Tony Levene has been a journalist for some 35 years and writes on issues ranging from investment to consumer rights. He has worked for newspapers including The Guardian, The Sunday Times, Sunday Express, Daily Express, The Sun, Daily Star and Sunday Mirror. He has also published eight previous books on investment and financial issues.

• Introduction. Part I: Investment Basics.Chapter 1: Taking Your First Steps on the Money Trail.Chapter 2: Recognising What Makes an Investor Tick.Chapter 3: Squaring Risks with Returns.Chapter 4: Being Aware of Small Print – and of Print that Isn't There.Part II: Shares and Bonds.Chapter 5: Comprehending How Stock Markets Work.Chapter 6: Taking the Catwalk Route to Investment Success.Chapter 7: Investing in Markets.Chapter 8: Analysing Stock-Market-Quoted Companies.Chapter 9: Banking on Bonds.Chapter 10: Building an Information Bank.Part III: Collective Investments.Chapter 11: Getting into Unit Trusts.Chapter 12: Looking at Fund Management.Chapter 13: Hedging Your Fund Bets.Chapter 14: Investing at Random and with the Intellectuals.Part IV: Property and Alternatives.Chapter 15: Investing in Bricks and Mortar.Chapter 16: Delving into Exotic Investments.Part V: The Part of Tens.Chapter 17: Ten Tips for Finding a Good Adviser.Chapter 18: Ten Helpful Hints for You.Index.

Tony Levene has been a journalist for some 35 years and writes on issues ranging from investment to consumer rights. He has worked for newspapers including The Guardian, The Sunday Times, Sunday Express, Daily Express, The Sun, Daily Star and Sunday Mirror. He has also published eight previous books on investment and financial issues.

• Introduction. Part I: Investment Basics.Chapter 1: Taking Your First Steps on the Money Trail.Chapter 2: Recognising What Makes an Investor Tick.Chapter 3: Squaring Risks with Returns.Chapter 4: Being Aware of Small Print – and of Print that Isn't There.Part II: Shares and Bonds.Chapter 5: Comprehending How Stock Markets Work.Chapter 6: Taking the Catwalk Route to Investment Success.Chapter 7: Investing in Markets.Chapter 8: Analysing Stock-Market-Quoted Companies.Chapter 9: Banking on Bonds.Chapter 10: Building an Information Bank.Part III: Collective Investments.Chapter 11: Getting into Unit Trusts.Chapter 12: Looking at Fund Management.Chapter 13: Hedging Your Fund Bets.Chapter 14: Investing at Random and with the Intellectuals.Part IV: Property and Alternatives.Chapter 15: Investing in Bricks and Mortar.Chapter 16: Delving into Exotic Investments.Part V: The Part of Tens.Chapter 17: Ten Tips for Finding a Good Adviser.Chapter 18: Ten Helpful Hints for You.Index.

Tony Levene has been a journalist for some 35 years and writes on issues ranging from investment to consumer rights. He has worked for newspapers including The Guardian, The Sunday Times, Sunday Express, Daily Express, The Sun, Daily Star and Sunday Mirror. He has also published eight previous books on investment and financial issues.

• Introduction. Part I: Investment Basics.Chapter 1: Taking Your First Steps on the Money Trail.Chapter 2: Recognising What Makes an Investor Tick.Chapter 3: Squaring Risks with Returns.Chapter 4: Being Aware of Small Print – and of Print that Isn't There.Part II: Shares and Bonds.Chapter 5: Comprehending How Stock Markets Work.Chapter 6: Taking the Catwalk Route to Investment Success.Chapter 7: Investing in Markets.Chapter 8: Analysing Stock-Market-Quoted Companies.Chapter 9: Banking on Bonds.Chapter 10: Building an Information Bank.Part III: Collective Investments.Chapter 11: Getting into Unit Trusts.Chapter 12: Looking at Fund Management.Chapter 13: Hedging Your Fund Bets.Chapter 14: Investing at Random and with the Intellectuals.Part IV: Property and Alternatives.Chapter 15: Investing in Bricks and Mortar.Chapter 16: Delving into Exotic Investments.Part V: The Part of Tens.Chapter 17: Ten Tips for Finding a Good Adviser.Chapter 18: Ten Helpful Hints for You.Index.