, goals, and personality -- combined with a carefully designed and tested system -- will ultimately determine true success. This guide provides key information to help you increase your income. With new analysis and review of real trading newsletters, you will see how the importance of evaluating their importance and results before you invest in anyone's recommendation.
McGraw-Hill, www.books.mcgraw-hill.comBACK TO LIST
To truly excel in the markets you need a method that will allow you to identify market moves and strategies and make the most of those moves. The author has defined specific entry and exit signals based on price action. This book provides a blueprint for trading success using the two most important price patterns that identify major turning points and trend continuations. It is filled with practical advice, real-world examples, charts and graphs. It provides a comprehensive look at swing trading and offers step-by-step guidance that will allow you to apply the swing trading methodology to any portfolio and improve your bottom line. This book will serve as an introduction to the novice and a guide to the more established trader.
Tradenet Publishing, www.tradenetpublishing.comBACK TO LIST
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Originally published in the March 2007 issue of Technical Analysis of STOCKS & COMMODITIES magazine. All rights reserved. © Copyright 2007, Technical Analysis, Inc.
