Stocks and Bonds

Having a mix of stocks and bonds in your investment portfolio may make the road to retirement smoother. Look for future articles explaining the characteristics of each and how you can combine them to try to counterbalance risk.

Articles on investing basics, financial planning, portfolio management, broker issues, mutual funds, stocks, fixed income, and other investments. Members get discounts on the educational materials and programs offered by AAII.
Big Picture
This site has commentary on long-term market trends. Section titles include: "Stock Prices", "The 4-Year Market Cycle", "Inflation", "Inflation-Corrected Stock Prices", "Advance-Decline Line", "Small Cap vs Big Cap Stocks", "Stock Dividends and Bond Yields", "P/E Ratio, Dividend Payout", "Stock Returns with Reinvested Dividends", "Inflation-Corrected Total Return for Stocks", "Inflation-Corrected T-Bond and T-Bill Returns", "Secular (Long-Term) Cycles in the Stock Market" and "Summary of Commentary"
Directory Of Financial Glossaries
At this site you will find a glossary of...
Technical Analysis Terms And General Investing Terms
Financial Regulators And Institutions Terms
Monetary Policy Terms
Financial Regulators And Institutions Terms
Payment Mechanism Terms
Foreign Banking Terms
Consumer Credit Terms
Securities Credit Terms
Options And Futures Related Terms
Bond Terms
EduStock
This site has two tutorials of interest. One is on the stock market and the other is on how to pick good stocks. A Glossary is also included.

1) Stock Market: "The Beginning", "How it Works", "Mutual Funds", "Rules", "Crashes" and "Market Trends".

2) Picking a Stock: "What is a Stock?", "Types of Stocks", "Buying & Selling", "Tracking" and "Stock Tricks".
Everything you ever wanted to know about...
This site has many easy to understand and very informative texts.
Investor 101
Whether you're learning the basics of investing, or just want a refresher course, these articles from Worth will be a great help.
misc.invest newsgroup FAQ
The Investment FAQ offers the small investor comprehensive information about investments and personal finance compiled from the misc.invest USENET newsgroup. The Table of Contents includes: Advice, Analysis, Bonds, Derivatives, Exchanges, Info Sources, Insurance, Mutual Funds, Regulation, Retirement Plans, Stocks, Strategies, Tax Code, Technical Analysis, Trading and Trivia.
misc.invest.mutual-funds newsgroup FAQ
The official homepage for the misc.invest.mutual-funds FAQ. This FAQ is a compilation of information intended to help everyone from beginning investors to the more experienced, better understand mutual fund investing.
misc.invest.technical newsgroup FAQ
This FAQ provides information on topics related to technical analysis of markets including market timing methods, trading systems and techniques used in analysis.
Peter Lynch writing for Worth
"Peter Lynch is probably the best-known stock picker of our time and certainly among the most successful. He was portfolio manager of Fidelity Investments' Magellan Fund for 13 years, starting out in 1977 with $20 million in assets and winding up his tenure in 1990, with more than 1 million shareholders and assets in excess of $14 billion. During that period, Lynch delivered an average annual return of just over 29 percent. Since 1992, Peter Lynch has written exclusively for Worth magazine, and a complete archive of his work is available only on Worth Online."
The articles are listed in chronological order.
Stocks and the Stock Market
Essays from Equity Analytics, Ltd. include:
"Buying and Owning Stocks - The Basics", "Investment Categories of Common Stocks", "The Difference Between Cash Accounts & Margin Accounts", "The Short Sale of Stock", "Traditional Formula Plans For Buying and Selling Stocks", "Miscellaneous Things You Should Know About The Stock Market", "Volatility", "Initial Public Offerings (IPO's) of Securities", "Stock Splits, Reverse Stock Splits, Cash and Stock Dividends" and "Why Buy and Hold May Not Be The Best Strategy".
Stock Market for the Next 100 Years
Learn about the NASDAQ Market and what distinguishes it from others. Essays include:
"NASDAQ: The Stock Market for the Next 100 Years", "NASDAQ's Panorama Of Companies", "The NASDAQ Market Maker Advantage", "The Power of Technology", "Investors in The NASDAQ Stock Market", "Safeguards to Protect Investors" and "NASDAQ and the Global Market".
Understanding the Financial Press
How to read...
the stock page - the mutual fund page
the bond page - the options page - the futures table
a profit and loss statement - a financial balance sheet
a brokerage buy and sell confirmation of a trade
 
   
                   

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