Introduction 1 Part 1: The Essentials of Stock Investing 5 CHAPTER 1: Surveying the World of Stock Investing 7 CHAPTER 2: Taking Stock of Your Current Financial Situation and Goals 15 CHAPTER 3: Defining Common Approaches to Stock Investing 33 CHAPTER 4: Recognizing Risk and Volatility 43 CHAPTER 5: Stock Investing through Exchange-Traded Funds 61 Part 2: Before You Start Buying 69 CHAPTER 6: Gathering Information 71 CHAPTER 7: Going for Brokers 91 CHAPTER 8: Investing for Long-Term Growth 103 CHAPTER 9: Investing for Income: Dividend-Paying Stocks 115 CHAPTER 10: Understanding Technical Analysis for Stock Investors 129 Part 3: Picking Winners 149 CHAPTER 11: Using Basic Accounting to Choose Winning Stocks 151 CHAPTER 12: Decoding Company Documents 169 CHAPTER 13: Emerging Sector and Industry Opportunities 181 CHAPTER 14: Small Cap Stocks, IPOs, and Motif Investing 193 CHAPTER 15: The Big Economic and Political Picture 203 Part 4: Investment Strategies and Tactics 215 CHAPTER 16: Discovering Screening Tools 217 CHAPTER 17: Understanding Brokerage Orders and Trading Techniques 229 CHAPTER 18: Using Trade Triggers and Advanced Conditional Orders 247 CHAPTER 19: Getting a Handle on DPPs, DRPs, and DCA PDQ 255 CHAPTER 20: Corporate and Government Skullduggery: Looking at Insider Activity 265 CHAPTER 21: Keeping More of Your Money from the Taxman 277 Part 5: The Part of Tens 289 CHAPTER 22: Ten Indicators of a Great Stock 291 CHAPTER 23: Ten Ways to Profit in a Bear Market 299 CHAPTER 24: Ten Investments and Strategies That Go Great with Stocks 305 Part 6: Appendixes 313 APPENDIX A: Resources for Stock Investors 315 APPENDIX B: Financial Ratios 329 Index 339.