by N E Renton (published by
Fourth Edition, 2004)
This comprehensive book explains both the operation of the Australian stock exchange and general investment principles. It deals with direct investment in ordinary shares, options and fixed interest securities. Its 46 chapters and 19 appendices cover income tax, capital gains tax, imputation, leverage, social security, takeovers, shareholders' rights, prospectuses, dividend reinvestment plans, theoretical aspects and much more. Written from an independent perspective, this book will help all investors, from beginners to professional dealers and from students to senior citizens. The fourth edition of this popular work has been expanded and extensively revised. It deals with the numerous changes to both market practices and the regulatory environment which have taken place since the previous (1998) edition. Topics such as investing with borrowed funds, choosing a stockbroker and deciding when a share is cheap are discussed. It also reflects the new legislation regulating stockbrokers and investment advisers. The sections on income tax, capital gains tax and social security have been updated. A detailed index with about 1850 references enhances the text. Professor Allan Fels AO, the former Chairman of the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission, provided the Foreword. 764 pages 9781920910037 RRP $A39.95 |
CONTENTS Foreword Chapter 01 Introduction
Appendix A The Size of the Market: Selected Statistics
Index
Foreword to the First Edition 1989
Preface
Chapter 02 Background
Chapter 03 Inflation
Chapter 04 Company Securities
Chapter 05 The Stock Exchange
Chapter 06 Flotations and Placements
Chapter 07 Share Issues
Chapter 08 Annual Reports
Chapter 09 Theoretical Aspects
Chapter 10 Factors Affecting the Market Price of Shares
Chapter 11 Takeovers
Chapter 12 Shareholders' Rights
Chapter 13 Annual General Meetings
Chapter 14 Advice from Brokers and Others
Chapter 15 Some Investment Myths
Chapter 16 Trading on the Stock Exchange
Chapter 17 Government Securities
Chapter 18 Other Fixed Interest Investments
Chapter 19 Interest
Chapter 20 Unlisted Shares
Chapter 21 Gold and Currencies
Chapter 22 Options
Chapter 23 Futures
Chapter 24 Other Types of Investment
Chapter 25 The Financial Press
Chapter 26 Sources of Information
Chapter 27 Using Borrowed Funds
Chapter 28 Income Tax
Chapter 29 Capital Gains Tax
Chapter 30 Other Taxes
Chapter 31 Social Security Aspects
Chapter 32 Dividend Reinvestment and Dividend Election Plans
Chapter 33 Continuous Disclosure
Chapter 34 Experts' Reports
Chapter 35 The Mathematics of Dividend Imputation
Chapter 36 Share Issues to Employees
Chapter 37 Investment under a Goods and Services Tax
Chapter 38 The Future
Chapter 39 Miscellaneous
Chapter 40 Buy-backs
Chapter 41 Targeted Shares
Chapter 42 Investors and the Internet
Chapter 43 How to read a Prospectus
Chapter 44 Managed Funds
Chapter 45 Market Capitalisation
Chapter 46 The Financial Services Reform Act 2001
Appendix B Australian Shareownership Patterns
Appendix C Marginal Income Tax Rates for 2003-04
Appendix D Index Factors for Capital Gains Tax
Appendix E A Ledger and Worksheet for Capital Gains Tax
Appendix F Share Price and Inflation Indices
Appendix G Wage Rates
Appendix H The Effect of Inflation
Appendix I The Effect of Compound Interest
Appendix J Adjustments for Capital Changes
Appendix K How to Choose a Stockbroker
Appendix L When is a Share Cheap?
Appendix M Buying Shares for Children
Appendix N Complaints
Appendix O Can you Bear to be a Bull?
Appendix P Terms used in Broker Recommendations
Appendix Q Basis of Quotation Codes
Appendix R Standard & Poor's/ASX Indices
Appendix S Useful Internet Links
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