Product Description
by John Roberts (Author)
Confused About The Stock Market And Running Out Of Time?
Take control and boost your financial future with this beginners guide to stocks and investing that really is simple and easy to follow.
Perhaps you have this vague, uneasy feeling that you should know more about stocks and investments. And that you should be doing something about them - and soon. But everything seems so technical and confusing.
Then this book is for you. Here's a quick example: You know what an auction is, right? Well, did you know that the New York Stock Exchange, where you will buy many of your stocks, is just a big auction?
See there, you already have a clue about stock exchanges. Because the book introduces the idea with something you already understand. An auction. And it did it in one sentence.
Stock Market For Beginners keeps focused on the basics as it outlines a step by step plan on how you get set up, choose great stocks and protect your investments. By the end of the book you will know how to buy a stock, and when and how to sell it too.
It's your future. And while no book can promise you instant success, it's a virtual guarantee you will find it useful, easy to understand, and if you follow the ten key steps, greatly increase your odds of success.
Author Biography
John Roberts is the Founder and CEO of Live Learn And Prosper.com, a leading newsletter and website focused on commonsense about investing and life. His books and articles are known for their easy to understand writing style explaining complex things.
He's been a life-long investor and prior to founding LLAP, was a Financial Consultant and Stockbroker (formerly licensed with the New York Stock Exchange) and Senior Business Analyst. Before that, he managed the Corporate IT Department of a Fortune 500 Corporation, and earlier in his career, he served as the Senior Programmer/Designer for May Department Stores International, spending time in London, England designing and programming a large scale international foreign buying system. He also served in the United States Marine Corps.
John is an avid sailor and award winning photographer, believing that life should be an adventure.
He recalls one Thanksgiving finding himself singlehandedly sailing his boat the Saline Solution in the Florida Keys - on the far edge of tropical storm Keith. He says when he finally made it back safely to port, it was the most thankful Thanksgiving of his life. He also allows this may have been a bit too much adventure.
John currently resides in Miami, Orlando or St. Louis - depending on when you ask him. When he's not too busy writing in Florida you can often find him sailing or soaking up sun at the beach.
