Table of Contents
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 Data 279
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 Strategies 353
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
