From: lott@informatik.uni-kl.de (Christopher Lott)
Subject: misc.invest FAQ on general investment topics (Table of Contents)
Followup-To: misc.invest
Summary: Answers to frequently asked questions about investments.
         Should be read by anyone who wishes to post to misc.invest.	
Originator: lott@bogner.informatik.uni-kl.de
Keywords: invest, stock, bond, money, faq
Supersedes: <invest-faq-toc_726728402@informatik.uni-kl.de>
Reply-To: lott@informatik.uni-kl.de
Organization: University of Kaiserslautern, Germany
Date: Mon, 25 Jan 1993 04:59:48 GMT
Expires: Mon, 22 Feb 1993 05:00:02 GMT

Archive-name: investment-faq/general/toc
Version: $Id: faq-toc,v 1.1 1993/01/23 12:46:28 lott Exp $
Compiler: Christopher Lott, lott@informatik.uni-kl.de

This is the table of contents for the general misc.invest FAQ.

Articles in this FAQ discusses issues pertaining to money and
investment instruments, specifically stocks, bonds, and things
like options and life insurance.  For extensive information on
mutual funds, see the mutual fund FAQ, which is posted regularly
to misc.invest and maintained by timlee@btr.btr.com.  Subjects
more appropriate to misc.consumers are not included here. 

Disclaimers:  This information is guaranteed to change over time
and is probably out of date already.  Mention of a product does
not constitute an endorsement.  Answers to questions closer to
the bottom of the list may rely on information given in prior
answers.  Readers outside the USA can reach US-800 telephone
numbers, for a charge, using a service such as AT&T's USA-Direct. 
All prices are listed in US dollars unless otherwise specified.

In addition to being posted monthly, the FAQ is available from
the news.answers archive on host rtfm.mit.edu.  Using FTP, fetch
the files "/pub/usenet/news.answers/investment-faq/general/*"
Or, send an e-mail request to "mail-server@rtfm.mit.edu" with the
body  "send usenet/news.answers/investment-faq/general/*"
No other FTP archive is currently known to the compiler for
misc.invest information and programs. 

Please send comments and new submissions to the compiler.


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TABLE OF CONTENTS

    Sources for Historical Stock Information
    Beginning Investor's Advice
    American Depository Receipts (ADR)
    Beta
    Bonds
    Books About Investing (especially stocks)
    Bull and Bear Lore
    Computing the Rate of Return on Monthly Investments
    Computing Compound Return
    Discount Brokers
    Dollar Cost and Value Averaging
    Direct Investing and DRIPS
    Future and Present Value of Money
    How Can I Get Rich Really Quickly?
    Hedging
    Investment Associations (AAII and NAIC)
    Life Insurance
    Money-Supply Measures M1, M2, and M3
    Options on Stocks
    P/E Ratio
    Renting vs. Buying a Home
    Shorting Stocks
    Stock Index Types
    Stock Index - The Dow
    Stock Indexes - Others
    Stock Splits
    Ticker Tape Terminology
    Treasury Direct 
    Uniform Gifts to Minors Act (UGMA)
    Warrants
    Wash Sale Rule (from U.S. IRS)
    Zero-Coupon Bonds

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Compiler's Acknowledgements:
My sincere thanks to the many submitters for their efforts.  Also thanks to
Jonathan I. Kamens for his guidance on FAQs and his post_faq perl script.

Compilation Copyright (c) 1992 by Christopher Lott, lott@informatik.uni-kl.de
-- 
Christopher Lott    lott@informatik.uni-kl.de   +49 (631) 205-3334, -3331 Fax
Post: FB Informatik - Bau 57, Universitaet KL, W-6750 Kaiserslautern, Germany
Newsgroups: misc.invest