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Rave Reviews for Previous Editions

"Look for Barron's Finance & Investment Handbook. . . . This is the most comprehensive reference guide I've seen on investing."
--Dan Rutherford, "On the Money" Tulsa World

"A good reference for any investor. . . ."
--Atlanta Constitution

". . . most comprehensive. . . . An excellent investment guide."
--The Christian Science Monitor

"A fast resource, loaded with information, excellent for the general reader."
--(Long Island, NY) Newsday

". . . a teeming reservoir of information."
--The Oakland Tribune

. . . And this new eighth edition is bigger and better than ever

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Updated to reflect the current volatile investment climate, this large reference volume is packed with indispensable information for planning and maintaining a healthy investment portfolio. Among its many features are a financial dictionary with definitions of more than 5,000 terms, an analysis of many current investment opportunities, guidelines for non-experts on what to look for when reading corporate reports and financial news sources, an up-to-date directory of hundreds of publicly traded corporations in the United States and Canada, and a directory listing the names and addresses of brokerage houses, mutual funds families, and banks. Also of value is information on federal and state regulators, and what you should know about the legal aspects of investing.

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THE AUTHORS

John Downes is the author of many books and is a financial consultant and writer whose career encompasses banking, corporate and public finance, and investor relations. He has been affiliated with several institutions in the private and public sectors, including the Chase Manhattan Bank, Avco Financial Services, and New York City's Office for Economic Development.

Jordan Elliot Goodman is a financial analyst and commentator who appears frequently on TV and radio, and speaks on financial topics across the United States to audiences that include employees, associations, government agencies, and students. For many years, he was the Wall Street correspondent for Money magazine and a commentator for NBC News at Sunrise. He appears frequently on CNN, Fox News, Fox Business Network, CNBC, and Fox News. He is the author of Everyone's Money Book, Fast Profits in Hard Times, Master Your Debt,and Reading Between the Lines. He is the President of the Financial Services Division of the Freedom Investment Club, the largest investment club in North America, which can be found at www.ficinvestors.com. Mr. Goodman's web site is at www.moneyanswers.com.

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New edition of a guide first published in 1986 discusses how to invest money, read an annual report, and read the financial pages of journals and newspapers. An extensive reference section of 600-plus pages covers major financial institutions, sources of information and assistance, mutual funds, futures and options contracts, historical 20th-century data on the ups and downs of the financial market, and publicly traded companies. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknew.com)