Archive-name: investment-faq/general/part1
Version: $Id: faq-p1,v 1.35 1996/09/18 12:47:54 lott Exp lott $
Compiler: Christopher Lott, cml@cs.umd.edu

This is the table of contents for the general misc.invest FAQ,
and is the first part of a 7-part posting.

Articles in this FAQ discuss issues pertaining to money and investment
instruments, specifically stocks, bonds, options, life insurance,
etc.  Subjects more appropriate to misc.consumers (e.g., low-fee
credit cards) are not included here.  For extensive information on
mutual funds, see the mutual fund FAQ, which is posted regularly to
the newsgroups misc.invest.funds, misc.answers, and news.answers.

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change quite rapidly.  Information given here was current at the time
of writing but is almost guaranteed to be out of date by the time you
read it.  Mention of a product does not constitute an endorsement.
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TABLE OF CONTENTS

    Advice - Beginning Investors                                      part 2
    Advice - One-Line Wisdom                                          part 2
    Analysis - Annual Reports                                         part 2
    Analysis - Beta                                                   part 2
    Analysis - Book-to-Bill Ratio                                     part 2
    Analysis - Computing the Rate of Return on Monthly Investments    part 2
    Analysis - Computing Compound Return                              part 2
    Analysis - Future and Present Value of Money                      part 2
    Analysis - Goodwill                                               part 2
    Analysis - P/E Ratio                                              part 2
    Analysis - Renting versus Buying a Home                           part 2
    Analysis - Same-Store Sales                                       part 2
    Analysis - Technical                                              part 2
    Bonds - Basics                                                    part 2
    Bonds - Moody Bond Ratings                                        part 2
    Bonds - Municipal bond terminology                                part 2
    Bonds - Treasury Debt Instruments                                 part 3
    Bonds - Treasury Direct                                           part 3
    Bonds - US Savings from US Treasury                               part 3
    Bonds - Value of U.S. Treasury Bills                              part 3
    Bonds - Zero-Coupon                                               part 3
    Exchanges - Circuit Breakers on NYSE                              part 3
    Exchanges - Instinet                                              part 3
    Exchanges - Market Makers and Specialists                         part 3
    Exchanges - Phone Numbers                                         part 3
    Exchanges - Ticker Tape Terminology                               part 3
    Information Sources - Books                                       part 3
    Information Sources - Dialup and Subscription Services            part 3
    Information Sources - Free to All Who Ask                         part 3
    Information Sources - Internet                                    part 4
    Information Sources - Investment Associations (AAII and NAIC)     part 4
    Insurance - Annuities                                             part 4
    Insurance - Life                                                  part 4
    Misc - Derivatives                                                part 4
    Misc - Hedging                                                    part 4
    Misc - Insider Trading                                            part 4
    Misc - Investment Jargon                                          part 5
    Misc - Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs)                      part 5
    Options - Basics                                                  part 5
    Options - How to order                                            part 5
    Options - Splits                                                  part 5
    Options - Symbols                                                 part 5
    Regulation - Money-Supply Measures M1, M2, and M3                 part 5
    Regulation - Federal Reserve and Interest Rates                   part 5
    Regulation - Securities and Exchange Commission (U.S.)            part 5
    Regulation - SEC Rule 144                                         part 5
    Regulation - SEC Registered Advisory Service                      part 5
    Regulation - Series of Examinations/Registrations                 part 5
    Regulation - SIPC, or How to Survive a Bankrupt Broker            part 5
    Retirement Plan - 401(k)                                          part 5
    Retirement Plan - IRA                                             part 5
    Retirement Plan - SEP-IRA                                         part 5
    Stocks - Basics                                                   part 5
    Stocks - American Depository Receipts (ADRs)                      part 5
    Stocks - Cyclicals                                                part 5
    Stocks - Dividends                                                part 5
    Stocks - Dramatic Price Changes                                   part 5
    Stocks - Types of Indexes                                         part 5
    Stocks - The Dow Jones Industrial Average                         part 6
    Stocks - Other Indexes                                            part 6
    Stocks - IPOs                                                     part 6
    Stocks - Shorting                                                 part 6
    Stocks - Shorting Against the Box                                 part 6
    Stocks - Splits                                                   part 6
    Stocks - Warrants                                                 part 6
    Software - Investment-Related Programs                            part 6
    Software - Tracking Your Portfolio                                part 6
    Tax Code - Short-Term and Long-Term Gains/Losses                  part 6
    Tax Code - Tax swaps                                              part 6
    Tax Code - Uniform Gifts to Minors Act (UGMA)                     part 6
    Tax Code - Wash Sale Rule                                         part 6
    Trading - Discount Brokers                                        part 6
    Trading - Dollar Cost and Value Averaging                         part 6
    Trading - Direct Investing and DRIPS                              part 7
    Trading - Electronically                                          part 7
    Trading - via the Internet                                        part 7
    Trading - Cash and Margin Accounts                                part 7
    Trading - NASD Public Disclosure Hotline                          part 7
    Trading - NASD Licences                                           part 7
    Trading - The NASDAQ                                              part 7
    Trading - Buying and Selling Without a Broker                     part 7
    Trading - Order Routing                                           part 7
    Trading - Day, GTC, Limit, and Stop-Loss Orders                   part 7
    Trading - Pink Sheet Stocks                                       part 7
    Trading - Round Lots of Shares                                    part 7
    Trivia - Bull and Bear Lore                                       part 7
    Trivia - Dollar Bill Presidents                                   part 7
    Trivia - Getting Rich Quickly                                     part 7
    Trivia - One-Letter Ticker Symbols                                part 7
    Warning - Advertisement in the misc.invest.* groups               part 7
    Warning - Charles Givens                                          part 7
    Warning - Nordex of Denmark                                       part 7
    Warning - Dave Rhodes and Other Chain Letters                     part 7

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Compiler's Acknowledgements:
My sincere thanks to the many submitters for their efforts.  Also thanks to
Jonathan I. Kamens for his guidance on FAQs and his post_faq perl script.

Compilation Copyright (c) 1996 by Christopher Lott, cml@cs.umd.edu
-- 
Christopher Lott	Compiler of the FAQ for misc.invest, misc.invest.stocks
cml@cs.umd.edu		http://www.cs.umd.edu/users/cml/
