Financial Times Guide to Using the Financial Pages

With 30,000 copies sold of the last edition, The Financial Times Guide to Using the Financial Pages has become an international bestseller, as well as receiving widespread critical acclaim from both professional and private investors. This new edition has been completely updated and includes new chapters on American, continental European and emerging equity markets. There is also comprehensive analysis of the effect of the euro on financial markets, as well as greater coverage of the impact of the internet. The Financial Times Guide to Using the Financial Pages will introduce readers to the art of reading and interpreting the financial pages whether they view them in a newspaper or online. In addition to providing a simple guide to understanding the statistics and the language of modern finance, it will allow you to follow and act on the price movements of a wide range of potential investments including shares, bonds, funds, currencies and derivatives. Divided into four sections, the book starts by looking at the role and behaviour of the broad groups of players in the financial markets: investors, companies, financial institutions and governments. The second part looks at the different markets in which they operate; each chapter takes relevant financial charts and tables and explains how they work, and can be read and used. The third part investigates the UK, European and world economies, and the effects of key economic indicators on the financial markets. Finally, other sources of financial information are explored, such as the printed media and electronic markets, as well as how to read company reports. Tables of figures with full explanations are introduced throughout the text to accustom the reader to using and interpreting the numbers. completly up-to-date edition of a best seller includes information on the boom in US economy, depressed, Japaese economy, the Asian/global crisis of 97/8, the failure of global trade talks, and the "new paradigm" of technological advance, increased productivity and low inflation. totally new chapter, to reflect the impact of the Euro on business and financial markets