The Complete Idiot's Guide to Making Money on Wall Street

by Christy Heady

Book Overview

A straightforward guide to investing on Wall Street, with information on international investment, mutual funds and bonds, and explanations of newer kinds of investments such as baskets of stocks and derivative products. This second edition also includes updated statistics.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0028619587
• ISBN13: 9780028619583
• Release Date: December 1997
• Publisher: Alpha Books
• Length: 358 Pages
• Weight: 1.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 7.3" x 9.1"

Customer Reviews

Great introduction to the market.

This book is definitely lighthearted and complete. This is the ideal get-started guide for Wall Street investing. Beginning investors can learn the ins and outs of stocks, bonds, mutual funds, futures, and more--and learn how to get the highest returns on their money! Practical, easy-to-understand explanations and advice on complex Wall Street topics. Wall Street experts reveal in-depth information on investing without a broker. "The complete Idiot's Guide to Making Money on Wall Street" has friendly steps to determining the right investment strategy for each person's financial needs. It's a Quick and easy ways to invest in stocks, bonds, great down-to-earth strategies for investing in your futures, and mutual funds. Highly rec-commend for beginners.

required reading for anyone who wants to invest money

First of all i recomend that you read the Complete idiot's guide to investing like a pro before progessing to this book. You could get by without it since some material is very similar. The only part of this book that is diffucult to understand is the section on options and futures, but this is the best attempt to explain that very difficult investment play. I am writing this on 7/23/2002 when the market is doing horrible, but since reading the book, even though like most investors i am losing some money i am beating the market averages.

I am an idiot no longer!

This book was fantastic! It was simple reading on a very confusing subject. This book combined very informative straight talk with just the right amount of humor. It held my attention. I can now watch financial review shows on TV and know what they are talking about.

a good book

This is a good book for beginners. If you have no clue about what goes on in wall street, or with investing in general, this is a great place to start. The author covers the basics about different kinds of investment instruments. I read through the entire book and decided which ones I liked and am currently investing in them. This is a book on basics so don't expect to join an indepth conversation with executives at brokerage firms after reading it. It's just enough for you to start investing...

This book is a *GREAT* introduction to investing.

"The Complete Idiot's Guide to Making Money on Wall Street" by Christy Heady is a superb introduction to the principles of investing. I was so impressed with the book that I bought it for my girlfriend to get her started investing in mutual funds.Each chapter is extremely well written. The point Ms. Heady makes repeatedly is that you don't have to be wealthy to start investing. She cites a number of ways you can get started with as little as $50 a month (such as a no-load mutual fund or a DRIP plan). As a matter of fact, Ms. Heady got me so interested in investing that I got started with $50 dollars. I now follow the market everyday online.