This plain-English guide reveals the secrets of how to value stocks, decide when the price is right, and make your move. You-ll find out why a good deal is a good deal, no matter what the bulls and bears say, get tips in investing during jittery times, and understand how to detect hidden agendas in financial reports. And, you-ll uncover the keys to identifying the truly good businesses with enduring and growing value that continually outperform both their competition and the market as a whole. Discover how to:

• Understand financial investments
• View markets like a value investor
• Assess a company-s value
• Make use of value investing resources
• Incorporate fundamentals and intangibles
• Make the most of funds, REITs, and ETFs
• Develop your own investing style
• Figure out what a financial statement is really telling you
• Decipher earnings and cash-flow statements
• Detect irrational exuberance in company publications
• Make a value judgment and decide when to buy

Complete with helpful lists of the telltale signs of value and -unvalue,- as well as the habits of highly successful value investors, Value Investing For Dummies, 2^nd Edition, could be the smartest investment you-ll ever make!