Book beat – The skinny on the stock market, especially for beginners

Michele Cagan, CPA, is the author of two primers on the stock market and start-ups – the updated, upcoming “Stock Market 101,” second edition, and “Starting a Business 101.” Book cover images courtesy Adams Media. Michele Cagan photograph courtesy the author.

With the stock market up and down (mostly up these days), post-pandemic inflation still stubborn, the costs of higher education and health care still challenging and cryptocurrency still an enigma for many, what’s an investor to do, particularly a newbie?

“Knowledge is power,” Thomas Jefferson said. So that investor might want to turn to the handy “Stock Market 101,” second edition (Adams Media/Simon and Schuster, May 7, 271 pages, $16.99). Author Michele Cagan, a certified public accountant with more than 20 years of experience, breaks down the history and workings of the market in short chapters of clear prose punctuated by lots of subheads, ideal for those of us who wouldn’t know ETFs from EF Hutton.

For those familiar with Cagan’s work, it’s similar to the approach she took in the recently released “Starting a Business 101,” also from Adams Media.

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