13 Book 9: Investing in Trends Chapter 1: Taking the Nickel Tour of Cannabis Investing Weighing the Pros and Cons of Investing in Cannabis Investing in Businesses That Touch the Plant or Those That Don’t Exploring Your Investment Options Finding Investment Opportunities Researching Investment Opportunities Planning Your Investment Strategy Investing in a Cannabis Business Chapter 2: The Political, Cultural, and Regulatory Landscape of Cannabis Investing Recognizing the Impact of Laws on the Industry Riding the Waves of Politics and Culture Accounting for the High Costs of Doing Business Chapter 3: What Is a Cryptocurrency? Beginning with the Basics of Cryptocurrencies Gearing Up to Make Transactions Making a Plan Before You Jump In Chapter 4: How Cryptocurrencies Work Explaining Basic Terms in the Cryptocurrency Process Cruising through Other Important Crypto Concepts Stick a Fork in It: Digging into Cryptocurrency Forks Chapter 5: Entering the World of ESG Investing Surveying the Current ESG Landscape Exploring What ESG Is (and Isn’t) Understanding ESG’s Impact on the Environment, Society, and Governance Using International Standards to Determine ESG Objectives
14 Index
List of Tables
1 Book 1 Chapter 2TABLE 2-1 Largest U.S. Stock Market Declines*TABLE 2-2 Inflation’s Corrosive Effect on Your Money’s Purchasing PowerTABLE 2-3 How Compounding Grows Your Investment Dollars
2 Book 2 Chapter 2TABLE 2-1 2021 Federal Income Tax Rates for Single and Married Households Filing...
3 Book 3 Chapter 1TABLE 1-1 A Sample Stock TableTABLE 1-2 The Life of the Quarterly Dividend
4 Book 3 Chapter 2TABLE 2-1 Grobaby, Inc., Income StatementTABLE 2-2 Grobaby, Inc., Balance Sheet
5 Book 3 Chapter 3TABLE 3-1 Comparing Yields
6 Book 3 Chapter 4TABLE 4-1 XYZ Balance Sheet — December 31, 2021TABLE 4-2 XYZ Income Statement — December 31, 2021
7 Book 5 Chapter 2TABLE 2-1 Comparing the Van Wagoner Emerging Growth Fund’s Performance
8 Book 5 Chapter 4TABLE 4-1 ETFs versus Mutual Funds versus Individual StocksTABLE 4-2 Rock-Bottom-Priced ETFsTABLE 4-3 Holdings of the iShares Dow Jones U.S. Energy Sector ETF as of Mid-Aug...
9 Book 5 Chapter 5TABLE 5-1 Standard Deviation of Two Hypothetical ETFsTABLE 5-2 Recent Performance of Various Investment StylesTABLE 5-3 Recent Performance of Various Market Sectors
10 Book 6 Chapter 2TABLE 2-1 Key Market IndexesTABLE 2-2 SEC Forms You Can Use
11 Book 6 Chapter 3TABLE 3-1 Deep DiscountersTABLE 3-2 Discounters
12 Book 7 Chapter 1TABLE 1-1 Watch Out! A Falling Knife!
13 Book 7 Chapter 3TABLE 3-1 Fundamentals Matter: Value Beats GrowthTABLE 3-2 Measuring the Size of CompaniesTABLE 3-3 Big Buffett Bets
14 Book 7 Chapter 4TABLE 4-1 Filing Deadlines for Key Documents
15 Book 8 Chapter 1TABLE 1-1 How a Rental Property’s Income and Wealth Build Over Time
List of Illustrations
1 Book 1 Chapter 2FIGURE 2-1: What are the odds of making or losing money in the U.S. markets? In...FIGURE 2-2: The longer you hold stocks, the more likely you are to make money. FIGURE 2-3: Even the bull market of the 1990s wasn’t kind to every company. FIGURE