Understanding Wall Street, Fifth Edition (Understanding Wall Street (Paperback))

A fully revised edition of the INVESTING CLASSIC

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

Understanding Wall Street, Fifth Edition, has new sections and information on the issues 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 best teacher, but this manual runs a close second.” American Library Book Review