The Investopedia Guide to Wall Speak: The Terms You Need to Know to Talk Like Cramer, Think Like Soros, and Buy Like Buffett

The Investopedia Guide to Wall Speak: The Terms You Need to Know to Talk Like Cramer, Think Like Soros, and Buy Like Buffett, 9780071624985 (0071624988), McGraw-Hill, 2009

Have you ever used a stochastic oscillator?

Does your portfolio have spiders in it?

Do you really know what a derivative is?

From the creators of one of today’s most popular investing Web sites, The Investopedia Guide to Wall Speak presents in-depth definitions of the site’s most searched terms.

Covering everything from the basics, such as asset, commodity, and index, to more advanced concepts like tranche, ebenture, and value investing, The Investopedia Guide to Wall Speak takes you beyond the average dictionary definition with concise yet thorough encyclopedic explanations of terms and concepts. It also has about 50 hilarious cartoons—proving that the investing world does have its lighter side.

Keep The Investopedia Guide to Wall Speak on hand for those key moments that can make or break an investment, like knowing when to straddle an option . . . and when to strangle it.

About the Author

Jack Guinan is a veteran Wall Street insider who has worked for some of world's largest financial services firms including Citi Smith Barney, Fidelity Investments, and Chase/BrownCo.

Investopedia is one the largest and most well-respected websites dedicated to investing education. The site educates millions of investors every month.

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