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- Subject: The Investment FAQ (part 1 of 20)
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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/part1
- Version: $Id: part01,v 1.61 2003/03/17 02:44:30 lott Exp lott $
- Compiler: Christopher Lott
-
- This is the table of contents for the plain-text version of
- The Investment FAQ, and is the first part of a 20-part posting.
- Please visit The Investment FAQ web site for the latest version:
- http://invest-faq.com/
-
- The Investment FAQ is a collection of articles about investments and
- personal finance, including stocks, bonds, mutual funds, options,
- discount brokers, information sources, life insurance, etc. Although
- the FAQ is more of a reference than a tutorial, if you pick your
- articles carefully, the FAQ can serve as a comprehensive, unbiased
- introduction to investing.
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- Terms of Use
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- The following terms and conditions apply to the plain-text version of
- The Investment FAQ that is posted regularly to various newsgroups.
- Different terms and conditions apply to documents on The Investment
- FAQ web site.
-
- The Investment FAQ is copyright 2003 by Christopher Lott, and is
- protected by copyright as a collective work and/or compilation,
- pursuant to U.S. copyright laws, international conventions, and other
- copyright laws. The contents of The Investment FAQ are intended for
- personal use, not for sale or other commercial redistribution.
- The plain-text version of The Investment FAQ may be copied, stored,
- made available on web sites, or distributed on electronic media
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- + The URL of The Investment FAQ home page is displayed prominently.
- + No fees or compensation are charged for this information,
- excluding charges for the media used to distribute it.
- + No advertisements appear on the same web page as this material.
- + Proper attribution is given to the authors of individual articles.
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- provided to the user "as is". Neither the compiler nor contributors
- warrant that The Investment FAQ will be error free. Neither the
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- for any inaccuracy, error or omission, regardless of cause, in The
- Investment FAQ or for any damages (whether direct or indirect,
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- 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
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- constitute an endorsement. Answers to questions sometimes rely on
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- TABLE OF CONTENTS
-
- Advice - Beginning Investors part 2
- Advice - Buying a Car at a Reasonable Price part 2
- Advice - Errors in Investing part 2
- Advice - Using a Full-Service Broker part 2
- Advice - Mutual-Fund Expenses part 2
- Advice - One-Line Wisdom part 2
- Advice - Paying for Investment Advice part 2
- Advice - Researching a Company part 2
- Advice - Target Stock Prices part 2
- Analysis - Amortization Tables part 2
- Analysis - Annual Reports part 2
- Analysis - Beta and Alpha part 2
- Analysis - Book-to-Bill Ratio part 2
- Analysis - Book Value part 2
- Analysis - Computing Compound Return part 2
- Analysis - Future and Present Value of Money part 2
- Analysis - Goodwill part 2
- Analysis - Internal Rate of Return (IRR) part 3
- Analysis - Paying Debts Early versus Making Investments part 3
- Analysis - Price-Earnings (P/E) Ratio part 3
- Analysis - Percentage Rates part 3
- Analysis - Risks of Investments part 3
- Analysis - Return on Equity versus Return on Capital part 3
- Analysis - Rule of 72 part 3
- Analysis - Same-Store Sales part 3
- Bonds - Basics part 3
- Bonds - Amortizing Premium part 3
- Bonds - Duration Measure part 3
- Bonds - Moody Bond Ratings part 3
- Bonds - Municipal Bond Terminology part 4
- Bonds - Relationship of Price and Interest Rate part 4
- Bonds - Tranches part 4
- Bonds - Treasury Debt Instruments part 4
- Bonds - Treasury Direct part 4
- Bonds - U.S. Savings Bonds part 4
- Bonds - U.S. Savings Bonds for Education part 4
- Bonds - Value of U.S. Treasury Bills part 4
- Bonds - Zero-Coupon part 4
- CDs - Basics part 4
- CDs - Market Index Linked part 4
- Derivatives - Basics part 4
- Derivatives - Black-Scholes Option Pricing Model part 5
- Derivatives - Futures part 5
- Derivatives - Futures and Fair Value part 5
- Derivatives - Stock Option Basics part 5
- Derivatives - Stock Option Covered Calls part 5
- Derivatives - Stock Option Covered Puts part 5
- Derivatives - Stock Option Ordering part 5
- Derivatives - Stock Option Splits part 5
- Derivatives - Stock Option Symbols part 5
- Derivatives - LEAPs part 5
- Education Savings Plans - Section 529 Plans part 5
- Education Savings Plans - Coverdell part 5
- Exchanges - The American Stock Exchange part 5
- Exchanges - The Chicago Board Options Exchange part 5
- Exchanges - Circuit Breakers, Curbs, and Other Trading part 6
- Exchanges - Contact Information part 6
- Exchanges - Instinet part 6
- Exchanges - Market Makers and Specialists part 6
- Exchanges - The NASDAQ part 6
- Exchanges - The New York Stock Exchange part 6
- Exchanges - Members and Seats on AMEX part 6
- Exchanges - Ticker Tape Terminology part 6
- Financial Planning - Basics part 6
- Financial Planning - Choosing a Financial Planner part 6
- Financial Planning - Compensation and Conflicts of Interest part 6
- Financial Planning - Estate Planning Checkup part 6
- Information Sources - Books part 7
- Information Sources - Conference Calls part 7
- Information Sources - Free to All Who Ask part 7
- Information Sources - Investment Associations part 7
- Information Sources - Value Line part 7
- Information Sources - Wall $treet Week part 7
- Insurance - Annuities part 8
- Insurance - Life part 8
- Insurance - Viatical Settlements part 8
- Insurance - Variable Universal Life (VUL) part 8
- Mutual Funds - Basics part 8
- Mutual Funds - Average Annual Return part 8
- Mutual Funds - Buying from Brokers versus Fund Companies part 8
- Mutual Funds - Distributions and Tax Implications part 9
- Mutual Funds - Fees and Expenses part 9
- Mutual Funds - Index Funds and Beating the Market part 9
- Mutual Funds - Money-Market Funds part 9
- Mutual Funds - Reading a Prospectus part 9
- Mutual Funds - Redemptions part 9
- Mutual Funds - Types of Funds part 9
- Mutual Funds - Versus Stocks part 9
- Real Estate - 12 Steps to Buying a Home part 9
- Real Estate - Investment Trusts (REITs) part 9
- Real Estate - Renting versus Buying a Home part 10
- Regulation - Accredited Investor part 10
- Regulation - Full Disclosure part 10
- Regulation - Money-Supply Measures M1, M2, and M3 part 10
- Regulation - Federal Reserve and Interest Rates part 10
- Regulation - Margin Requirements part 10
- Regulation - Securities and Exchange Commission (U.S.) part 10
- Regulation - SEC Rule 144 part 10
- Regulation - SEC Registered Advisory Service part 10
- Regulation - SEC/NASDAQ Settlement part 10
- Regulation - Series of Examinations/Registrations part 10
- Regulation - SIPC, or How to Survive a Bankrupt Broker part 10
- Retirement Plans - 401(k) part 11
- Retirement Plans - 401(k) for Self-Employed People part 11
- Retirement Plans - 403(b) part 11
- Retirement Plans - 457(b) part 11
- Retirement Plans - Co-mingling funds in IRA accounts part 11
- Retirement Plans - Keogh part 11
- Retirement Plans - Roth IRA part 11
- Retirement Plans - SEP IRA part 11
- Retirement Plans - Traditional IRA part 12
- Software - Archive of Free Investment-Related Programs part 12
- Software - Portfolio Tracking and Technical Analysis part 12
- Stocks - Basics part 12
- Stocks - American Depositary Receipts (ADRs) part 12
- Stocks - Cyclicals part 12
- Stocks - Dividends part 12
- Stocks - Dramatic Price Changes part 12
- Stocks - Holding Company Depositary Recepits (HOLDRs) part 12
- Stocks - Income and Royalty Trusts part 12
- Stocks - Types of Indexes part 12
- Stocks - The Dow Jones Industrial Average part 13
- Stocks - Other Indexes part 13
- Stocks - Market Volatility Index (VIX) part 13
- Stocks - Investor Rights Movement part 13
- Stocks - Initial Public Offerings (IPOs) part 13
- Stocks - Mergers part 13
- Stocks - Market Capitalization part 13
- Stocks - Outstanding Shares and Float part 13
- Stocks - Preferred Shares part 13
- Stocks - Price Basis part 13
- Stocks - Price Tables in Newspapers part 13
- Stocks - Price Data part 13
- Stocks - Replacing Lost Certificates part 13
- Stocks - Repurchasing by Companies part 13
- Stocks - Researching the Value of Old Certificates part 14
- Stocks - Reverse Mergers part 14
- Stocks - Shareholder Rights Plan part 14
- Stocks - Splits part 14
- Stocks - Tracking Stock part 14
- Stocks - Unit Investment Trusts and SPDRs part 14
- Stocks - Warrants part 14
- Strategy - Dogs of the Dow part 14
- Strategy - Dollar Cost and Value Averaging part 14
- Strategy - Hedging part 14
- Strategy - Buying on Margin part 14
- Strategy - Writing Put Options To Acquire Stock part 14
- Strategy - Socially Responsible Investing part 14
- Strategy - When to Buy/Sell Stocks part 14
- Strategy - Survey of Stock Investment Strategies part 15
- Strategy - Value and Growth part 15
- Tax Code - Backup Withholding part 15
- Tax Code - Capital Gains Cost Basis part 15
- Tax Code - Capital Gains Computation part 15
- Tax Code - Capital Gains Tax Rates part 15
- Tax Code - Cashless Option Exercise part 15
- Tax Code - Deductions for Investors part 15
- aSubject: Tax Code - Estate and Gift Tax part 15
- Tax Code - Gifts of Stock part 15
- Tax Code - Non-Resident Aliens and US Holdings part 16
- Tax Code - Reporting Option Trades part 16
- Tax Code - Short Sales Treatment part 16
- Tax Code - Tax Swaps part 16
- Tax Code - Uniform Gifts to Minors Act (UGMA) part 16
- Tax Code - Wash Sale Rule part 16
- Technical Analysis - Basics part 16
- Technical Analysis - Bollinger Bands part 16
- Technical Analysis - Black-Scholes Model part 16
- Technical Analysis - Commodity Channel Index part 16
- Technical Analysis - Charting Services part 16
- Technical Analysis - Data Sources part 16
- Technical Analysis - Elliott Wave Theory part 16
- Technical Analysis - Information Sources part 17
- Technical Analysis - MACD part 17
- Technical Analysis - McClellan Oscillator and Summation Index part 17
- Technical Analysis - On Balance Volume part 17
- Technical Analysis - Relative Strength Indicator part 17
- Technical Analysis - Stochastics part 17
- Trading - Basics part 17
- Trading - After Hours part 17
- Trading - Bid, Offer, and Spread part 17
- Trading - Brokerage Account Types part 17
- Trading - Discount Brokers part 18
- Trading - Direct Investing and DRIPs part 18
- Trading - Electronically and via the Internet part 18
- Trading - Free Ride Rules part 18
- Trading - By Insiders part 18
- Trading - Introducing Broker part 18
- Trading - Jargon and Terminology part 18
- Trading - NASD Public Disclosure Hotline part 18
- Trading - Buy and Sell Stock Without a Broker part 18
- Trading - Non-Resident Aliens and US Exchanges part 18
- Trading - Off Exchange part 19
- Trading - Opening Prices part 19
- Trading - Order Routing and Payment for Order Flow part 19
- Trading - Day, GTC, Limit, and Stop-Loss Orders part 19
- Trading - Pink Sheet Stocks part 19
- Trading - Price Improvement part 19
- Trading - Process Date part 19
- Trading - Round Lots of Shares part 19
- Trading - Security Identification Systems part 19
- Trading - Shorting Stocks part 19
- Trading - Shorting Against the Box part 19
- Trading - Size of the Market part 19
- Trading - Tick, Up Tick, and Down Tick part 19
- Trading - Transferring an Account part 19
- Trading - Can You Trust The Tape? part 20
- Trading - Selling Worthless Shares part 20
- Trivia - Bull and Bear Lore part 20
- Trivia - Presidential Portraits on U.S. Notes part 20
- Trivia - Getting Rich Quickly part 20
- Trivia - One-Letter Ticker Symbols on NYSE part 20
- Trivia - Stock Prices in Sixteenths part 20
- Warning - Wade Cook part 20
- Warning - Charles Givens part 20
- Warning - Dave Rhodes and Other Chain Letters part 20
- Warning - Ken Roberts part 20
- Warning - Selling Unregistered Securities part 20
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-
- Compiler's Acknowledgements:
- My sincere thanks to the many contributors for their efforts.
-
- Compilation Copyright (c) 2003 by Christopher Lott.
-