All About Short Selling

All About Short Selling--------------------------------------------------Get in on today's biggest investing secret! After the global financialstorm of 2008, the term short selling entered our investing vernacular.But do you know enough about it to safely work it into your overallinvesting program? With All About Short Selling, you have what youneed to yield high returns with this risky but exciting form of trading--withoutmaking all-too-common mistakes. Tom Taulli, an expert in the field,provides a comprehensive game plan for playing--and winning--the shortselling game. Avoiding complicated theories and inordinately technicalexplanations, All About Short Selling focuses only on what you needto know, including: Important analysis techniques Benefits of shortselling, from portfolio protection to high returns in tough marketsInherent risk, with considerations of interest costs, commissions,large bid/ask speads, bubbles, and short squeezes Tips for analyzingbalance sheets, income statements, and cash flow statements Ways tomanage and evaluate a portfolio that includes shorted investments Tableof Contents Chapter 1. What Is Short Selling and How Can It Help YourInvesting Chapter 2. Characteristics of Short Selling Chapter 3.Risks of Short Selling Chapter 4. Fundamental Analysis Chapter 5.Analyzing the Balance Sheet Chapter 6. Analyzing the Income StatementChapter 7. Analyzing the Cash Flow Statement Chapter 8. TechnicalAnalysis Chapter 9. Trading Strategies Chapter 10. Alternatives toShort Selling Chapter 11. Shorting ETFs, Options, and Futures Chapter12. Special Trades Chapter 13. Portfolio Management and EvaluationChapter 14. Tax Strategies--------------------------------------------------Author Biography: Tom Taulli founded the companies BizEquity, ExamWeb,and Hypermart.net and is the author of several investing books, includingInvesting in IPOs and Stock Options: Getting Your Share of the Action.