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    All About Options, 3E: The Easy Way to Get Started
    All About Options, 3E: The Easy Way to Get Started
    All About Options, 3E: The Easy Way to Get Started
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    All About Options, 3E: The Easy Way to Get Started

    By Thomas A. McCafferty

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    Discover the Potential of Options for Managing Risk, Profiting from Bull or Bear Markets, and Leveraging Your Investments

    Thousands of individual traders and investors used the first two editions of Tom McCafferty's All About Options to master every aspect of the options market_and develop strategies for making winning investments.

    Now revised and updated, the Third Edition of this best-selling guide provides a clear, no-nonsense explanation of the risks and rewards of using options, ranging from options basics to hedging and speculating to options pricing.

    This new edition of All About Options covers the dramatic changes in technology, world finance, and market conditions that have take place in recent years.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherMcGraw-Hill Education
    Release dateJan 16, 2007
    ISBN9780071712514
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