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While complex strategies and systems may work for some traders, understanding price action is all you really need to succeed in this arena. Price action analysis is an effective approach to trading today's markets whether you're involved in stocks, futures, or options. It allows you to focus on the process of trading without being overwhelmed by a complicated collection of trading techniques. And while this method may appear elementary, it can enhance returns as well as minimize downside risk. One way to apply price action analysis to your trading endeavors is with chart patterns.

This pivotal trading book will change the way you view the stock market forever. Buy low, sell high is one view of how to profit, but it is not reliable as sometimes you should buy high, sell higher and others you should sell low, buy back lower. The differences are subtle and being able to recognize them requires a new kind of system. Day traders have a super power. Enter long or short. Exit trades instantly. Control risk. Trade from home or when travelling. You don't need to know what has happened: you need to know what is happening. Not just in the current market, but in all markets.

Especially relevant in today's world of corporate scandals and new accounting laws, the numbers in a financial report contain vitally important information about where a company has been and where it is going. Packed with new and updated information, Reading Financial Reports for Dummies, 3rd Edition gives you a quick but clear introduction to financial reports - and how to decipher the information in them.

Expectations Investing offers a unique and powerful alternative for identifying value-price gaps. Rappaport and Mauboussin provide everything the listener needs to utilize the discounted cash flow model successfully. And they add an important twist: They suggest that rather than forecasting cash flows, investors should begin by estimating the expectations embedded in a company's stock price.

Everybody knows there’s money to be made in stocks. But the reality is only a fraction of investors actually turn profits. If you’re a retail investor with no professional experience…and you don’t have access to all the “insider knowledge” and resources that institutional investors have…you’re more or less gambling your money away.

We aim to simplify the complexities of the stock market as much as possible. We find that you need to be extremely picky when buying/selling equities as the percentages of you being right are not in your favor—especially if you don't use a consistent system. There are no guarantees in the market. Selectivity and risk/reward is the name of the game. With a proven method like ours, you too can have the odds in your favor and make money anywhere with an internet connection.

In 1919, Texas rancher J. Frank Norfleet lost everything he had in a stock market swindle. He did what many other marks did - he went home, borrowed more money from his family, and returned for another round of swindling. Only after he lost that second fortune did he reclaim control of his story. Instead of crawling back home in shame, he vowed to hunt down the five men who had conned him. Through Norfleet's ingenious reverse-swindle, Amy Reading reveals the mechanics behind the scenes of the big con.

Freedom First is a collection of 118 nonfiction discussions focused on simplified stories that convey practical economic insights. Most of the readings explain how free markets drive economic prosperity and how market prices communicate signals to coordinate cooperation. The book clarifies the concept of natural rights and the role of natural rights and other institutions in promoting freedom and prosperity. Some of the accounts discuss the causes of economic growth and evaluate the role of wealth in meeting the goals of the participants of economies.

Cybersecurity incidents make the news with startling regularity. Each breach makes headlines, inspires panic, instigates lawsuits, and is then forgotten. The cycle of alarm and amnesia continues with the next attack, and the one after that. Cybersecurity expert Josephine Wolff argues that we shouldn't forget about these incidents, we should investigate their trajectory, from technology flaws to reparations for harm done to their impact on future security measures. We can learn valuable lessons in the aftermath of cybersecurity breaches.

Retirement can be a hugely painful and emotional transition. You’ve spent your entire life earning money, and now you must turn off the tap and live off only what you have accumulated. Will it be enough? Will you be able to live the life of your dreams, or are you at risk of running out of money? Can you afford to accomplish your bucket list? On the other hand, can you really afford not to? (After all, you don’t want to be the richest person in the graveyard!)