Investing in Your 20s & 30s For Dummies - Softcover

Tyson, Eric

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1118411234 ISBN 13: 9781118411230

Publisher: For Dummies, 2012

Synopsis

Investing in Your 20s & 30s For Dummies (9781118411230) is now being published as Investing in Your 20s & 30s For Dummies (9781119293415). While this version features an older Dummies cover and design, the content is the same as the new release and should not be considered a different product.

The easy way to make sense of investing when you're just starting out

Today's 20- and 30-somethings have witnessed a miserable investment market during most, if not all, of their adult lives. But going forward, the opposite is more likely to be true. In order to build a retirement portfolio that is capable of covering expenses in your golden years, it is necessary to start saving and investing while you are young. Investing in Your 20s & 30s For Dummies offers investment advice for taking the first steps as you star out on your own earning a livable income.

Investing in your 20s & 30s For Dummies cuts to the chase by providing emerging professionals, like yourself, the targeted investment advice that you need to establish your own unique investment style. Covering everything from evaluating assets and managing risk to demystifying what the phrase "diversifying your portfolio" really means, this guide offers expert investment advice that you shouldn't be without.

• Helps you determine your investment timeline and goals
• Offers plain-English explanations of investment lingo
• Includes tips for investing while having debt
• Guidance on where and when to seek investment advice

If you're in your 20s or 30s, the sooner you're investing, the more time you have to compound your returns and grow your portfolio. So what are you waiting for?

About this title

From the Back Cover

Learn to:

• Determine your investment timeline and goals
• Make sense of investment lingo
• Invest according to your unique investment style and financial situation
• Build a retirement portfolio

The easy way to make sense of investing when you're just starting out

Investing in Your 20s & 30s For Dummies cuts to the chase by providing emerging professionals, like yourself, with the targeted investment advice you need to establish your own unique investment style. Covering everything from evaluating assets and managing risk to demystifying the phrase "diversifying your portfolio," this guide offers expert investment advice that you shouldn't be without.

• Investing 101 — get plain-English explanations of all the investing lingo you'll encounter, set and achieve common investing goals, and know what reasonable returns you can expect from various investments
• Lay the foundation — discover the financial housekeeping you should do before investing and get to know the role bank and credit union accounts can play in your investment portfolio
• Get your feet wet — find out how stocks and bonds work (and how to make money in them) and get the lowdown on investing in mutual funds and exchange-traded funds
• The sky's the limit — get the 4-1-1 on more advanced and complicated investments worth considering, from real estate to small-business investing — and everything in between

Open the book and find:

• What you need to know about risk and return
• Where to invest
• Ways to set and prioritize short-term goals
• How to pay off high-cost debt and build a safety reserve
• Ways to secure investment income and principal with bonds

About the Author

Eric Tyson (www.erictyson.com) is an internationally acclaimed and bestselling personal finance book author, syndicated columnist, and speaker. He is also the author of the bestselling titles Personal Finance For Dummies and Investing For Dummies as well as Personal Finance in Your 20s For Dummies.

Edition details

• Publisher: For Dummies
• Publication date: 2012
• ISBN 10: 1118411234
• ISBN 13: 9781118411230
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 264