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- From: lott@informatik.uni-kl.de (Christopher Lott)
- Subject: misc.invest FAQ on general investment topics (Table of Contents)
- Message-ID: <invest-faq-toc_727938002@informatik.uni-kl.de>
- Followup-To: misc.invest
- Summary: Answers to frequently asked questions about investments.
- Should be read by anyone who wishes to post to misc.invest.
- Originator: lott@bogner.informatik.uni-kl.de
- Keywords: invest, stock, bond, money, faq
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- Organization: University of Kaiserslautern, Germany
- Date: Mon, 25 Jan 1993 04:59:48 GMT
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- Archive-name: investment-faq/general/toc
- Version: $Id: faq-toc,v 1.1 1993/01/23 12:46:28 lott Exp $
- 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. For extensive information on
- mutual funds, see the mutual fund FAQ, which is posted regularly
- to misc.invest and maintained by timlee@btr.btr.com. Subjects
- more appropriate to misc.consumers are not included here.
-
- Disclaimers: This information is guaranteed to change over time
- and is probably out of date already. Mention of a product does
- not constitute an endorsement. Answers to questions closer to
- the bottom of the list may rely on information given in prior
- answers. Readers outside the USA can reach US-800 telephone
- numbers, for a charge, using a service such as AT&T's USA-Direct.
- All prices are listed in US dollars unless otherwise specified.
-
- In addition to being posted monthly, the FAQ is available from
- the news.answers archive on host rtfm.mit.edu. Using FTP, fetch
- the files "/pub/usenet/news.answers/investment-faq/general/*"
- Or, send an e-mail request to "mail-server@rtfm.mit.edu" with the
- body "send usenet/news.answers/investment-faq/general/*"
- No other FTP archive is currently known to the compiler for
- misc.invest information and programs.
-
- Please send comments and new submissions to the compiler.
-
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-
- TABLE OF CONTENTS
-
- Sources for Historical Stock Information
- Beginning Investor's Advice
- American Depository Receipts (ADR)
- Beta
- Bonds
- Books About Investing (especially stocks)
- Bull and Bear Lore
- Computing the Rate of Return on Monthly Investments
- Computing Compound Return
- Discount Brokers
- Dollar Cost and Value Averaging
- Direct Investing and DRIPS
- Future and Present Value of Money
- How Can I Get Rich Really Quickly?
- Hedging
- Investment Associations (AAII and NAIC)
- Life Insurance
- Money-Supply Measures M1, M2, and M3
- Options on Stocks
- P/E Ratio
- Renting vs. Buying a Home
- Shorting Stocks
- Stock Index Types
- Stock Index - The Dow
- Stock Indexes - Others
- Stock Splits
- Ticker Tape Terminology
- 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) 1992 by Christopher Lott, lott@informatik.uni-kl.de
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- Christopher Lott lott@informatik.uni-kl.de +49 (631) 205-3334, -3331 Fax
- Post: FB Informatik - Bau 57, Universitaet KL, W-6750 Kaiserslautern, Germany
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