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The Financial Times Guide to Investing is the definitive introduction to the art of successful stock market investing. Bestselling author Glen Arnold takes you from the basics of what investors do and why companies need them through to the practicalities of buying and selling shares and how to make the most from your money. He describes different types of investment vehicles and advises you on how to be successful at picking companies, understanding their accounts, managing a sophisticated portfolio, measuring performance and risk and setting up an investment club. The third edition of this investing classic will give you everything you need to choose your shares with skill and confidence. Thoroughly updated, this edition now includes - Comprehensive advice about unit trusts and other collective investments, A brand new section on dividend payments and what to watch out for, An expanded jargon-busting glossary to demystify those complex phrases and concepts, Recent Financial Times articles and tables to illustrate and expand on case studies and examples, Detailed updates of changes to tax rates and legislation as well as increases in ISA allowances and revisions to capital gains tax||About the Author - Glen C. Arnold, PhD, runs his own equity portfolio and a property development company from his office in the heart of rural Leicestershire. He teaches at Schroders Investment Management and leads investing seminar days for private investors.