The Stock Market

FUNDAMENTAL INFORMATION.
Securities Markets and Securities Owners.
Corporate Securities.
U.S. Government and Municipal Securities.
Reading the Financial Page.
WORK OF THE STOCK EXCHANGE.
The New York Stock Exchange: Its Function and History.
The New York Stock Exchange: Organization and Membership.
Listed Stock and Bond, Tickers, and Quotations of the New York Stock Exchange.
Trading Procedures.
The NASDAQ Stock Market and the National Association of Securities Dealers.
The American Stock Exchange and Other U.S.Stock Exchanges.
Foreign Markets.
WORK OF THE SECURITIES HOUSES.
The Customer and the Broker.
Margin Trading.
Investment Banking.
Securities Delivery, Transfer, and Clearing.
REGULATIONS.
Manipulation in the Old Market.
Regulation, Self-Regulation, and Compliance.
INVESTING PRACTICES AND SPECIAL INSTRUMENTS.
Stock Price Averages and Indexes.
Investing and Trading in Common Stocks.
Investment Companies.
Fundamentals of Stock Prices.
Technical Analysis of Stock Prices.
Options, Futures, and Other Derivatives.
Convertible Securities, Warrants, and Rights.
Sources of Information and Security Rating.
Glossary.
Index.

RICHARD J. TEWELES, PhD, has more than 40 years of experience as an investment broker and consultant. A Professor Emeritus of Finance, Real Estate, and Law at California State University, Long Beach, he has been an allied member of the New York Stock Exchange and the American Stock Exchange, and has held memberships on the Chicago Board of Trade, the Chicago Mercantile Exchange, and the New York Mercantile Exchange. Dr. Teweles is the author of The Futures Game: Who Wins? Who Loses? Why? EDWARD S. BRADLEY is a former vice president of Salomon Brothers. A faculty member at the New York Institute of Finance, he is involved in the creation and review of questions for the current Registered Representative Stock Broker Exam.Thoroughly revised and expanded to reflect the enormous changes in the stock market over the past several years, the 7th Edition of this Wall Street classic is an essential resource for anyone involved in the world of finance. From the globalization of the securities business to trading on the Internet to new regulatory changes and how they'll affect you, no other single work brings this much practical information into such sharp focus. Here's where you'll find the essentials of every aspect of today's markets.