How to read financial information. Michael Brett
Stock market trading is much more complex than it may seem at first glance, and to be effective, you need to have at least basic knowledge.
Basic knowledge also includes the ability to read financial information, which allows one to draw correct conclusions about the real value of a security.
Without this knowledge, you will only trade on the news and will not be able to assess the real value of a company's shares.
Michael Brett's book, "How to Read Financial Information," teaches you how to find and, most importantly, read the information you need to evaluate an asset's investment appeal.
In addition, this book also covers other equally important issues for those who have decided to trade on the stock exchange.
1. Fundamentals – terminology and basic concepts of finance
2. Cash flows and financiers – investment flows and who manages them
3. Companies and their accounts – a brief overview of financial statements and their key indicators
4. Investment ratios – about profit and dividends, principles of calculation and accrual
5. Improving the quality of calculations – what lies behind the reporting figures
6. Shares and the stock exchange – the structure of the exchange, major shareholders, transaction scheme
7. Why market prices change – stock market speculation or what influences the value of a security
8. Issuing new securities to the stock market – the technology of issuing shares
9. Issue more shares and buy back shares – types of share issues and buyers’ rights
10. Buyers, victims, and lawyers – what is a takeover and who benefits from it
11. Venture capital and management buyouts – the system and main options for buyouts
12. Salaries, additional income, and reverse capitalism – how much do top executives earn
Government and corporate bonds – types of securities issued by the government
14. Banks, borrowers and bad debts – what banks are and what they do
15. Money markets – securities in the money markets
16. The foreign exchange market and the euro – factors influencing exchange rates, interest rates
17. International money: Euromarkets – borrowing in the money market
18. Financial derivatives and commodities – the main function of derivatives, options
19. Insurance and Lloyd's after troubles – reinsurance of risks
20. Commercial real estate and market crashes – features of investing in this type of real estate
21. Savings, pooled investments and tax shelters – where most people invest in England
22. Control of the City – the system of financial regulation
23. Print and the Internet: financial pages – the main sources of obtaining the necessary information
As the book's contents suggest, it alone is sufficient to gain an understanding of the world of finance. It covers virtually everything, from basic concepts to sources of essential information.
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