Investing for Dummies, UK Edition

Tony Levene writes on issues ranging from investments to tax to consumer rights and financial fraud. He has been a financial journalist for national newspapers for nearly 40 years, including 12 years at The Guardian. He has also contributed to magazines and investment websites, and commented on financial matters for BBC TV, BBC Radio and other radio stations.

• Introduction  1 Part I: Getting Started with Investing 5Chapter 1: First Steps on the Money Trail  7Chapter 2: Checking Your Personal Life Before You Invest  23Chapter 3: Recognising What Makes an Investor Tick  33Chapter 4: Squaring Risks with Returns  45Chapter 5: Being Aware of Small Print – and of Print that Isn’t There  59Part II: Shares, Bonds and Other Investibles  71Chapter 6: Comprehending How Stock Markets Work  73Chapter 7: Taking the Cat walk Route to Investment Success  93Chapter 8: Investing in Markets  109Chapter 9: Analysing Stock-Market-Quoted Companies  125Chapter 10: Banking on Bonds  145Chapter 11: Conquering Commodities and Getting into Gold 161Part III: Collective Investments and Pension Funds 173Chapter 12: Looking at Fund Management  175Chapter 13: Investing with a Trust  191Chapter 14: Saving Up for Your Retirement  213Chapter 15: Disinvesting During Your Retirement  229Chapter 16: Selecting a Stockbroker or Financial Adviser  241Chapter 17: Hedging Your Fund Bets  257Chapter 18: Investing at Random and with the Intellectuals  267Part IV: Property and Alternatives  277Chapter 19: Investing in Bricks and Mortar  279Chapter 20: Delving into Derivative Investments  297Part V: The Part of Tens  311Chapter 21: Ten Tips for Fact-Finding  313Chapter 22: Ten Helpful Hints for You  323Index  327