Shares Made Simple - A beginner's guide to the stock market - By Rodney Hobson

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Shares Made Simple A beginner's guide to the stock market By: Rodney Hobson Format: Print Edition / ePub ISBN: 9781905641451 / 9780857190123 Published: 23 February 2010

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At last a book that champions the small investor, the growing bank of potential shareholders who have cash to spare but fear entering the jungle that is the City of London.

Shares Made Simple, written by highly respected financial journalist Rodney Hobson, tears away the mystique and jargon that surrounds the stock market. It takes you step by step through the most basic concepts of stock market investing, carefully explaining issues such as:

- What shares are and how they are bought and sold
- Why share prices go up and down
- Why some companies' shares look cheap while others appear to be expensive
- The hidden traps for the unwary

This book sets out to create a level playing field between the stock market professionals and the small investor. As rising living standards and inherited cash provide assets for investment, no-one needs to suffer pitiful bank interest rates when there is real money to be made in sharing the nation's wealth.

At last a book that champions the small investor, the growing bank of potential shareholders who have cash to spare but fear entering the jungle that is the City of London.

Shares Made Simple, written by highly respected financial journalist Rodney Hobson, tears away the mystique and jargon that surrounds the stock market. It takes you step by step through the most basic concepts of stock market investing, carefully explaining issues such as:

- What shares are and how they are bought and sold
- Why share prices go up and down
- Why some companies' shares look cheap while others appear to be expensive
- The hidden traps for the unwary

This book sets out to create a level playing field between the stock market professionals and the small investor. As rising living standards and i...
SECTION A - SHARES
1. What are shares?
2. How shares are created
3. Whose company is it?
4. What's in it for me?
5. Is my investment safe?

SECTION B - THE STOCK MARKET
6. The market place
7. London Stock Exchange
8. Full listings and AIM
9. How shares are traded
10. Stock market indices

SECTION C - COMPANIES
11. Company focus
12. Profit and loss
13. Balance sheet
14. Potential ...

SECTION A - SHARES
1. What are shares?
2. How shares are created
3. Whose company is it?
4. What's in it for me?
5. Is my investment safe?

SECTION B - THE STOCK MARKET
6. The market place
7. London Stock Exchange
8. Full listings and AIM
9. How shares are traded
10. Stock market indices

SECTION C - COMPANIES
11. Company focus
12. Profit and loss
13. Balance sheet
14. Potential nasties

SECTION D - INVESTING
15. Starting out
16. Stockbrokers
17. Fundamental data
18. Charting
19. Tips
20. Jargon busting

SECTION E - TAKEOVERS
21. Mergers and acquisitions
22. Before a bid
23. A bid is launched
24. Bid timetable
25. Bid battles
26. Management buyouts

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Rodney Hobson is an experienced financial journalist who has held senior editorial positions with publications in the UK and Asia and is currently Editor of Ipreo, an international financial services group.

Among posts he has held are News Editor for the Business section of The Times, Business Editor of the Singapore Monitor, Deputy Business Editor of the Far Eastern Economic Review, Head of News at Citywire and Editor of Shares magazine.

He has also contributed to the Daily Mail, the Independent and Business Franchise Magazine.

He is registered as a Representative with the Financial ...

Rodney Hobson is an experienced financial journalist who has held senior editorial positions with publications in the UK and Asia and is currently Editor of Ipreo, an international financial services group.

Among posts he has held are News Editor for the Business section of The Times, Business Editor of the Singapore Monitor, Deputy Business Editor of the Far Eastern Economic Review, Head of News at Citywire and Editor of Shares magazine.

He has also contributed to the Daily Mail, the Independent and Business Franchise Magazine.

He is registered as a Representative with the Financial Services Authority.

Rodney is married with one daughter.

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"a good introduction to the subject for the absolute beginner...also provides some useful tips for those who know a bit about the markets and want to know more or use it as a reference tool."
- Adam Shaw, BBC Working Lunch...

"a good introduction to the subject for the absolute beginner...also provides some useful tips for those who know a bit about the markets and want to know more or use it as a reference tool."
- Adam Shaw, BBC Working Lunch

Media Reviews

Traders Day Trading

Rodney Hobson, author of Shares Made Simple: A beginner's guide to the stock
market, talks to Kenny of www.tradersdaytrading.com.

Shares Made Simple is one in a series of Rodneys books which...

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Self Trade Stock Take

Back to Basics: Considerations for constructing a share portfolio in the shadow of an uncertain future

It is always worth reconsidering what you hope to get out of your investments from time to...

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BBC Working Lunch

"There are lots of beginner guides to the stock market. Whilst they are all different, they are also very similar. This one goes through the main issues from what shares are, how the stock exchange...

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Auto Retail Manager

"Although pitched at those who are thinking about investing in the stock market, this book is also a very handy guide to how companies are structured, who benefits from share price movement and how...

"I was a reader of Shares magazine when Rodney Hobson was at the helm before Hemscott got him. I tried not to miss a copy. Hobson's book Shares Made Simple is our perfect guide to the stock market....

The Motley Fool

"Can you really trust a stock market analyst or a newspaper tipster? Rodney Hobson, author of 'Shares Made Simple' - a beginner's guide to stock market investing, shares his views."

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Press Gazette

"Former business news editor of The Times, Rodney Hobson recognised that there was a market for his book Shares Made Simple after receiving a constant stream of calls from confused shareholders...

Moneyextra

"Investing in shares is one of the more obvious routes to making a better return on your cash, but the stock market can seem a bewildering place for the uninitiated. Riding to the rescue comes the...

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Meridian Line

"Business journalist Rodney Hobson has written a book unravelling the mysteries surrounding stocks and shares. Shares Made Simple explains succinctly the terminology that so often baffles newcomers...

"Rodney Hobson's opening tale paints a familiar situation among private investors eager to make money from buying and selling shares, but without adequate knowledge of the more advanced side of the...

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The Times

"A former colleague from this paper is in touch. Rodney Hobson has written Shares Made Simple, which is off to the printers this week for publication in November. Brilliant timing, what with the...

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Tradersdaytrading.com

Rodney Hobson: Shares Made Simple- Traders Day Trading9th August 2011

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Selftrade.co.uk

Back to Basics: Considerations for constructing a share portfolio in the shadow of an uncertain future- Stocktrade Magazine, SelftradeDecember 2010

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Media Review

"I wish this book had been around when I was first learning about the stock market, but even now it provided a useful refresher...very helpful."- Daily Telegraph18th December 2010

Media Review

Featured in Choice magazineFebruary 2009

News.bbc.co.uk

a good introduction to the subject for the absolute beginner...also provides some useful tips for those who know a bit about the markets and want to know more or use it as a reference tool.- Adam...

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Iball.iii.co.uk

iBall interviews Rodney Hobson- iBall5th May 2008

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Media Review

a very handy guide to how companies are structured, who benefits from share price movement and how to read financial results- Rupert Saunders, Auto Retail ManagerFebruary 2008

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Fool.co.uk

Money Talk Podcast: Three Things Private Investors Need To Know- Rodney Hobson talks to the Motley Fool on their podcast, 12th December 2007

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Media Review

Former business news editor of The Times, Rodney Hobson recognised that there was a market for his book Shares Made Simple after receiving a constant stream of calls from confused...

Media Review

Business journalist Rodney Hobson has written a book unravelling the mysteries surrounding stocks and shares. Shares Made Simple explains succinctly the terminology that so often baffles...

Moneyextra.com

Anyone who is a complete novice at investing, or even seasoned financial professionals...will appreciate the back-to-basics approach of this book, which delves under the bonnet of the stock market...

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Business.timesonline.co.uk

Hobson's Choice- Martin Waller, City Diary, The Times5th September 2007

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