Understanding Wall Street, Fifth Edition: Edition 5

Jeffrey B. Little

Oct 2009 · McGraw Hill Professional

About this ebook

A fully revised edition of theINVESTING CLASSIC

For over 30 years this comprehensive, easy-to-read guide has served well as thedefinitive reference for successful investing. Now in its fifth edition and completelyupdated, Understanding Wall Street helps investors prosper in today’s challengingeconomy—whether you’re just beginning or among the millions soon to retire.

Understanding Wall Street, Fifth Edition, has new sections and information on theissues most important to today’s investors, including:

• How to use the Internet as an investing tool
• The shift to exchange traded funds (ETFs)
• The link between Wall Street and Main Street
• The Risks and rewards of the global economy

Praise for previous editions of Understanding Wall Street:

“Recommended. An excellent introduction to stock market intricacies.” —Booklist

“A lucid guide to those downtown mysteries.” —Newsday

“Remarkable . . . it remains as useful as ever . . . Experience may be the bestteacher, but this manual runs a close second.” American Library Book Review

About the author

Jeffrey B. Little has been a registered investment analyst, serving as senior analyst at a major Wall Street firm and as a vice president of the prominent investment counsel firm, T. Rowe Price Associates.
Lucien Rhodes is a respected financial journalist with several years experience as a senior analyst and portfolio manager in both commercial and investment banking.