Publisher: O'Reilly Media Released: May 2010 Pages: 256
Your financial goals probably include a comfortable retirement, paying for your kids' college education, and long-term healthcare. But you can't reach those goals by putting your money in a savings account. You need to invest it so it grows over time. Three seasoned personal finance experts show you how in this jargon-free guide. - Investing demystified. Get clear, real-world examples of why investing is crucial to your financial goals
- How to invest. Learn how to evaluate four types of investment so you make the right decisions
- Hidden gems. Discover lesser-known, low-cost investments that provide tax advantages
- Retirement, Education, Healthcare. Find chapters devoted to the fine points of each of these big-ticket goals
- Flexibility. Learn how to change your investment strategy as you age
- Choices. Find an investment plan that's right for you -- whether you're a conservative investor or go-for-broke risk-taker
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Prepare to Invest -
Chapter 1 Why Should You Invest? - How Inflation Hurts
- Why Scary Numbers Aren't That Scary
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Chapter 2 Set Your Investment Goals - Building Your Bucket List
- Retirement, College, or Other Goals
- The Big Kahuna: Retirement
- Other Long-Term Goals
- Putting It All Together
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Chapter 3 Invest with Open Eyes - Clean Up Your Finances
- Spend Money Wisely
- Expect Base Hits, Not Home Runs
- Sidestepping Pitfalls in Investor Psychology
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Choose and Buy Your Investments -
Chapter 4 How Investments Work - The Big Four: Typical Investments
- Taxing Decisions
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Chapter 5 Funds - The Vanilla, Chocolate, and Strawberry of Funds
- What a Fund Invests In
- Evaluating Fund Performance
- Keeping a Lid on Fund Expenses
- How to Pick Funds
- Finding Funds
- Deciding When to Sell
- Managing Your Funds
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Chapter 6 Stocks - Buying into a Business
- Investing in Growth
- Investing in Quality
- Investing in Good Value
- Watching for Trends
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Chapter 7 Bonds - Why Invest in Bonds?
- How Bonds Work and How You Use Them
- Buying Bonds
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Chapter 8 REITs - Is REIT Investing Right for Me?
- Types of REITs
- Picking Individual REITs
- Finding the Right REITs and REIT Funds
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Chapter 9 Manage Your Portfolio - What's Investment Portfolio Management?
- Return vs. Risk
- Asset Allocation
- Choosing an Asset Allocation Plan
- Asset Allocation Made Ridiculously Easy
- Reviewing Your Portfolio
- Rebalancing Your Portfolio
- Getting Back On Track
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Manage Your Investments -
Chapter 10 Investing for Retirement - The Key Retirement Decisions
- Making the Most of Retirement Accounts
- Managing a Retirement Portfolio
- Making the Most of Social Security
- Withdrawing Money During Retirement
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Chapter 11 Investing for College - College Costs How Much?
- Tax-Savvy Ways to Save for Education
- How to Pick a 529 Savings Plan
- Saving for More Than One Child
- The Best Way to Spend College Savings
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Chapter 12 Investing for Health Care - Types of Health Insurance
- Choosing an Employer-Sponsored Plan
- Choosing an Individual Health Insurance Plan
- High-Deductible Health Insurance Plans
- Negotiating with Health Care Providers
- Paying for Long-Term Care
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- Title:
- Personal Investing: The Missing Manual
- By:
- Bonnie Biafore, Amy E. Buttell, Carol Fabbri
- Publisher:
- O'Reilly Media
- Formats:
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- Print
- Ebook
- Safari Books Online
- Print:
- May 2010
- Ebook:
- May 2010
- Pages:
- 256
- Print ISBN:
- 978-1-4493-8178-3
- | ISBN 10:
- 1-4493-8178-2
- Ebook ISBN:
- 978-1-4493-8180-6
- | ISBN 10:
- 1-4493-8180-4
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Bonnie Biafore Bonnie Biafore has always been a zealous planner, whether setting up software demos, cooking gourmet meals, or scheduling a vacation to test the waters of spontaneity. Ironically, fate, not planning, turned this obsession into a career as a project manager. When she isn't managing projects for clients, Bonnie writes about project management, small business accounting, personal finance, investing, and technology. She's also branching out into other "dry" topics with articles for the Wine Enthusiast. As an engineer, she's fascinated by how things work and how to make things work better. She has a knack for mincing dry subjects like accounting and project management into easy to understand morsels and then spices them to perfection with her warped sense of humor. Bonnie is the award-winning author of more than a dozen books including Quicken 2009: The Missing Manual, QuickBooks 2009: The Missing Manual, Project 2007: The Missing Manual, the Better Investing Stock Selection Handbook (which won an APEX Award of Distinction), Online Investing Hacks, and On Time! On Track! On Target!. She also writes regularly about financial topics for Better Investing bankrate.com and interest.com. When unshackled from her computer, she hikes in the mountains, cycles, rehabilitates horses, cooks gourmet food, and, most importantly, tries saying no to additional work assignments. View Bonnie Biafore's full profile page. -
Amy E. Buttell Amy Buttell is a journalist who writes about personal finance, investing, healthcare and accounting. She got started writing about investing and personal finance when she realized she owned several mutual funds recommended by a broker and had no idea whether they were any good or what she needed. That event along with her insatiable curiosity landed her first assignment as mutual fund columnist for Better Investing magazine, a position she still holds today after nearly 10 years on the job. She writes for Bankrate.com, Creditcards.com, the Journal of Financial Planning, AARP: The Magazine, The Investment Professional, and Cyberhomes.com. She is the author of The Better Investing Mutual Fund Handbook and contributed to the book, Online Investing Hacks. She lives in Erie, PA with her two sons and two cats in a house near Lake Erie View Amy E. Buttell's full profile page. -
Carol Fabbri Carol Fabbri is driven to teach as many people about personal finance as she can.
On any given day you'll find Carol writing, speaking, or presenting on the topic. She believes that the biggest roadblocks to making good investment decisions are emotional baggage regarding money and a lack of clarity in the industry--both of which can be improved with financial education. By combining her background in management consulting and the finance education she gained at MIT Sloan, Fabbri replaces people's preconceived ideas about finance with knowledge, and breaks down the psychological barriers hindering good investment choices. She has helped thousands learn to manage their money. Fabbri is the managing partner of Fair Advisors, an independent financial advisory firm. She is also launching the Fair Advisors Institute, a nonprofit dedicated to improving financial literacy in the US. In 2009 she received the TIAW World of Difference award in recognition for her efforts to advance the economic empowerment of women. She is frequently quoted in national publications like The Wall Street Journal, Forbes, and Smart Money.
Carol's other passions are her husband and her son. She used to have hobbies but then she became a mom. View Carol Fabbri's full profile page. |
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