Stock Market Books

Journals and Magazines:

The Wall Street Journal has been a familiar source of reliable stock market information for decades. It is owned by the Dow Jones family of business related publication. Dow Jones appears to headed for an acquisition by News Corporation with extensive a multi media entertainment holdings.   

The Wall Street Journal has excellent stock market information.  The format is easy to read and it is organized well for quick reference or for enjoyable reading about the stock market. The writers are exceptional with experience in the business world.  There is a section to watch your own portfolio and to research company history and financial information  that is easy to locate.  It is a value at $79 for 54 weeks of reading either in paper or on-line. A subscriber can get both the on-line and paper version for a total of $99 for 52 weeks and some free weeks.

Barron’s is another publication that is owned by Dow Jones & Company.  This publication is sold as a separate subscription. It is a weekly magazine format that is foremost in quality research and in depth reporting about the U.S. Market and around the world.  Barron’s can be purchased on-line and in paper format.

Investor’s Business Daily has similar content to the Wall Street Journal.  It has a remarkably good analysis of daily stocks and a good on-line educational tutorial.  The publication may be read on-line or on a paper format.  The publication is $295 per year for the paper version or $235 for the on-line version.       Newsletters:

There are numerous financial newsletters available on-line and in paper format.  Of the ones I have reviewed there are only two that I would recommend for their value in stock investing. The Morningstar Stock Reporter is a monthly publication that has great research on stocks.  The information is easy to digest and the format is easy to read.  The subscription is about $89 per year.

The Street dot com stock advisory is unique.  It is produced by Jim Cramer who has decades of experience in investing in the ups, downs and in between times on the stock market.  He has a charitable trust that he keeps tabs on and invests. Due to a variety of reasons he is not an active trader of hedge funds or other investments.

 He is a financial whiz in the market who appears on TV and writes books.  His famous book Mad Money is now a half-hour TV show. He answers questions posed by telephone callers to the show.  He also provides stock analysis. 

The Jim Cramer Street dot com stock analysis subscription allows the investor to trade along side with him.  He sends out advisories on stocks by e-mail.  He also allows the investor to see his portfolio.  In addition for every subscription sold he sends the subscriber a free copy of his book.  This advisory service is worth a free trial run and then decide if it is worth the cost of the subscription.  Jim Cramer has made himself and a whole lot of people very rich.

The stock market offers several kinds of stocks with one of the most popular being penny stocks. It is difficult to discuss all of the types of stocks in just one article, but we will address several including penny stocks and small caps as well as others.

The type of stock an investor invests in depends on their risk tolerance. Some investors prefer individual stocks, some prefer mutual funds. Some investors prefer Dow stocks. Penny stocks can be risky and each investor has to decide on their risk tolerance level.

Value stocks are a popular type of stock category for investors to screen. Value stocks are those stocks that trade at a low price relative to its fundamentals and considered undervalued by value investors. Some characteristics of a value stocks include a low price-to-book ratio, high dividend yield, and/or low price-to-earnings ratio. Fundamentals include dividends, earnings, revenue, balance sheet items and other. Benjamin Graham and David Dodd are credited with pioneering value investing. Value investing is one type of stock investing for those looking for bargain stocks and cheap stocks.

Penny stocks are common stocks that trade for less than $5.00 a share and are traded over the counter (OTC) through quotation services such as the OTCBB or the Pink Sheets. Penny stocks generally have market caps under $500M, trade under $5.00 per share and are considered speculative, particularly those that trade on low volumes over the counter. There are several stocks that trade on the NASDAQ and AMEX that trade under the $5 level as well. Other terms to describe a penny stock include nano caps, microcap stocks, and small caps. Investors considering penny stocks have to evaluate their risk tolerance. Many consider penny stocks risky and speculative.
Growth stocks are stocks that increase in value (earnings growth, market capitalization, price) and yield a high return on equity, known as ROE. To calculate ROE, divide the company’s net income by the company’s equity. During some years growth stocks do well, in other years value stocks perform better. Generally, for a stock to be in the growth stock category, analysts expect to see at least 15 percent return on equity.

Small cap stocks are known popularly as small caps. These stocks are a popular stock market segment for stock research by investors. Small cap stocks are stocks of companies with a market capitalization of less than $1 billion. Microcap stocks are stock of companies with a market capitalization of less than $250 million.
It is important to understand market capitalization. Most new investors look at the stock price, but the important number to look at is market cap. Market cap is a measurement of corporate or economic size. It is calculated by multiplying the number of shares outstanding times the share price of a public company.

Technology stocks are generally traded on the NASDAQ exchange, but can be traded on several other exchanges. There are several technology stock sectors including the Internet, Cable & Satellite, Computers & Chips and others.

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