The Investor's Handbook
ProShare's No-Nonsense Guide
to Sensible Investing
Make your money work hard for
you
Since the early 1980s,
millions of us have acquired shares in building societies, former public utilities or our
own companies. Many of us have gone on to more serious shareholding and many more would
like to. Published in association with ProShare, the organization whose aim is to make
investing in the stockmarket more accessible, this is the perfect beginner's guide to the
key principles and techniques of investment.
The Investors Handbook will
help you:
• clarify your aims: risks
and returns, income or investment
• extract information from
the business pages, balance sheets, websites
• decide when to buy - and
when to sell individual shares
• create a balanced
portfolio
• explore alternatives unit
trusts, gilts and ISAs
• plan for retirement and
reduce your tax burden
• pool expertise and
resources setting up an investment club
Whether you have already
invested in the stockmarket or think you'd like to do so, this step-by-step guide will
help you maximize your chances of success.
169 pages