Investing Explained - 2nd Edition by Matthew Partridge (Hardcover)

About the Book

Take control of your investments and achieve success with this plain-language guide.

Book Synopsis

Create a profitable investment portfolio from scratch with this accessible guide.

While investing is a lucrative means of making money, it can feel confusing and intimidating to amateur traders and investors who lack a financial background. Investing Explained shows you how to take control of your money and make confident, informed investing decisions, whether you're just starting out or refreshing your strategy.

Using plain language and clear explanations of complex topics, MoneyWeek journalist Matthew Partridge reveals all the ins and outs of the profession, showing how private investors can capitalise on changes in technology, regulation and access to information to make highly profitable investments from the comfort of their own home.

Updated with new chapters on cryptocurrency and ethical investing, this clear, practical guide gives you the tools to invest wisely, avoid common pitfalls and build a strategy that works for you, whatever your level of experience.

Themes include: investing for beginners, stock market basics, cryptocurrency, ethical investing, financial literacy and DIY investing

Review Quotes

""Investing Explained is a masterclass in financial education written in a grounded, evidence-backed style. The book supports every insight with hard historical data and delivers remarkably practical rules to help investors navigate the market. Covering everything from income investing to diversification, derivatives, compound interest and the behavioural traps that can cause untold damage to portfolios, the book is an essential, no-nonsense guide to protecting and growing your hard-earned cash from both market noise and your own worst impulses.""-- "Rupert Hargreaves, COO City Am"

""Matthew Patridge brings an incisive financial intellect to the page, pulling back the curtain on the investment world with clarity and hard-won wisdom. Investing Explained is the accessible, no-nonsense companion every investor needs on their shelf.""-- "Igor Pejic, author of Tech Money"

"At a time when companies seeking to raise finance are increasingly reluctant to concede that revenues and earnings can fall as well as rise, Matthew's comprehensive guide to all forms of investment is essential reading and most welcome."-- "Clive Moffatt, Finance Editor, BBC"

"One of the clearest introductions to investing I've read. If you want to understand how markets work and how to grow your wealth sensibly, start here."-- "Dominic Frisby, author of The Secret History of Gold and Daylight Robbery"

About the Author

Matthew Partridge is a Senior Writer for MoneyWeek magazine, Britain's leading weekly personal finance and investment magazine. He previously worked for Citigroup, Lehman Brothers and an economics consultancy, and has a PhD in Economic History from the London School of Economics. He is based in London, UK.