Introduction 1Part 1: Putting the Share in Sharemarket 7Chapter 1: So, You Want to Invest in Shares 9Chapter 2: Watching the market operate 23Part 2: Investing Strategies for Success 39Chapter 3: Developing an Investment Strategy 41Chapter 4: Assessing Your Risk 59Chapter 5: Eggs and Baskets 99Part 3: Buying, Buying, Sold 137Chapter 6: Buying and Selling Shares 139Chapter 7: Knowing When to Buy and Sell Shares 157Chapter 8: Buying What You Know 183Chapter 9: Buying Specialised Shares and Other Listed Products 217Chapter 10: Choosing Shares Wisely 233Chapter 11: Why Share Prices Change 251Chapter 12: Working with Brokers 285Chapter 13: Initial Public Offerings 303Part 4: Doing Your Homework 343Chapter 14: Crunching the Numbers 345Chapter 15: Following the Money Trail: Fundamental Analysis 367Chapter 16: Charting the Intricacies of Technical Analysis 387Chapter 17: Using Online Tools to Research Your Investments 415Chapter 18: Taxing Matters 435Part 5: Shares Are for Everyone 451Chapter 19: Bankrolling Your Superannuation 453Chapter 20: Investing in Overseas Shares 477Chapter 21: The Exotic World of Derivatives 495Chapter 22: Leverage and Speculation 517Part 6: The Part of Tens 531Chapter 23: Ten Great Investors and Their Strategies 533Chapter 24: Ten Great Books to Read Next 547Chapter 25: Ten Great Sharemarket Crashes 555Chapter 26: Ten Great Australian Stocks 565Chapter 27: Ten Things Not To Do, Ever 583Glossary 591Index 611
James Dunn is contributing editor at The Inside Network, and also writes for The Australian, The Australian Financial Review, Switzer Report, Listed@ASX and Asia Asset Management. James was founding editor at Shares magazine.