Your no-nonsense guide to trading shares and succeeding on the share market

Starting your share investing journey is easier than you might think. You dont need a heap of capital, just a few basic rules and strategies.

InStarting With Shares youll take your first steps toward building a profitable, sustainable portfolio. Written for beginners and packed with informative illustrations, straightforward tips and proven techniques, this essential guide will help you to become an effective and financially successful share investor.

From Roger Kinsky, Australia's foremost share-investing educator and the best-selling author ofTeach Yourself About Shares and Online Investing on the Australian Sharemarket, this guidebook will show you the simplest ways to make money from shares and protect your hard-earned dollars in the process!

Unlike most sharemarket guides, this book explains in simple language all the stock market terms and definitions you need to know, with uncomplicated tips and straightforward strategies for earning returns. Learn how to get started and get ahead, buy and sell shares, build a portfolio, manage risk, deal with dividends and choose the best shares.

Intimidated by jargon and unsure about where to start?Starting With Shares is a unique book that is shorter, simpler and more visual than other trading and investing resources, making it an excellent choice for you if you have little or no prior sharemarket knowledge.

Learn to buy and sell shares from the best-selling author ofTeach Yourself About SharesStart investing right away, even if you are an absolute novice with no knowledge of the marketsAppreciate the simple, accessible explanations and informative illustrations of share investing basicsDiscover uncomplicated strategies that you can use for long-term investing success

In Starting With Shares, youll not only learn how to start your share investing journey, but youll discover how to maximise your profitability into the future.

ROGER KINSKY is a Masters graduate of Sydney University and has over 50 years experience as a share investor and self-manages his extensive and profitable share portfolio. He is the author of nine books, including the best-sellingTeach Yourself About Shares, and is a tutor of share investing, online investing, and business technology.

Introduction vii

1. What you need to know 1

2. Getting into shares 13

3. Profiting from shares 29

4. Is share investing gambling? 47

5. Benefits and pitfalls of share investing 57

6. Sectors and shares for your portfolio 73

7. Setting up to trade 89

8. Getting to know your shares 101

9. Getting your timing right 123

10. Buying and selling shares 145

11. Managing your shares 169

12. Turbocharging your share investment 187

13. Lets recap 205

Go for it! 219

Appendix: Details of my portfolio spreadsheet 221

Index 225