Understanding Stocks, Third Edition

Michael Sincere

May 2022 · McGraw Hill-Ascent Audio · Narrated by Walter Dixon

About this audiobook

There's never been a better time to get into stocks. New technologies provide tools and equipment for novices that previous generations of investors and traders didn't even dream of. The go-to guide for beginners, Understanding Stocks, provides everything you need to start out strong. From opening an account, to evaluating stocks, to making trades, it covers all the fundamentals-market language, players, rules, strategies, and environment-and helps you build a solid portfolio by developing the right balance between risk and reward. This updated third edition includes brand-new chapters on: risk management; identifying winning stocks; testing your trading strategy; Bitcoin and alternative investments; ways to read the market quickly and accurately; technical and fundamental analysis; and short-term trading and long-term investing. In addition, this comprehensive resource brings you fully up to date on pattern day trading rules and zero commissions; strategies for both bull and bear markets; the influence of computer algorithms; and preparing for the market open. You don't need a fortune to make a fortune. Michael Sincere explains everything you need to succeed as an investor or trader.

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About the author

Michael Sincere is a columnist and author of many popular investing books. He routinely provides his insight into the stock market. Sincere has worked as an adjunct professor at several universities, and he writes for several major corporations and brokerage firms.

Walter Dixon is a winner of Audible's "#1 Editor's Choice and Customer Favorites" award. He has narrated more than 200 audiobooks; performed in musical theater, drama and opera productions, and professional stand-up comedy; and voiced commercials, corporate videos, animated features, and vintage radio dramas.