| Description |
xi, 241 pages ; 21 cm |
| Contents |
Is It a Corporation? -- Stocks and Dividends -- How They Make Stock--and Sell It -- Reading the Stock Tables -- Annual Reports -- Newspaper Earnings Reports -- Takeovers, Mergers, and Tender Offers -- The Dow Jones Industrial Average and the NYSE Composite Index -- Corporate Bonds -- Municipal Bonds -- Government Securities -- Options -- Futures Contracts -- Stock Index Futures -- Leading Economic Indicators and the GNP -- Government Deficits and the Balance of Trade -- The Money Supply and the Federal Reserve -- Reacting to Bad News -- Glossary: Terms and Jargon of the Financial News |
| Summary |
A guide to understanding financial news and how it affects the financial markets |
| Analysis |
Finance United States |
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Journalism, Commercial United States |
| Notes |
First ed. published by: Harper & Row, 1986 |
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Includes index |
| Subject |
Finance -- United States.
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Journalism, Commercial -- United States.
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| LC no. |
93036376 |
| ISBN |
0062732498 |
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