How to Read the Financial Pages

by Michael Brett

How to Read the Financial Pages by Michael Brett is one of the best books on how to understand the investment jargon contained within the financial pages. The book is a practical guide to the financial jargon and explains some of the pitfalls in taking the financials at face value.

Focus on the London Stock Exchange

The investment book is focused on helping to explain and unravel the financial jargon in the British market at the London Stock Exchange. The insights and knowledge that it provides are however applicable to most global stock exchanges, such as the New York Stock Exchange.

A Simple Guide to the Way Money Works… and the Jargon

The book’s strap line phrase is “A simple guide to the way money works and the jargon”. The book does exactly this: it helps to tear away the mystery from the financial accounts and helps to explain to the investor reader what everything really means.

Putting the Financial Situation into an Historical Perspective

The book also acts as a type of history book for the investor. It does this by putting major events of the British stock market into perspective. This long-term view is valuable to the investor, since it can help individual investors knowing indications for good times to sell or buy shares.

Reading Between the Lines

The section on creative accounting in How to Read the Financial Pages is extremely insightful and helps provide the investor with a streetwise knowledge of the financials which are provided to the various stock markets around the globe.

Rating: