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Dollars and sense. For both general readers and students, The Complete Idiot's Guide® to Economics, Second Edition, clearly explains macroeconomics and microeconomics, covering the dynamics of the markets, consumer behavior, business, budgets and taxation, recession and expansion, unemployment and inflation, fiscal policy, and international trade. This user-friendly second edition also discusses depression, wartime economics, and situational economics such as healthcare and energy. ? With the economy topping the headlines every day, the timing is right for a second edition ? Will appeal to anyone getting an MBA or taking economics courses, as well as general readers who want to learn about economics in terms they can understand

Completely updated, this practical guide has the information investors need to keep up in the complex, fast-paced, and highly profitable world of options and futures, where everything is in play - from oil to diamonds, poultry to vaccines, franchises to coffee. Provides cutting edge information on energy futures and options. Tools for creating flexible strategies that can move with the times. New information on the solid standbys like livestock, precious metals, and equities. Keyed to the new realities of the global economy, making this book vital for investors at all levels. Highly respected expert author.

Fascinating, fact-filled writing that delivers hundreds of years in the life of the European continent. Terrific supplementary reading for AP History students.

Most futures depend on it This comprehensive, fully updated edition shows readers how to get scholarships, find the best financial aid packages for academic or sports skills, improve one's chances of receiving financial aid, take advantage of the new tax laws to build a college savings plan, and much more. Also includes a newly updated yellow-pages directory with names, addresses, and information on where to inquire and how to apply for financial aid. • A must-have purchase for anyone considering budgeting for or financing a college education

The buck starts here! eBay® is the Internet's premier auction site and everyone's favorite place to shop. It's also the place to start a business and make money from the comfort of one's home. Completely revised, this new edition will help readers create the eBay® business they dream of. There is also new and updated information on: - The basics of eBay®, the auction process, and the essentials of getting the business down on paper-including recordkeeping, accounting, taxes, insurance, legal issues, and other essential details - Determining what to sell, how to price it, and working with services such as PayPal® - The ins and outs of the biggest growing areas of eBay business-sourcing, wholesaling, and fixed price sales - Cutting through the competition, improving profit margins, changing strategies, improved advertising and promotions, and more

The only how-to guide to today's most lucrative, fast-moving investment opportunity. Interactive CD included! Once considered the most abstract of all kinds of investing, foreign currency trading has exploded into the mainstream. In this concise, easy-to-follow guide, foreign exchange expert Gary Tilkin and financial journalist Lita Epstein shed light on the entire process, providing tips on successful trading strategies, explaining the pitfalls, showing how to avoid on-line fraud, and much more. Interactive instructional CD features Global Foreign Trading's proprietary software DEALBOOK, which allows readers to log on to its site and learn the process of currency trading, complete with virtual dollars with which to practice their new trading skills Also includes live links to up-to-the-minute information on every foreign currency and current resources professional traders use to get insight into this fast-paced market

Now updated to reflect all the latest information from the fast paced world of Wall Street, here is an investment program that will pay handsome dividends for years to come. New to this edition is information on international investing, mutual funds, bonds, plus explanations on newer types of investments such as Baskets of Stocks and Derivative products. Also includes completely updated statistics on the world of investing.

You're no idiot, of course. You know that, for better or worse, the economic climate will change in the year 2000. But every time you consider what will happen to your money as the new millennium ball drops, you imagine that the Y2K bug will take hold of your wallet...and eat it. Don't unplug your financial future just yet! In this Complete Idiot's Guide, you get: