Bulls and Bears: Winning in the Stock Market in Good Times and Bad

Jane M. Wilson is a Toronto-based chartered financial analyst in the
investment business.

“There is a wealth of evidence that professional money managers, on
average, don’t do much better than the rest of us. . . . Take the
trouble to learn about investing and you can do better.” In this
enthusiastic vein, the author provides the stock-market novice with a
very basic guide to common share analysis, simple corporate accounting,
price/earnings ratios, technical analysis, and more. The chapter on
income tax provides an admirably clear explanation of CNIL. Some topics
are presented superficially; better, more comprehensive manuals on
investing are listed in an appendix.

Anderson, a business columnist with the Montreal Gazette, is a former
stockbroker who has also worked in investor relations. His candid and
shrewd portrayal of professional analysts, market letters, investor
relations, and stock promoters contains valuable advice for the neophyte
and much amusement for the seasoned investor. Anderson’s commentary on
individual psychology provides a useful warning to the naпve; indeed,
his discussion of the stock-market environment is generally of more
value than his elementary tutelage in investments.

This book is one of nine in the Personal Finance Library promoted by
The Financial Times of Canada.