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How many haircuts is that tune-up worth? With money tight, bartering is growing in popularity. Over 70,000 businesses make cashless transactions throughout America. Here is the only complete, step-by-step guide to how this potentially lucrative process works, including: • The advantages of direct versus national barter networks • How to save and increase profitability • How to increase sales and revenue • How to start a trade exchange. • From a national expert and bareter entrepreneur • Detailed resource section exchanges and business associations

Troubled economic times call for recession-proof, reliable trading advice. CD included. In today's volatile market, the most reliable way of anticipating when to invest is the technical analysis of market patterns. Here, a veteran trader and technical analysis software specialist shares his decades of experience, enhanced with an innovative audio-visual tutorial CD. It employs jargon-free, detailed explanations of each aspect of technical analysis and advice on how to set up shop to become a successful home technical analysis investor. -Veteran trader and expert on technical analysis -The most current strategies that reflect today's fast-paced market -Over 90 charts, both black-and-white and full-color, and how to read them -Unique instructional CD

The keys to financial success and security are just one book away. Investing in the equity or stock market has never been riskier - or more profitable. In The Complete Idiot's Guide® to Stock Investing, veteran Certified Financial Planner Sarah Young Fisher and business writer Susan Shelly lead the novice investor through the often confusing process of investing in the stock market, helping him or her think like a veteran trader. ? Written with the recent market in mind, this book will give strategies that apply to today's investors.

Completely updated, this practical guide has the information investors need to keep up in the complex, fast-paced, and highly profitable world of options and futures, where everything is in play-from oil to diamonds, poultry to vaccines, franchises to coffee. Provides cutting edge information on energy futures and options Tools for creating flexible strategies that can move with the times New information on the solid standbys like livestock, precious metals, and equities Keyed to the new realities of the global economy, making this book vital for investors at all levels Highly respected expert author

The most current guide for the beginner, this updated edition of The Complete Idiot's Guide to Daytrading Like a Proincludes all the information needed to successfully daytrade stocks in today's market. Written by a seasoned trader, it's fully updated with tips and new information about the latest technologies, the amazing opportunities in both American and international markets, and how to profit from them. Most current daytrading guide available Comprehensive updates include the newest information sites and technologies Full glossary of trading terms Special appendixes, including a key to the Market Marker and ECN symbols

An expert helps readers understand what the big economic picture means for their money—and how to respond. Today's investors must play an active role in managing their money. This guide introduces the leading U.S. economic indicators and shows how to use them to make better investment decisions. Indicators covered include: national output; employment; consumer reports; housing and construction; and inflation. • The recession: the days of putting money in an index fund and forgetting about it are over • Most books on economic indicators are too academic, aimed at professionals, and written before the financial crisis • Author with over 25 years of tracking the economy