This title provides everything you need to know about today's stock market - how to buy, what to hold, when to sell. "All About Stocks, Second Edition", will make you a smarter, more accomplished investor. This bottom-line guidebook is now updated to explain every essential aspect of today's stock market - in which the rewards as well as the risks have increased dramatically over the past five years - and is arranged to provide quick, clear answers to any questions you might have."All About Stocks" is written to be understood by an investor - yet packed with information that will be valuable to everyone! Practical, hands-on guidance on how you can use the Internet to find and buy undervalued stocks, strategies on selecting a mutual fund for both above-average returns and below-average risk, types of trades that can significantly increase your safety during turbulent markets and it's all here. Before you invest, read "All About Stocks" and discover: what stocks are, and why you should own them; explanations of the different types of orders; how fundamental and technical analysis can help you find undervalued stocks; aspects of growth stocks and value stocks; what mutual funds are, how they work, and which are right for you; easy-to-follow strategies to assemble a high-growth, low-risk, versified portfolio; and strategies for buying indexed mutual funds and index-tracking stocks.