This to-the-point resource is packed with hundreds of entertaining tidbits and concepts about the way the stock market works. Topics include the NYSE and the NASDAQ; foreign exchanges; bubbles, crashes, and panics; the SEC; economic indicators; stock indexes; common stock vs. preferred stock; different types of stocks, including blue chips, value, income, growth, cyclical, and defensive; dividends and stock splits; mergers, acquisitions, and hostile takeovers; buying and selling; stockbrokers; IPOs; P/E ratio; inside trading; and more.
