The Bluffer's Guide to Stocks and Shares

Buying your first shares is like losing your virginity. It is nerve-wracking, quicker than you expected and stands a small chance of being brilliant. But nothing will ever be the same again.

• The Basics
• Shares
• Facts of Life
• Dividends
• Securities
• Governments Bonds
• Valuations
• Shares v Securities
• Mongrels
• Preference Shares
• Permanent Interest Bearing Shares
• Convertibles
• The Stock Market Ball
• Finding Your Way
• Stock Markets
• Share Price Services
• Indices
• Buying and Selling
• Brand New Shares
• Second-Hand Stock
• Bonds
• Riding the Ups and Downs
• Volatility
• Variables
• Cover
• Making Money
• Information
• Systems
• Takeovers and Mergers
• Why
• How
• Pools and Guarantees
• Trackers
• Investment Trusts
• Unit Trusts
• OEICS
• Life Insurance
• Guaranteed Equity Bonds
• Investment Clubs
• Commodities
• Exotica
• Futures
• Options
• Futures v Options
• Warrants
• Foreign Exchange
• Swaps
• Spread Betting
• Game Playing

This is in fact a good introduction to the subject.