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. 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. It Translates The Jargon Used On Wall Street Into Direct, Easy-to-understand, Main Street Language. Book Jacket.--jacket. Market Mechanics -- The Exchanges : At Home And Abroad -- Exchange Operations : Bringing Order To The Markets -- Playing Fair : Rules And Regulations -- Who's Who -- The Big Wheels : Wall Street Professionals -- The Money Machines : Bankers, Economists And World Trade -- The Money Makers : Corporations At Home And Abroad -- Investors, Big And Small -- The Industry Guard Dogs : Regulators, Enforcers And Safety Nets -- Market Forces -- Economics For Investors : The Ups And Downs Of Business The Business Cycle -- Economic Indicators : Taking The Business Cycle Temperature -- The Long And Short Of Trends, Cycles And Crashes : Market Movement And The Indexes That Track Them -- Asset Classes -- Stocks : Owning A Piece Of Something Big -- Funds : Letting A Professional Make The Decisions -- Bonds : Loaning Corporations And Governments Money -- Options And Futures : Taking Bigger Chances -- Initial Public Offerings : The Darling Of The 90s -- Analysis Strategies: Identifying A Good Investment When You See It --fundamental Analysis : Cheap Or Undervalued? -- Decoding Financial Statements : Seeing Beyond The Numbers -- Equity Valuations : It's All Relative -- Bond Valuations : All Debt Is Not Created Equal -- Technical Analysis : Using The Past To Predict The Future -- Charting : More Than Pretty Pictures -- Investment Mechanics -- Tools That Match Your Style : Starting With The Right Broker -- Orders, Quotes And Fills : Getting The Price You Want -- Recordkeeping And Taxes : Paying The Piper -- Additional Resources -- Investor Resources : Getting Help When You Need It -- Acronyms : Alphabet Soup. By Nora Peterson. Includes Bibliographical References (p. [268]) And Indexes.

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