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Everything You Wanted to Know About Stock Market Investing does exactly what its title claims to do. While there is a general consensus that playing the stock market has made many a millionaire, there are enough people out there who are wary of the fact that the bears and the bulls can be pretty unpredictable. While it is easy to make a fortune in the stock market, it’s equally easy to lose a fortune while playing for it. This is where Everything You Wanted to Know About Stock Market Investing scores. It starts off with the basic presumption that the reader is a novice in the game. After introducing the reader to the bare basics, the book gradually widens its horizons and talks about stock market investments. The book comes with pictorial representations to ensure that the reader does not have to plough through pages of material. At the same time, efforts have been made to play down the financial jargons that normally make a newbie investor nervous about his ability to make profitable deals. After going through the 200-odd pages, readers will have a pretty good grasp on how the primary and secondary markets work, what makes a good investment strategy, how to allocate funds, what stock market terms like IPO mean, and how IPOs can help a person make a mark as a smart investor. The book is written in an engaging manner. Readers who are looking to venture into stock investments can use the ready-made references in the check-lists that are provided at the end of each chapter, and this will help them be sure that they have covered all the bases. There are also summaries at the end of each chapter and these provide a concise review of the key points discussed in each chapter. The book provides tips on how to carry out accurate financial and technical analysis. It even dishes out advice on tax policy. The Tax Impact on Equities section gives a succinct overview on how to calculate tax liabilities and on the taxes that are applicable on investors. The section on Complaints and Grievances should reassure cautious investors who are sitting in the sidelines because they fear that any problems they face in the stock market are unlikely to be resolved. Other chapters in the book include Online Trading: Opens Windows, Secondary Market: The Basics, Equity in Your Financial Plan: A Must Have, How to Invest in an IPO: A Primer, Rules for Equity Investing: A Roundup, and Cost Factor: Never to Forget. Everything You Wanted to Know About Stock Market Investing is aimed at making life easier for investors and it succeeds in its objective.