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Stock Investing for Everyone: Tools for Investing Like the Pros

ISBN: 978-0-471-35731-5

September 1999

416 pages

Description
Stock Investing for Everyone

This book is written for a broad category of investors ranging fromthe inexperienced part-timer interested in learning more aboutanalyzing stocks and taking advantage of market trends to theseasoned pro, aiming to hone his or her skills and learn more aboutthe latest investment strategies, tools, and techniques.

Written by an exceptionally well qualified author team one of whom,Vaqar Zuberi, was ranked among the top 5% of proprietary tradersfor seven years running Stock Investing for Everyone covers all thebases, from market fundamentals to advanced electronic stockscreening and ranking tools. Without abstruse theory or complexmathematics, it supplies clear, step-by-step instructions on howto:
* Research stocks using the Internet, newsletters, company reports,and other major resources
* Use sophisticated stock valuation tools and techniques
* Conduct fundamental and technical analysis
* Analyze key fundamental and momentum indicators such as EPS,trading volume, moving averages, and others
* Recognize and exploit market trends
* Screen and rank stocks using both traditional and the latestelectronic tools
* Interpret stock behavior and effectively handle both weakeningand red-hot stocks
* Use the investment strategies and techniques of stock marketprofessionals
* Employ sophisticated risk and portfolio management techniques
* Screen stocks using the original, highly effective "Express"method

Stock Investing for Everyone arms you with the knowledge and skillsyou need to minimize risk and maximize the returns on your stockinvestments.

Praise for Stock Investing for Everyone

"A valuable source of investment strategies and general investinginformation for all levels of investors. I work in the financialindustry, providing investment research data to individual andinstitutional investors,and I still learned a great deal from thisbook. Any investor can use the tools provided here to help makeprofitable investment decisions. I strongly recommend this book toanyone who is beginning to enter the market or to experiencedinvestors seeking to broaden their knowledge base."
Brett A. Bernstein, Vice President, Zacks Investment Research,Inc.

"What makes this book terrific is that it provides a very thoroughand up-to-date treatment of stock analysis, particularly as tostock valuation, that individual investors can easily understand."Chuck Hill, Director of Research, First Call Corporation

"The authors provide a thorough and comprehensive guide to the do sand don ts of stock investing." Jim Solloway, former Director ofResearch, Argus Research Corp.

"A comprehensive, nuts-and-bolts book that can meet the needs ofnovice, experienced, and professional stock market investors.Unlike most books on investing, this book focuses solely on thestock market and, consequently, fills a void in that area." IsidroA. Diaz-Tous, President, Encor-America, Inc.
About the Author
ARSHAD KHAN is the President of Stocks Advisory Group. He is anexperienced stock market player who started his career with NCSCorporation, a Wall Street investment firm, and has written severalbooks on stock market investing, performance improvement, andengineering. He also teaches at the University of California(Berkeley and Santa Cruz Extensions).

VAQAR ZUBERI is a senior trader with Schonfeld Securities. He hasranked in the top 5% of proprietary traders since 1990. He hastraded billions of dollars in the past few years and achievedannual returns as high as 39%. Since 1992, his annualized returnshave averaged 32.6%, three points higher than the returns achievedby legendary fund manager Peter Lynch.