How to read the financial pages

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2. What to look for

Broadly speaking, you are on the lookout for four categories of information:

News

Data

Analysis

Speculation

On the following pages, you can find out where to get this information and how to interpret it.

1. What are the financial pages? 2. What to look for 3. Business news 4. Share prices in newspapers 5. Investment trust prices 6. Share prices on the internet and television 7. Commentary on share price movements 8. Anticipating company results 9. Finding company results 10. Interpreting company results 11. Takeovers and mergers 12. Indices 13. Sectors 14. Directors dealings 15. Unit trust information 16. Government bonds 17. Corporate bonds 18. Economic data - who needs it? 19. Key economic indicators 20. Conclusion

• How to Read the Financial Pages
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