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Table of Contents

                            Contents
How this book can help
Acknowledgements
01 What and why  are shares?
	Quoted shares
	Returns
	Stock markets
02 What are bonds 
and gilts?
	Bonds
	Preference shares
	Convertibles
	Gilts
03 The complicated world of derivatives
	Pooled investments
	Other derivatives
04 Foreign shares
05 
How to pick a share
	Strategy
	The economy
	Picking shares
06 Tricks of the professionals
	Fundamental analysis
	Technical analysis
07 Where to find advice and information
	Advice
	Information
	Indices
	Online
	Company accounts
	Using the accounts
	Other information from companies
	Other sources
	Complaints
08 What does it take  to deal in shares?
	Investment clubs
	Costs
09 How to trade in shares
	How to buy and sell shares
	Using intermediaries
	Trading
	Stock markets
	Other markets
10 When to deal in shares
	Charts
	Technical tools
	Sentiment indicators
	Other indicators
	Selling
11 
Consequences of being a shareholder
	Information
	Annual general meeting
	Extraordinary general meeting
	Consultation
	Dividends
	Scrip issues
	Rights issues
	Nominee accounts
	Regulated markets
	Codes of conduct
	Takeovers
	Insolvency
12 Tax
	Dividends
	Capital profits
	Employee share schemes
	Tax incentives to risk
	ISAs
	Tax rates
Index
Glossary