FT Guide to Using the Financial Pages

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Table of Contents

Foreword

Introduction

Part 1:            Identifying the players

1                    Investors

2                    Companies

3                    Financial institutions

4                    Governments

Part 2: Interpreting the markets

5                    Stocks and shares: the UK equity markets

6                    Indices and aggregates: market indicators

7                    NYSE and Nasdaq: the US equity markets

8                    European equities: stock markets in the eurozone and beyond

9                    Other international equities: emerging stock markets and world indices

10                Trusts and funds: the managed money markets

11                Bonds and gilts: the international capital markets

12                Cash and currency: the foreign exchange and money markets

13                Futures and options: the derivatives market

14                Primary products: the commodities market

Part 3: Understanding the economies

15                UK economic indicators

16                The European economy: market integration and monetary union

17                The world economy: trade, growth and international institutions

Part 4: Beyond the financial pages

18                Company and investor lives: the key performance indicators
                    by Ken Langdon

19                Finance on the internet: using the electronic financial pages

20                Sources of information: a brief guide

Appendix 1: The key ratios guide

Appendix 2: The key indices guide

Index

Back Cover

The Financial Times Guide to Using the Financial Pages

A clear, common-sense guide to finding, reading, understanding and acting on financial information.   

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The critically acclaimed  Financial Times Guide to Using the Financial Pages is the most accessible and comprehensive guide to the world of financial information.

There is no need to be baffled any longer by intimidating columns of numbers, technical terminology or the complexities of financial markets.  This best-selling guide explains where and when to find what you want and how to make the best use of the comprehensive range of financial and economic statistics available. Now in its fifth edition, it is even more authoritative and invaluable than ever before.

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