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- From: lott@informatik.uni-kl.de (Christopher Lott)
- Subject: misc.invest FAQ on general investment topics (Table of Contents)
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- Summary: Answers to frequently asked questions about investments.
- Should be read by anyone who wishes to post to misc.invest.
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- Archive-name: investment-faq/general/toc
- Version: $Id: faq-toc,v 1.13 1994/03/23 06:56:18 lott Exp lott $
- Compiler: Christopher Lott, lott@informatik.uni-kl.de
-
- This is the table of contents for the general misc.invest FAQ.
-
- Articles in this FAQ discusses issues pertaining to money and
- investment instruments, specifically stocks, bonds, and things
- like options and life insurance. Subjects more appropriate to
- misc.consumers are not included here. For extensive information
- on mutual funds, see the mutual fund FAQ, which is maintained
- by marks@ssdevo.enet.dec.com.
-
- Disclaimers: Rules, regulations, laws, conditions, rates, and
- such information discussed in this FAQ all change quite rapidly.
- Information given here was current at the time of writing but is
- almost guaranteed to be out of date by the time you read it.
- Mention of a product does not constitute an endorsement. Answers
- to questions sometimes rely on information given in other answers.
- Readers outside the USA can reach US-800 telephone numbers, for a
- charge, using a service such as MCI's Call USA. All prices are
- listed in US dollars unless otherwise specified.
-
- Availability of the FAQ:
- via news:
- posted monthly to misc.invest,misc.answers,news.answers
- via anonymous ftp:
- host: rtfm.mit.edu
- path: /pub/usenet/news.answers/investment-faq/general/*
- via mail:
- address: mail-server@rtfm.mit.edu
- required msg body: send usenet/news.answers/investment-faq/general/*
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- Please send comments and new submissions to the compiler.
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-
- TABLE OF CONTENTS
-
- Sources for Current and Historical Market Data
- Beginning Investor's Advice
- Dave Rhodes and Other Chain Letters
- American Depository Receipts (ADR)
- Bankrupt Broker
- Beta
- Bonds
- Book-to-Bill Ratio
- Books About Investing (especially stocks)
- Bull and Bear Lore
- Buying and Selling Stock Without a Broker
- Computing the Rate of Return on Monthly Investments
- Computing Compound Return
- Derivatives
- Discount Brokers
- Dividends on Stock and Mutual Funds
- Dollar Cost and Value Averaging
- Dollar Bill Presidents
- Dramatic Stock Price Increases and Decreases
- Direct Investing and DRIPS
- Free Information
- Future and Present Value of Money
- Getting Rich Quickly
- Charles Givens
- Goodwill
- Hedging
- Instinet
- Investment Associations (AAII and NAIC)
- Initial Public Offering (IPO)
- Investment Jargon
- Life Insurance
- Money-Supply Measures M1, M2, and M3
- Market Makers and Specialists
- NASD Public Disclosure Hotline
- One-Letter Ticker Symbols
- One-Line Wisdom
- Option Symbols
- Options on Stocks
- P/E Ratio
- Pink Sheet Stocks
- Renting vs. Buying a Home
- Retirement Plan - 401(k)
- Round Lots of Shares
- Savings Bonds (from US Treasury)
- SEC Filings / Edgar
- Shorting Stocks
- Stock Basics
- Stock Exchange Phone Numbers
- Stock Index Types
- Stock Index - The Dow
- Stock Indexes - Others
- Stock Splits
- Technical Analysis
- Ticker Tape Terminology
- Treasury Debt Instruments
- Treasury Direct
- Uniform Gifts to Minors Act (UGMA)
- Warrants
- Wash Sale Rule (from U.S. IRS)
- Zero-Coupon Bonds
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-
- Compiler's Acknowledgements:
- My sincere thanks to the many submitters for their efforts. Also thanks to
- Jonathan I. Kamens for his guidance on FAQs and his post_faq perl script.
-
- Compilation Copyright (c) 1994 by Christopher Lott, lott@informatik.uni-kl.de
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