Table of Contents

• 1 The thrill of owning shares
• 2 Businesses and shares
• 3 What you receive from the company
• 4 What do stockbrokers do?
• 5 What happens once you have decided to trade?
• 6 What do stock markets do?
• 7 Sifting out the important stuff on the internet
• 8 Preference, foreign and golden shares
• 9 What drives share prices?
• 10 Assessing a company
• 11 Profits and balance sheets
• 12 Cash flow and key ratios
• 13 Measuring risk
• 14 Companies selling shares to outsiders
• 15 Seasoned equity offerings
• 16 Stock market indices
• 17 Taxation
• 18 Regulation of the markets 

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Learn the basic principles of investing shares in the stock market so you can take control of your finances and grow your wealth.

About the Author

Glen Arnold is the author of Corporate Financial Management, now in its 4th edition, Financial Times Guide to Value Investing 2e,  The Handbook of Corporate Finance,  FT Guide to Investing, 2e, The FT Guide to the Financial Markets and The Great Investors. FT Guide to Investing is the most successful book in the personal finance section of Total Consumer Market by value.