Introduction 1 Part I: Investment Basics 7 Chapter 1: First Steps on the Money Trail 9 Chapter 2: Checking Your Personal Life Before You Invest 25 Chapter 3: Recognising What Makes an Investor Tick 35 Chapter 4: Squaring Risks with Returns 45 Chapter 5: Being Aware of Small Print -- and of Print that Isn't There 59 Part II: Shares and Bonds 71 Chapter 6: Comprehending How Stock Markets Work 73 Chapter 7: Taking the Catwalk Route to Investment Success 91 Chapter 8: Investing in Markets 105 Chapter 9: Analysing Stock-Market-Quoted Companies 121 Chapter 10: Banking on Bonds 141 Chapter 11: Building Your Information Bank 157 Chapter 12: Choosing a Stockbroker or Financial Adviser 171 Part III: Collective Investments 185 Chapter 13: Getting Into Unit Trusts 187 Chapter 14: Looking at Fund Management 203 Chapter 15: Pooling Funds via Investment Trusts 219 Chapter 16: Taking Control of Your Pension 229 Chapter 17: Hedging Your Fund Bets 243 Chapter 18: Investing at Random and with the Intellectuals 253 Part IV: Property and Alternatives 263 Chapter 19: Investing in Bricks and Mortar 265 Chapter 20: Delving into Exotic Investments 281 Part V: The Part of Tens 295 Chapter 21: Ten Tips for Finding a Good Adviser 297 Chapter 22: Ten Helpful Hints for You 305 Index 309