Book I: Investment Basics.

Chapter 1: What Every Investor Should Know.

Chapter 2: Indexes and Exchanges.

Book II: Basic Investments: Stocks, Bonds, Mutual Funds, and More.

Chapter 1: Playing the Market: Stocks.

Chapter 2: Many Happy Returns: Bonds.

Chapter 3: Getting to Know Mutual Funds.

Chapter 4: The ABCs of ETFs.

Chapter 5: Annuities.

Book III: Futures and Options.

Chapter 1: Futures and Options Fundamentals.

Chapter 2: Being a Savvy Futures and Options Trader.

Chapter 3: Basic Trading Strategies.

Chapter 4: Advanced Speculation Strategies.

Book IV: Commodities.

Chapter 1: A Commodities Overview.

Chapter 2: Understanding How Commodity Exchanges Work.

Chapter 3: Welcoming Commodities into Your Portfolio.

Chapter 4: The Power House: Making Money in Energy.

Chapter 5: Pedal to the Metal: Investing in Metals.

Chapter 6: Down on the Farm: Trading Agricultural Products.

Book V: Foreign Currency Trading.

Chapter 1: Your Forex Need-to-Know Guide.

Chapter 2: Major and Minor Currency Pairs.

Chapter 3: The Mechanics of Currency Trading.

Chapter 4: Gathering and Interpreting Economic Data.

Chapter 5: Advice for Successful Forex Trading.

Chapter 6: Putting Your Trading Plan in Action.

Book VI: Hedge Funds.

Chapter 1: Getting the 411 on Hedge Funds.

Chapter 2: Looking before You Leap: How Hedge Funds Work.

Chapter 3: Taking the Plunge.

Chapter 4: A Potpourri of Hedge Fund Strategies.

Chapter 5: Evaluating Hedge Fund Performance.

Book VII: Value Investing.

Chapter 1: An Investor’s Guide to Value Investing.

Chapter 2: A Value Investor’s Guide to Financial Statements.

Chapter 3: Using Ratios as a Valuation Tool.

Chapter 4: Valuing a Business.

Book VIII: Technical Analysis.

Chapter 1: Wrapping Your Brain around Technical Analysis.

Chapter 2: Reading Basic Bars to Special Bars.

Chapter 3: Charting the Market with Candlesticks.

Chapter 4: Seeing Patterns and Drawing Trendlines.

Chapter 5: Transforming Channels into Forecasts.

Index .