Introduction.

1. The shareholder revolution.

2. Black Monday, October 1987.

3. New Age.

4. The New Economy mania.

5. Introducing the Contract for Difference.

6. How to use contracts for change.

7. Spread betting.

8. Spotting the trading opportunities.

9. Analysing companies.

10. Eidos.

11. Carphone Warehouse.

12. Telewest Communications.

13. Safeway.

14. New Look.

So what is the message of this book?

Index.

The Streetwise Investor will help you:

• Increase confidence in your ability to handle our own financial affairs
• Obtain significantly better returns without taking undue risks
• Make money by going ‘short’ on companies in trouble

The Streetwise Investor will change forever the way we handle our money by making personal investing fun as well as lucrative!

The time is right for The Streetwise Investor; the true story of the ups and downs and thrills and spills of a rare breed, a successful British stock market speculator, Alan Moore, who started in the 1980s. Alongside son James Moore, the authors have spent their investing lives moving opportunistically from one ‘sure thing’ to the next. This includes making a fortune in privatization issues, exploiting the dot.com boom and quickly moving into Contracts for Difference, the new derivative that allows private investors to make the same moves as the institutional players. So, what on earth is their secret and how can ordinary investors learn and profit from their success?

The Streetwise Investor demystifies investment, explains the jargon and shows how to become an expert at assessing risk. By following the authors’ volatile portfolio as prices yo-yo and learning from the case studies of their major investments (such as Eidos, Carphone Warehouse and Telewest), any investor can learn how to apply their phenomenally successful investment approach. The Streetwise Investor gives you the confidence in your own ability to make sensible, profitable decisions in even the most explosive market conditions.