Visual Guide to Financial Markets
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The essential guide for anyone trying to get a handle on the fundamentals of investing, the Visual Guide to Financial Markets distills 30 years of Bloomberg expertise into one straightforward, easy-to-read volume. The book teaches readers about three basic investment options―governments, companies, and real assets, including gold and other commodities―and offers valuable insights into money-market securities, bonds, stocks, derivatives, mutual funds, exchange-traded funds, and alternatives.
Introduction:
Financial markets are supposed to be complicated. If they were easier to understand, there wouldn’t be as much money to go around. Individual investors wouldn’t need to pay brokers and financial advisers as much to manage their nest eggs. They might be less inclined to buy high and sell low, ensuring profi ts for those who do the opposite. This book is designed to make things simpler. It’s built around the choices that you have about where to put your money, an approach that’s more in keeping with the investment decisions that people make in the real world.
Look at it this way: If a family member asked you for some money to start a business, your first thought probably wouldn’t be about the kind of securities you would receive in return. More than likely, it would be about the person, his or her relationship to you, success in life and work, background in business, and any past requests made for financial help. You’ll find three basic equivalents of the family member in financial markets:
- Governments, which rely on money from investors to bridge gaps between spending and taxes. The bigger the budget deficit, the more borrowing they need to do.
- Companies, which raise funds to run and expand their business and enable owners to buy and sell their investments.
- Hard assets, which have a presence that goes beyond entries in computer databases or on scraps of paper. Gold is one example that many investors favor. Commodities and real estate are others.
After deciding what to invest in, you have to figure out how to put your money to work. You can invest directly in governments, companies, and hard assets, and there’s more than one choice for each. You can make investments that indirectly reflect their value as well.
Contents:
- Government
- Companies
- Hard Assets
- Indexes
- Government Revisited
- Companies Revisited
- Hard Assets Revisited
- Derivatives
- Mutual Funds and Exchange-Traded Funds
- Indexes Revisited
Visual Guide to Financial Markets By David Wilson pdf
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Jaylin Barry (verified owner) –
very good contents
Emery Guerra (verified owner) –
In this case, the image is worth much more than 1,000 words. I intend to use the book this fall in my global issues in financial journalism class. Superb way to convey information in today’s short-attention-span reality. Wilson never disappoints.
Louis Bradshaw (verified owner) –
good introduction about various investment basic and market terms. but not in depth if one has to put money into it….suggest those to read more and research more
Wells Clay (verified owner) –
Great read. Explains the markets for a novice like me.
Ember Lang (verified owner) –
David Wilson is an articulate expert who makes even difficult financial information easy to understand.
Jaxton Bentley (verified owner) –
I highly recommend this book and is well worth the price.
The author gives a great insight to the financial markets for those who are perplexed by the workings of the market!
Ruth Singh (verified owner) –
A great book for those who plan on entering the financial services industry. It has enough for beginners as well as already established professionals.
Hank Ray (verified owner) –
Stocks at record highs and Bloomberg/Blankfien mafia still in control .. Look out below becasue you let the genie out the bottle with bloomberg and his stealing killing machine
For the first time in history FInancail intruments to profit from and motivate the market to crash for Housing.. and no Regulatoin in sight
Hunter McKenzie (verified owner) –
Great book to read cover to cover, or to use as a reference guide. Really cool landscape page layout, easy to read font and color schemes. Most valuable as it fill voids that someone may have regarding their knowledge on a variety of financial subject matter.
Briar Raymond (verified owner) –
I found Visual Guide to Financial Markets very helpful. As a novice investor, I loved the 3Rs, Risk Analysis, and brief tests that are included extremely beneficial to my understanding of the markets. I appreciated the highlighted definitions and key points also. I would highly recommend this book to anyone who wishes to have a more complete understanding of the various investment opportunities available.
Aliana Warner (verified owner) –
I like this style of presentation a lot, as I am a very visual learner (and teacher). This makes the numbers come alive for me, as shown in charts as well as numbers (familiar from financial publications). It is Bloomberg-centric, as seen in various screen shots from demonstrations, but the knowledge is readily applied anywhere.
Berkley Morgan (verified owner) –
Whether one is an investor or just a saver, all decision are affected by activity in the financial markets; the information provided in Visual Guide to Financial Markets helps make sense of those external forces that impact our lives and livelihoods. Visual Guide to Financial Markets by David Wilson is a wonderful source of information because it provides clear, understandable information on why different investment choices produce different results. It may make listening, watching, and/or reading the financial news more interesting!
An informed investor is the best investor. Investment choices in a self-directed pension, annuity, or simply choosing between a Certificate of Deposit, statement savings, or checking account can be overwhelming when trying to process and make sense of the information provided. The idea of needing an investment advisor or other professional to help navigate the choices may be intimidating. Visual Guide to Financial Markets provides information regarding the relationship of the many choices in investments and relevance of one over another based on risk, reward, and relative value in an easy to read format and easy to understand terminology. Definitions and examples reinforce the information throughout the book.
In Visual Guide to Financial Markets, David Wilson provides a wealth of information in clear, concise terminology and lays it out in an easy-to-read, easy-to-refer-back-to format making this a perfect gift for anyone, young or old. Readers should feel more confident when listening to, reading, or discussing market activity. Buy it today for yourself, or anyone you wish to see succeed financially!