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Wall Street Terms & Lingo: Thousands of Investment Terms Explained Simply

by Nora Peterson

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ISBN13: 9781601380388
ISBN10: 1601380380
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Finally, a finance dictionary compiled with the individual investor in mind. Wall Street Lingo does more than define the terms your stockbroker, the Wall Street Journal and CNBC pitch at you it explains them in a way that traditional dictionaries can t. Where other dictionaries start at A and end at Z, Wall Street Lingo is organized in chapters, by subject. It begins where you begin with a topic that has piqued your curiosity and ends only when your curiosity has been satisfied. Have you ever wondered about the difference between CPI and PPI? In other dictionaries, you ll find the definitions 200 pages apart. Wall Street Lingo brings them together in the chapter Economics for Investors. EBITDA. Gross Profit. Net Profit. Shareholders Equity. You could waste precious time searching for explanations to help you analyze a company s financial condition. Or you can open Wall Street Lingo to the chapter Decoding Financial Statements. If you think technical analysis is only for the pros, flip to the chapter Technically Speaking for dozens of plain English translation to stock chart terms like Bollinger bands, MACD, Elliott wave theory and Bearish Divergence. It might change your mind. Whether you re an experienced investor or are exploring the market for the first time, you ll appreciate the easy-reading style and unique structure of this innovative investment tool. - Over 1,000 terms individual investors need to know and understand for profitable investing - Definitions organized by topic - Fully indexed and cross-referenced - Exhaustive list of commonly used acronyms - Helpful resources, complete with websites Wall Street Lingo is an essential reference that translates the jargon used on Wall Street into direct, easy to understand, Main Street language and organizes it the way you use it.

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Security trader Peterson uses her decades of experience to explain jargon that is often impenetrable even to long-time investors. With over 1,000 terms in clear, everyday language organized by topic so you never have to flip through hundreds of pages to compare definitions, Peterson also provides cross-references and resources, including web sites. She covers market mechanics, the people involved, market forces, asset classes, analysis strategies and investment mechanics, with lists of acronyms and resources. Annotation ©2007 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

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Finally, a finance dictionary compiled with the individual investor in mind. Wall Street Lingo does more than define the terms your stockbroker, the Wall Street Journal and CNBC pitch at youit explains them in a way that traditional dictionaries cant. Where other dictionaries start at A and end at Z, Wall Street Lingo is organized in chapters, by subject. It begins where you beginwith a topic that has piqued your curiosityand ends only when your curiosity has been satisfied. Have you ever wondered about the difference between CPI and PPI? In other dictionaries, youll find the definitions 200 pages apart. Wall Street Lingo brings them together in the chapter Economics for Investors. EBITDA. Gross Profit. Net Profit. Shareholders Equity. You could waste precious time searching for explanations to help you analyze a companys financial condition. Or you can open Wall Street Lingo to the chapter Decoding Financial Statements. If you think technical analysis is only for the pros, flip to the chapter Technically Speaking for dozens of plain English translation to stock chart terms like Bollinger bands, MACD, Elliott wave theory and Bearish Divergence. It might change your mind.
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Escayola, July 27, 2009 (view all comments by Escayola)
No one interested in Wall Street should be without this excellent dictionary/reference book. It is especially good for those who are new to investing. Since many companies are no longer offering retirement plans, and with the ease of investing online, there are many do-it-yourself investors who really do not know much about the market. Furthermore, the financial pros use terms that are incomprehensible to the public. This can sometimes create a barrier that turns off the potential investor. This book seeks to dissolve that barrier, explaining in easy to understand language, the definitions of Wall Street jargon.

What is nice about this book is that it you do not have to read the entire book if you do not want to (although it would be a good idea, as it is a great primer on Wall Street.) However, you can easily look up a term in the extensive index and read up on its meaning. Sometimes, a term will appear more than once wherever applicable. This is because the book is not set up like a regular A-Z dictionary. The book is divided into topic specific sections and within those sections, the A-Z terms are listed. Which works twofold because you can: 1) Look up a word to define or 2) Look up a topic and read up on it.

There are extras in the book like: highlighted boxes giving you more information on certain terms; Internet links; sections on initials and symbols and what they stand for; etc. The author, Nora Peterson, is a retired market analyst (30 years in the business) and business writer, so she knows her material. She makes the jargon of Wall Street easy to understand. On an end note, part of the proceeds of the sale of this book go to The Humane Society of America, in memory of Bear, the book publisher’s (Atlantic Publishing) beloved dog. So this book is a great investment with a nice return.
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TatianaParker, July 9, 2009 (view all comments by TatianaParker)
I read the Spanish version and I can say that the author delivers a red carpet to walk steady into the world of finances. From a first lecture the book turns into an indispensable manual of knowledge for those terms that we all believe undecipherable. Nevertheless from page one Nora Peterson approaches the reader as an enduring friend, ready to help you understand what the financial world is about.

This is a book thought for those beginning in the stock and financial markets. It covers from the simplest (like commenting that Wall Street is literally a street in New York) to the deepest like laws and speculation instruments. The natural complexity of the technical terms is not an obstacle for a very well organized and explained book. It is not a dictionary of financial terms. It is a big notebook that you can check out every time you need to, when a doubt arises, or when reading an economic article full of those confusing words.

The translation into Spanish is not the best yet it doesn’t affect the general understanding. As a tool “La Jerga de Wall Street” has not only terms and concepts, but currency types, brands, international definitions, initials, internet links and more information that make this book indispensable in any modern bookshelf.
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Product Details

ISBN:
9781601380388
Subtitle:
Thousands of Investment Terms Explained Simply
Author:
Peterson, Nora
Foreword:
Coughenour, Jay
Publisher:
Atlantic Publishing Company (FL)
Subject:
Investments
Subject:
Securities
Subject:
Investments & Securities - General
Subject:
Finance
Publication Date:
February 2007
Binding:
Paperback
Language:
English
Illustrations:
Y
Pages:
288
Dimensions:
8.97x6.35x.72 in. 1.02 lbs.
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