High–Powered Investing All–in–One For Dummies

10 books in 1 Investing Futures and Options Commodities Foreign Currency Trading Hedge Funds Emerging Markets Value Investing Socially Responsible Investing Crowdfund Investing Technical Analysis Your key to success in high-end investments Looking for help making smarter, more profitable high-end investment decisions? This fully updated, hands-on resource arms you with an arsenal of advanced investing techniques for everything from stocks to futures and options to exchange-traded funds. You'll find out how to trade on the forex market, evaluate annuities, choose the right commodities, and buy into hedge funds. Plus, you'll get up to speed on using business fundamentals and technical analysis to help you make smarter decisions and maximize your returns. Trade like a pro — get the lowdown on futures and options fundamentals, understand how to be a savvy futures and options trader, and survey basic and advanced trading strategies Become a foreign currency guru — get tips and advice on major and minor currency pairs, figure out how to gather and interpret economic data, and much more Include hedge funds in your investment portfolio — find a variety of hedge fund strategies, get the scoop on how hedge funds work, and measure a hedge fund's risk and return Understand crowdfund investing — discover the ins and outs of crowdfund investing, from appreciating the power of the online crowd to making your first investment and more Open the book and find: The scoop on stocks and bonds Everything you need to know about mutual funds and exchange-traded funds How to make money in commodities Ways to delve into hedge funds A guided tour through the world's emerging markets An introduction to socially responsible investing The lowdown on crowdfund investing A plain-English explanation of technical analysis

Introduction  1 Book I: Getting Started with High–Powered Investing  5 Chapter 1: What Every Investor Should Know 7 Chapter 2: Playing the Market: Stocks and Bonds 21 Chapter 3: Getting to Know Mutual Funds and ETFs 47 Chapter 4: All about Annuities 73 Book II: Futures and Options  87 Chapter 1: Futures and Options Fundamentals 89 Chapter 2: Being a Savvy Futures and Options Trader 107 Chapter 3: Basic Trading Strategies 121 Chapter 4: Advanced Speculation Strategies 135 Book III: Commodities  155 Chapter 1: Getting an Overview of Commodities 157 Chapter 2: Adding Commodities to Your Portfolio 171 Chapter 3: The Power House: Making Money in Energy 183 Chapter 4: Pedal to the Metal: Investing in Metals 203 Chapter 5: Down on the Farm: Trading Agricultural Products 219 Book IV: Foreign Currency Trading  231 Chapter 1: Your Forex Need–to–Know Guide 233 Chapter 2: Major and Minor Currency Pairs 255 Chapter 3: Gathering and Interpreting Economic Data279 Chapter 4: Advice for Successful Forex Trading 293 Chapter 5: Putting Your Trading Plan in Action 305 Book V: Hedge Funds  319 Chapter 1: Getting the 411 on Hedge Funds 321 Chapter 2: Taking the Plunge with Hedge Funds 337 Chapter 3: A Potpourri of Hedge Fund Strategies353 Chapter 4: Evaluating Hedge Fund Performance 373 Book VI: Emerging Markets  385 Chapter 1: Introducing Emerging Market Investing 387 Chapter 2: A Guided Tour through the World’s Emerging Markets 403 Chapter 3: Picking Bonds, Stocks, and Mutual Funds in Emerging Markets 419 Chapter 4: High Finance in Emerging Markets 435 Book VII: Value Investing  445 Chapter 1: An Introduction to Value Investing 447 Chapter 2: A Value Investor’s Guide to Financial Statements 457 Chapter 3: Using Ratios as a Valuation Tool 479 Chapter 4: Valuing a Business 491 Book VIII: Socially Responsible Investing  517 Chapter 1: Making Your Investments Match Your Values 519 Chapter 2: The Socially Responsible Enterprise: Evaluating Companies 527 Chapter 3: Introducing the Islamic Capital Market 545 Chapter 4: Managing Assets in Islamic Investments 557 Book IX: Crowdfund Investing  573 Chapter 1: Getting the Lowdown on Crowdfund Investing 575 Chapter 2: Evaluating Crowdfund Investing Opportunities 583 Chapter 3: Committing Your Capital and Adding Value 595 Book X: Technical Analysis  615 Chapter 1: Wrapping Your Brain around Technical Analysis 617 Chapter 2: Bars and Bar Reading 633 Chapter 3: Charting the Market with Candlesticks 649 Chapter 4: Seeing Patterns and Drawing Trendlines 659 Chapter 5: Transforming Techniques into Trades 675 Index  693