Stock Investing For Dummies, 3rd Edition includes information on stock investing in both bear and bull markets; unique investment segments; stock investing for different types of situations; and examples straight from the real world of stock investing as they have occurred in the past three years. Author:  Paul Mladjenovic Paperback: 384 pages Company:  For Dummies (2009-01-27) ISBN:  0470401141 List Price:  $21.99 Amazon Price:  $12.26 Used Price:  $12.99

Back and better than ever, If You’re Clueless about the Stock Market and Want to Know More is the ultimate stock-market primer. It’s packed with user-friendly tips, charts, sidebars, pop quizzes, and resources throughout. Author:  Seth Godin Paperback: 224 pages Company:  Kaplan Business (2001-03-08) (2001-03-08) ISBN:  0793143675 List Price:  $17.95 Amazon Price:  $9.88 Used Price:  $6.71

Nearly 10 million Americans receive stock options, up from 1 million a decade ago. At most of today’s start-up companies, as well as at many large ones such as Starbucks Corp., Coke, and Wal-Mart Stores, Inc., stock options are the “real money” being put on the table for valued employees. More companies are following the trend towards employee stock options, and individuals who know how to take advantage of such incentives can become rich. Millions of workers now face compensation decisions that used to be presented exclusively to executive insiders. Tom Taulli, who writes a semi-monthly column on stock options for CBS MarketWatch, has written a practical, readable how-to book for the expanding ranks of employees at companies that award stock options. Taulli explains the basics of stock options, including vesting, exercising, and taxes. He skillfully guides readers through the complex language and logic of incentive stock options, nonqualified stock options, contract terms, and securities laws. Taulli shows readers how to negotiate for the best contract and what to do once the options are in place. He provides guidance on using hedging strategies, reducing estate taxes, and getting the right professional advice. He also explains researching stock options, finding out what “developmental stage” a company is in, and recognizing the pitfalls of stock options, such as insider trading and Rule 144. Tom Taulli has successfully negotiated stock option deals for himself, has advised others how to do the same, and is closely connected with the network of fast-growing companies for which option compensation is now the coin of the realm. Smart advice on: * Different types of stock options, including warrants * Negotiating the best terms * Tax considerations * Strategies for diversification * Web resources and other useful tools * Concerns for estate planning and divorce * Finding the best advisers * Who’s who inside the top law firms Author:  Tom Taulli Hardcover: 231 pages Bargain Price Company:  Bloomberg Press (2001-03) List Price:  $29.95 Amazon Price:  $5.78 Used Price:  $2.95

A PROVEN INVESTMENT STRATEGY FROM A PROVEN WINNER “Buffett is much praised, but seldom replicated. Now with Warren Boroson’s J.K. Lasser’s Pick Stocks Like Warren Buffett investors have a template for both identifying fund managers who pick stocks like the master and for improving their own techniques for identifying great stock market values.”–Don Phillips, Managing Director, Morningstar, Inc. Warren Buffett’s investment strategy of buying and holding good stocks at good prices has proved profitable for thousands of investors. Now, with J.K. Lasser’s Pick Stocks Like Warren Buffett you will learn how to use Buffett’s proven techniques to find and research value stocks just like the master. You will also meet several top mutual fund managers who subscribe to the Buffett philosophy and have become experts in their own right. Take the advice of Buffett to successfully invest on your own or let the value investment experts do it for you. Critical coverage will help you: Understand and use the value investment strategies behind Buffett’s phenomenally successful stock-picking career Identify the strategies of other value investors such as Martin J. Whitman of Third Avenue Funds, Christopher Browne of Tweedy, Browne Co., and many others Set Buffett-like criteria when looking to buy value stocks J.K. Author:  Warren Boroson Paperback: 304 pages Company:  Wiley (2001-10-26) (2001-10-12) ISBN:  0471397741 List Price:  $24.95 Amazon Price:  $7.99 Used Price:  $1.56

Whether you are an investment professional managing billions of dollars or an individual investor with a small nest egg, TrimTabs Investing shows you how to beat the major stock market averages with less risk. This groundbreaking book begins by comparing the stock market to a casino in which the house (public companies and the insiders who run them) buys and sells shares with the players (institutional and individual investors). TrimTabs Investing argues that stock prices are primarily a function of liquidity—the amount of shares available for purchase and the amount of money available to buy them—rather than fundamental value. Finally, it outlines the building blocks of liquidity theory and explains how you can use them to predict the direction of the stock market. “Charles Biderman, a savvy and battle-scarred veteran of the investment wars, has fashioned an intriguing approach to making money in the stock market that adroitly avoids both heavy-breathing speculation and the standard Wall Street practices that enable investors, big and small, to lose money in good markets as well as bad. Aimed at the sophisticated investor (which may or may not be an oxymoron), the book is written in blessedly straightforward prose and is a worthwhile read for anyone with an urge to have a fling at investing.–Alan Abelson Barron’s “Since the days of Joseph and Pharaoh, it has been axiomatic that the size of the grain harvest affects the level of grain prices; but today’s investors have been slow to appreciate the fact that the supply of stock shares significantly determines the level of stock prices. Biderman’s long overdue book outlines the theory and evidence behind ‘Trading Float,’ the actual—and exploitable—power behind major moves in the stock market. –Paul Montgomery CEO and CIO of Montgomery Capital Management “‘Trade as corporate execs do, not as they say.’ Charles Biderman has built an impressive list of hedge fund clients from this essential insight, and this book does a great job explaining exactly how retail investors can incorporate it into their investing.” –Eric Zitzewitz Assistant Professor of Economics, Stanford Graduate School of Business “Charles Biderman is a smart thinker, clear writer—and he offers here some very interesting ideas. This book is for the little guy who enjoys reading about money and economics, even if he doesn’t adopt the strategies offered here; and for the professional or sophisticated investor, who, to a greater or lesser degree, just might.–Andrew Tobias author of The Only Investment Guide You’ll Ever Need Author:  Charles Biderman, David Santschi Hardcover: 195 pages Company:  Wiley (2005-05-02) ISBN:  0471697206 List Price:  $29.95 Amazon Price:  $5.99 Used Price:  $5.36

Guidelines for curbing today’s stock option abuses, and making “payment for performance” the new imperative Stock options account for up to 90 percent of the average CEO’s compensation–despite a falling stock market and often plunging corporate earnings. Stock Options and the New Rules of Corporate Accountability examines this hot-button issue, proposing new methodologies and techniques for better aligning stock options, executive compensation, performance rewards, and accounting, and making sense of what has become today’s most controversial form of compensation. Executive compensation authority Don Delves explains how high-profile corporations like GE and Coca-Cola have opted to expense stock options and have adjusted their policies to prevent options from becoming disincentive tools, and he shows others how to follow suit. In addition, Delves gives decision makers the knowledge they need to: Increase accountability by treating stock options as expenses Balance options with other incentives Create healthier contracts between employers and employees Author:  Donald P. Delves Hardcover: 288 pages Company:  McGraw-Hill (2003-09-23) ISBN:  0071417540 List Price:  $39.95 Amazon Price:  $30.00 Used Price:  $5.59

How to trade­­and make money­­ in today’s volatile market Making significant money in the stock market isn’t a given. However, investors can greatly increase their odds of success by knowing the basics of how the market works and­­more important­­ how to trade profitably in the market. Stock Market Strategies That Work goes far beyond other introductory books on the market, explaining in step-by-step detail the specific techniques, systems, methods, and indicators that veteran investors have used for years to prey on the unsuspecting average investor and fatten their own trading accounts. Jake and Elliott Bernstein use numerous charts and graphs to emphasize timing, entry and exit methods, trend analysis, risk management, and other higher-level topics. Methods covered in this unique introduction to profitable investing include: Risk management in today’s volatile market Charting techniques to track the consistent big movers Finding key entry and exit points using technical analysis Author:  Jake Bernstein Paperback: 288 pages Company:  McGraw-Hill (2001-12-20) ISBN:  0071381945 List Price:  $16.95 Amazon Price:  $3.55 Used Price:  $0.78

Everything you need to know about Single Stock Futures “Single stock futures are an incredibly important new financial instrument for managing risk. Kennedy Mitchell provides an outstanding and easy-to-read explanation of these new products for either an expert futures user or for someone learning about futures markets for the first time.” –Peter Borish, Senior Managing Director, OneChicago Although single stock futures may be a relatively new phenomenon in the United States, this instrument has been successfully traded for years in various overseas markets–leaving you, the individual and professional investor, to play catch-up. Exactly what are single stock futures? They are futures contracts, within the futures universe, that have shares of listed public companies as their underlying asset. In Single Stock Futures: An Investor’s Guide, author Kennedy Mitchell introduces you to single stock futures, explains how they function, and demonstrates the various ways they can be traded. This comprehensive guide clearly illustrates how investors–both individual and professional–can utilize single stock futures independently or as an application to add new dimensions to an investment portfolio. Single stock futures have the potential to improve the performance of professionals, novices, investors, and traders. Take this opportunity to find out how with Single Stock Futures: An Investor’s Guide. Author:  Kennedy Mitchell Hardcover: 256 pages Company:  Wiley (2002-12-23) ISBN:  0471267627 List Price:  $39.95 Amazon Price:  $6.00 Used Price:  $5.75

This is simply the world’s most useful book for personal investors who want to rely less on the so-called “experts” and more on their own intelligence and knowledge. The author presents systematic value and growth strategies that draw on the best ideas from more than 20 of the world’s leading money managers — and shows you how to implement each strategy step-by-step, using free or low-cost information available on the Internet. Domash introduces never-before-published advanced analysis strategies, shows how value investors really pick stocks, and presents new ways of quantifying a stock’s risk. This book covers issues most books simply ignore, including how to evaluate a company’s business plan and true financial strength, how to set your own target prices, and most important, when to sell . Author:  Harry Domash Paperback: 416 pages Company:  FT Press (2006-02-09) ISBN:  0132260387 List Price:  $17.99 Amazon Price:  $9.94 Used Price:  $4.17

In spite of theoretical benefits, Markowitz mean-variance (MV) optimized portfolios often fail to meet practical investment goals of marketability, usability, and performance, prompting many investors to seek simpler alternatives. Financial experts Richard and Robert Michaud demonstrate that the limitations of MV optimization are not the result of conceptual flaws in Markowitz theory but unrealistic representation of investment information. What is missing is a realistic treatment of estimation error in the optimization and rebalancing process. The text provides a non-technical review of classical Markowitz optimization and traditional objections. The authors demonstrate that in practice the single most important limitation of MV optimization is oversensitivity to estimation error. Portfolio optimization requires a modern statistical perspective. Efficient Asset Management, Second Edition uses Monte Carlo resampling to address information uncertainty and define Resampled Efficiency (RE) technology. RE optimized portfolios represent a new definition of portfolio optimality that is more investment intuitive, robust, and provably investment effective. RE rebalancing provides the first rigorous portfolio trading, monitoring, and asset importance rules, avoiding widespread ad hoc methods in current practice. The Second Edition resolves several open issues and misunderstandings that have emerged since the original edition. The new edition includes new proofs of effectiveness, substantial revisions of statistical estimation, extensive discussion of long-short optimization, and new tools for dealing with estimation error in applications and enhancing computational efficiency. RE optimization is shown to be a Bayesian-based generalization and enhancement of Markowitz’s solution. RE technology corrects many current practices that may adversely impact the investment value of trillions of dollars under current asset management. RE optimization technology may also be useful in other financial optimizations and more generally in multivariate estimation contexts of information uncertainty with Bayesian linear constraints. Michaud and Michaud’s new book includes numerous additional proposals to enhance investment value including Stein and Bayesian methods for improved input estimation, the use of portfolio priors, and an economic perspective for asset-liability optimization. Applications include investment policy, asset allocation, and equity portfolio optimization. A simple global asset allocation problem illustrates portfolio optimization techniques. A final chapter includes practical advice for avoiding simple portfolio design errors. With its important implications for investment practice, Efficient Asset Management ’s highly intuitive yet rigorous approach to defining optimal portfolios will appeal to investment management executives, consultants, brokers, and anyone seeking to stay abreast of current investment technology. Through practical examples and illustrations, Michaud and Michaud update the practice of optimization for modern investment management. This edition includes a CD that contains a demo of the patented, internet-based optimization software created by the authors at their consulting firm, New Frontier Advisors. Author:  Richard O. Michaud, Robert O. Michaud Hardcover: 144 pages Company:  Oxford University Press, USA (2008-03-03) ISBN:  0195331915 List Price:  $39.95 Amazon Price:  $31.85 Used Price:  $30.21