How to Read the Financial Pages

Stripping away the mystique from the world of investment and finance, *How to Read the Financial Pages* is a layman's guide to reading and understanding the financial press and the markets and events it covers. Assuming no financial knowledge, Michael Brett provides a valuable explanation of the workings of the financial world - from money markets to commodity markets, investment ratios to takeover bids. With an extensive glossary of financial terms, this book will help you through the financial columns to a better understanding of the language of markets and money. For ten years *How to Read the Financial Pages* has been an outstanding first-choice buy for everyone who wants a thorough - but friendly - grounding in finance and investment.

\--What are stock markets, currency markets, commodities markets? How do they operate?

\--What are derivatives? Could they cause the financial system to crash?

\--What is meant by insider dealing? Why is it illegal?

\--Who are the main players in the world of money? What do stock brokers, market makers, merchant

bankers and underwriters actually do?

\--How has the Internet affected private investors? What are the new opportunities?