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Newsgroups: misc.invest,misc.answers,news.answers,misc.invest.stocks
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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_764730127@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.
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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almost guaranteed to be out of date by the time you read it.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:
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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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"Christopher Lott / Email: lott@informatik.uni-kl.de / Tel: +49 (631) 205-3334"
"Adresse: FB Informatik - Bau 57 / Universitaet KL / D--67653 Kaiserslautern"