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Shares Investment Guide
Shares Magazine in partnership with TD Waterhouse have created a weekly, ten part, feature series that will offer investors and experienced traders alike a comprehensive overview of how to invest in the stock market and maximise potential returns whilst carefully managing risk. All articles were originally published in Shares Magazine.
Part 1: The Best Investment Guide… Ever!
Shares editor Russ Mould takes you back to basics by asking why are you investing, over what time period and what are your goals? He also looks at the principles of risk management, asset allocation and portfolio construction according to your appetite for risk.
Part 2: Stock market fundamentals
Examining the definition of an equity, why investing in stocks can be attractive and what rights you have as a shareholder.
Part 3: How to choose a broker and how to trade
What you should be looking for and expect from your broker through a comparison of the advisory and execution only services, as well as the advantages and disadvantages of telephone and online trading.
Part 4: Choosing a stock
Classic investment strategies and key principles of investment analysis, revealing what investors must know about stock market psychology before they begin trading.
Part 4: Download the Shares Magazine Investment GuidePart 5: How to value a stock
What are the current portfolio valuation tools available? A full and useful glossary to help you with your trading will also feature.
Part 6: How to find the data
What are the key indicators you should follow when choosing investments, ensuring that all investors focus on looking forward, lead indicators and ignoring the lagging ones.
Part 7: How to select the most suitable trading instruments
An investigation into managed and tracker funds, exchange traded funds (ETFs), ISAs, SIPPS, covered warrants, spread bets and assessing their suitability for different risk profiles.
Part 8: How to Invest Overseas
Get a slice of the global economic action via overseas markets as well as the potential gains and risks of seeking a globally diversified portfolio.
Part 9: How to Invest in a Tax Efficient Way
How are equities are taxed? How you can run your portfolio in the most tax efficient manner to maximise returns?
Part 10: Ten Steps to Profit
Russ Mould, Shares Editor calls upon his 18 years of stock market experience together with lessons learned through the duration of this feature to shape the Ten Golden Investment Rules and how to avoid novice mistakes.