All about investing : the easy way to get started /
Esmé Faerber.
- New York : McGraw-Hill, c2006.
- x, 307 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
- "All about--" series .
- "All about--" series (McGraw-Hill) .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction to investments -- Investment risk and return -- Security markets and how stocks are traded -- Investment companies (mutual funds) -- Money-market securities -- Common stock and preferred stock -- Bonds -- Treasury, government, mortgage-backed securities, corporate, and municipal bonds -- Convertible bonds and zero-coupon bonds -- Options -- Futures -- Real estate, precious metals, and collectibles.