Investing Books For Beginners

I have been trading and investing for many years and through out these years, I read over 100 books about trading in the stock market. Here are the best investing books for beginners.

1. How to Get Started in Stocks

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This is book gives you a comprehensive introduction into stock investing. You will learn about stock investing concepts and how to apply them to the real stock market. There are quizzes and worksheets that helps you to understand the topic better.

2. Investing Online For Dummies

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This book is a step by step guide on how to invest online. You will get an overview of everything that you need to know about investing online.  It shows you how to find an online broker, pick a winning investing strategy and construct a successful portfolio. You will also learn the basics of investing and measuring risks, analyze stocks and financial statements, and use online tools to calculate your performance.

3. Fundamental Analysis For Dummies

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Fundamental Analysis is key to investing successfully in the long term. Fundamental Analysis is the study of economy, financial statements, competitions and everything that can impact a company and its stock price. This book teaches you how to perform fundamental analysis and how to look for fundamental reasons to buy and sell stocks. You will also learn advanced fundamental analysis to help me making money investing.

4. Getting Started in Value Investing

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This is another great book for stock market beginners. It focuses on value investing where you examine the important of picking companies that have an enduring competitive advantage so that their stock price will appreciate in the future. It also discuss the difference between price and value and how to determine what price you should pay for a stock. You will also learn an easy to understand non-technical explanation of a company’s financial statements.

5. Security Analysis, Sixth Edition (Leatherbound Edition)

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This is the bible of investing and is a must read book for all investors. However, this should not be the first book you read as it is not for beginners. I included it here because I don’t want any serious investor to miss out this book. The author of this book Benjamin Graham, is known as the father of investing analysts and is the teacher of Warren Buffett, the world’s best investor of all time and is currently the second richest man on earth.

Other Investing Books for Beginners

The following is a few other investing books for beginners that you might be interested.

6. One Up On Wall Street : How To Use What You Already Know To Make Money In The Market

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7. The Little Book of Bull’s Eye Investing: Finding Value, Generating Absolute Returns, and Controlling Risk in Turbulent Markets (Little Books. Big Profits)

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8. The How to Make Money in Stocks Complete Investing System: Your Ultimate Guide to Winning in Good Times and Bad

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9. Wall Street Lingo: Thousands of Investment Terms Explained Simply

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10. Wall Street Words: An A to Z Guide to Investment Terms for Today’s Investor

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These are the top 10 investing books for beginners. If you are interested in free stock market courses, then check out the following blog post.

Stock Market Courses For Beginners.

Post your investing books for beginners in the comments.

 

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Here is a list of trending stocks as of yesterday.

Analysis Chart Symbol Date Close Volume % Change
http://stock-analysis.traderstock.org/rating/calix-stock-analysis-CALX.aspx CALX 2/9/2012 11.98 1736076 9.81%
http://stock-analysis.traderstock.org/rating/amylin-pharmaceuticals-stock-analysis-AMLN.aspx AMLN 2/9/2012 17.05 5448096 3.52%
http://stock-analysis.traderstock.org/rating/vulcan-materials-stock-analysis-VMC.aspx VMC 2/9/2012 47.40 1640202 3.38%
http://stock-analysis.traderstock.org/rating/itt-educational-stock-analysis-ESI.aspx ESI 2/9/2012 74.18 818316 3.31%
http://stock-analysis.traderstock.org/rating/illumina-stock-analysis-ILMN.aspx ILMN 2/9/2012 53.17 2564670 1.98%
http://stock-analysis.traderstock.org/rating/cobalt-international-stock-analysis-CIE.aspx CIE 2/9/2012 23.90 2832951 1.88%
http://stock-analysis.traderstock.org/rating/crown-holdings-stock-analysis-CCK.aspx CCK 2/9/2012 37.81 1464105 1.61%
http://stock-analysis.traderstock.org/rating/career-education-stock-analysis-CECO.aspx CECO 2/9/2012 11.40 965920 1.60%
http://stock-analysis.traderstock.org/rating/slm-stock-analysis-SLM.aspx SLM 2/9/2012 15.91 6344576 0.95%
http://stock-analysis.traderstock.org/rating/perkinelmer-stock-analysis-PKI.aspx PKI 2/9/2012 26.49 1083896 0.76%
http://stock-analysis.traderstock.org/rating/solutia-stock-analysis-SOA.aspx SOA 2/9/2012 28.15 5035851 0.50%
http://stock-analysis.traderstock.org/rating/republic-services-stock-analysis-RSG.aspx RSG 2/9/2012 30.09 2791179 0.43%
http://stock-analysis.traderstock.org/rating/charles-river-stock-analysis-CRL.aspx CRL 2/9/2012 34.81 373368 0.37%
http://stock-analysis.traderstock.org/rating/texas-industries-stock-analysis-TXI.aspx TXI 2/9/2012 34.80 120367 0.35%
http://stock-analysis.traderstock.org/rating/isle-of-stock-analysis-ISLE.aspx ISLE 2/9/2012 5.39 87913 0.19%
http://stock-analysis.traderstock.org/rating/leucadia-national-stock-analysis-LUK.aspx LUK 2/9/2012 29.42 600799 -0.14%
http://stock-analysis.traderstock.org/rating/polycom-stock-analysis-PLCM.aspx PLCM 2/9/2012 21.17 2096116 -0.14%
http://stock-analysis.traderstock.org/rating/ritchie-bros-stock-analysis-RBA.aspx RBA 2/9/2012 24.21 374144 -0.29%
http://stock-analysis.traderstock.org/rating/waste-management-stock-analysis-WM.aspx WM 2/9/2012 35.18 2238114 -0.37%
http://stock-analysis.traderstock.org/rating/regal-beloit-corporation-stock-analysis-RBC.aspx RBC 2/9/2012 68.44 538351 -0.41%
http://stock-analysis.traderstock.org/rating/c-stock-analysis-BCR.aspx BCR 2/9/2012 92.31 651664 -0.47%
http://stock-analysis.traderstock.org/rating/sunrise-senior-stock-analysis-SRZ.aspx SRZ 2/9/2012 7.88 330303 -0.51%
http://stock-analysis.traderstock.org/rating/icon-plc-stock-analysis-ICLR.aspx ICLR 2/9/2012 20.26 93163 -0.54%
http://stock-analysis.traderstock.org/rating/mcdermott-international-stock-analysis-MDR.aspx MDR 2/9/2012 13.65 2884072 -0.58%
http://stock-analysis.traderstock.org/rating/mechel-oao-stock-analysis-MTL.aspx MTL 2/9/2012 11.46 3183011 -0.69%
http://stock-analysis.traderstock.org/rating/haemonetics-stock-analysis-HAE.aspx HAE 2/9/2012 66.30 54585 -0.72%
http://stock-analysis.traderstock.org/rating/ctc-media-stock-analysis-CTCM.aspx CTCM 2/9/2012 10.55 351288 -0.75%
http://stock-analysis.traderstock.org/rating/aar-stock-analysis-AIR.aspx AIR 2/9/2012 22.32 180588 -0.93%
http://stock-analysis.traderstock.org/rating/whirlpool-stock-analysis-WHR.aspx WHR 2/9/2012 69.53 2023866 -0.95%
http://stock-analysis.traderstock.org/rating/rsc-holdings-stock-analysis-RRR.aspx RRR 2/9/2012 21.94 956917 -1.04%
http://stock-analysis.traderstock.org/rating/kaydon-stock-analysis-KDN.aspx KDN 2/9/2012 35.91 161883 -1.13%
http://stock-analysis.traderstock.org/rating/winnebago-industries-stock-analysis-WGO.aspx WGO 2/9/2012 9.86 134685 -1.20%
http://stock-analysis.traderstock.org/rating/mercer-international-stock-analysis-MERC.aspx MERC 2/9/2012 8.25 62049 -1.67%
http://stock-analysis.traderstock.org/rating/hospira-stock-analysis-HSP.aspx HSP 2/9/2012 34.11 2281653 -1.84%
http://stock-analysis.traderstock.org/rating/healthsouth-stock-analysis-HLS.aspx HLS 2/9/2012 19.62 656038 -1.95%
http://stock-analysis.traderstock.org/rating/magnetek-stock-analysis-MAG.aspx MAG 2/9/2012 12.20 4601 -2.24%
http://stock-analysis.traderstock.org/rating/zimmer-holdings-stock-analysis-ZMH.aspx ZMH 2/9/2012 61.03 3183565 -2.31%
http://stock-analysis.traderstock.org/rating/insmedorporated-stock-analysis-INSM.aspx INSM 2/9/2012 5.00 91666 -3.47%
http://stock-analysis.traderstock.org/rating/triquint-semiconductor-stock-analysis-TQNT.aspx TQNT 2/9/2012 6.54 27173980 -4.39%
http://stock-analysis.traderstock.org/rating/xerium-technologies-stock-analysis-XRM.aspx XRM 2/9/2012 9.33 64831 -5.09%

 

 

The stock HSOL formed a triangle break out today. If you entered this stock today, you would have a nice gain.

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MOBI is a short term trending stock. It is trading above the trend line and went up sharply today. However, the long term trend is still down so watch out. If you are using MarketClub, you can easily draw trend lines on the chart.

 

 

This is a list of trending stocks that you may find interest.

Analysis Chart Symbol Date Close Volume % Change
http://stock-analysis.traderstock.org/rating/regal-beloit-corporation-stock-analysis-RBC.aspx RBC 2/7/2012 66.00 2016621 6.93%
http://stock-analysis.traderstock.org/rating/polycom-stock-analysis-PLCM.aspx PLCM 2/7/2012 21.41 2579960 3.28%
http://stock-analysis.traderstock.org/rating/opentable-stock-analysis-OPEN.aspx OPEN 2/7/2012 51.45 2121290 2.61%
http://stock-analysis.traderstock.org/rating/calix-stock-analysis-CALX.aspx CALX 2/7/2012 8.59 410531 2.51%
http://stock-analysis.traderstock.org/rating/amylin-pharmaceuticals-stock-analysis-AMLN.aspx AMLN 2/7/2012 16.88 9429595 1.20%
http://stock-analysis.traderstock.org/rating/winnebago-industries-stock-analysis-WGO.aspx WGO 2/7/2012 10.29 274151 1.18%
http://stock-analysis.traderstock.org/rating/vulcan-materials-stock-analysis-VMC.aspx VMC 2/7/2012 45.73 1593575 1.17%
http://stock-analysis.traderstock.org/rating/crown-holdings-stock-analysis-CCK.aspx CCK 2/7/2012 37.01 1184098 0.76%
http://stock-analysis.traderstock.org/rating/perkinelmer-stock-analysis-PKI.aspx PKI 2/7/2012 26.18 1425437 0.69%
http://stock-analysis.traderstock.org/rating/ctc-media-stock-analysis-CTCM.aspx CTCM 2/7/2012 10.42 480337 0.58%
http://stock-analysis.traderstock.org/rating/xerium-technologies-stock-analysis-XRM.aspx XRM 2/7/2012 9.55 60297 0.42%
http://stock-analysis.traderstock.org/rating/cobalt-international-stock-analysis-CIE.aspx CIE 2/7/2012 22.28 1224651 0.41%
http://stock-analysis.traderstock.org/rating/triquint-semiconductor-stock-analysis-TQNT.aspx TQNT 2/7/2012 6.57 5274068 0.31%
http://stock-analysis.traderstock.org/rating/healthsouth-stock-analysis-HLS.aspx HLS 2/7/2012 20.12 862430 0.15%
http://stock-analysis.traderstock.org/rating/whirlpool-stock-analysis-WHR.aspx WHR 2/7/2012 70.70 3660022 -0.06%
http://stock-analysis.traderstock.org/rating/waste-management-stock-analysis-WM.aspx WM 2/7/2012 35.33 2284341 -0.11%
http://stock-analysis.traderstock.org/rating/solutia-stock-analysis-SOA.aspx SOA 2/7/2012 27.97 4862949 -0.11%
http://stock-analysis.traderstock.org/rating/c-stock-analysis-BCR.aspx BCR 2/7/2012 93.04 604607 -0.20%
http://stock-analysis.traderstock.org/rating/kaydon-stock-analysis-KDN.aspx KDN 2/7/2012 36.50 188576 -0.22%
http://stock-analysis.traderstock.org/rating/sunrise-senior-stock-analysis-SRZ.aspx SRZ 2/7/2012 8.12 358890 -0.25%
http://stock-analysis.traderstock.org/rating/interface-stock-analysis-IFSIA.aspx IFSIA 2/7/2012 13.61 366467 -0.29%
http://stock-analysis.traderstock.org/rating/aar-stock-analysis-AIR.aspx AIR 2/7/2012 22.58 113431 -0.35%
http://stock-analysis.traderstock.org/rating/haemonetics-stock-analysis-HAE.aspx HAE 2/7/2012 67.16 61361 -0.37%
http://stock-analysis.traderstock.org/rating/zimmer-holdings-stock-analysis-ZMH.aspx ZMH 2/7/2012 62.36 1119662 -0.37%
http://stock-analysis.traderstock.org/rating/slm-stock-analysis-SLM.aspx SLM 2/7/2012 15.82 3894559 -0.38%
http://stock-analysis.traderstock.org/rating/rsc-holdings-stock-analysis-RRR.aspx RRR 2/7/2012 21.99 563579 -0.45%
http://stock-analysis.traderstock.org/rating/hospira-stock-analysis-HSP.aspx HSP 2/7/2012 35.27 1023060 -0.56%
http://stock-analysis.traderstock.org/rating/leucadia-national-stock-analysis-LUK.aspx LUK 2/7/2012 29.36 547074 -0.61%
http://stock-analysis.traderstock.org/rating/iesi-bfc-ltd-stock-analysis-BIN.aspx BIN 2/7/2012 22.09 163350 -0.76%
http://stock-analysis.traderstock.org/rating/marinemax-stock-analysis-HZO.aspx HZO 2/7/2012 8.66 39930 -0.80%
http://stock-analysis.traderstock.org/rating/republic-services-stock-analysis-RSG.aspx RSG 2/7/2012 29.72 2529009 -0.87%
http://stock-analysis.traderstock.org/rating/charles-river-stock-analysis-CRL.aspx CRL 2/7/2012 34.74 310860 -1.08%
http://stock-analysis.traderstock.org/rating/ritchie-bros-stock-analysis-RBA.aspx RBA 2/7/2012 24.38 244650 -1.18%
http://stock-analysis.traderstock.org/rating/icon-plc-stock-analysis-ICLR.aspx ICLR 2/7/2012 20.46 135622 -1.30%
http://stock-analysis.traderstock.org/rating/mcdermott-international-stock-analysis-MDR.aspx MDR 2/7/2012 13.58 1920415 -1.38%
http://stock-analysis.traderstock.org/rating/stericycle-stock-analysis-SRCL.aspx SRCL 2/7/2012 84.76 650747 -1.60%
http://stock-analysis.traderstock.org/rating/career-education-stock-analysis-CECO.aspx CECO 2/7/2012 11.30 1220570 -1.91%
http://stock-analysis.traderstock.org/rating/texas-industries-stock-analysis-TXI.aspx TXI 2/7/2012 34.72 160192 -2.00%
http://stock-analysis.traderstock.org/rating/mechel-oao-stock-analysis-MTL.aspx MTL 2/7/2012 11.74 3424754 -2.73%
http://stock-analysis.traderstock.org/rating/mercer-international-stock-analysis-MERC.aspx MERC 2/7/2012 8.44 152127 -2.76%
http://stock-analysis.traderstock.org/rating/insmedorporated-stock-analysis-INSM.aspx INSM 2/7/2012 5.11 44920 -2.85%
http://stock-analysis.traderstock.org/rating/itt-educational-stock-analysis-ESI.aspx ESI 2/7/2012 69.73 615955 -2.95%
http://stock-analysis.traderstock.org/rating/magnetek-stock-analysis-MAG.aspx MAG 2/7/2012 12.69 8450 -3.13%
 

SPY is approaching resistance and the stock market is likely to pull back any time soon.

SPY is now at 129.34, and the resistance level is at 136.57 which is only a few points away.

For cautious traders, you may want to wait until SPY break the resistance level before you buy any stock.

In the mean time, I’m will be looking for stocks to short.

SPY Weekly Chart

SPY Daily Chart


 

NVDA is a nice stock to watch, the technical indicators are pointing to a short term bull.

1. Candlestick chart looks good

2. Macd crossover

3. +DI Crossover -DI which also signals a buy.

 

The stock EXM is very bullish today and the chart looks good.

Technical Analysis on EXM.

ADX Indicator – The +DI is approaching the near -DI and ADX is signaling a strong trend.

Candlestick Chart – Candlestick chart is looking good

Stochastic – The stochastic made a bullish crossover and is moving above from the oversold area.

 

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