Mutual Funds for Dummies - Softcover

Tyson, Eric

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1568842260 ISBN 13: 9781568842264

Publisher: HUNGRY MINDS IDG, 1995

Synopsis

Mutual funds have offered remarkable returns over the last several years -- now find out how you, too, can get in on these popular and often rewarding investments. In Mutual Fund$ For Dummie$, renowned financial author and counselor Eric Tyson shares expert, insider's tips you won't find anywhere else. Find out how to weigh risk and returns so that you can be comfortable with your mutual funds choices. Discover the secrets of diversifying your investment portfolio to secure your retirement without losing ground to inflation. And get the scoop on investment-related online services -- what's useful and what may be just hype. If you've shied away from investments offering higher returns because you thought they were too complicated and too risky, here's your chance to get the facts.

About this title

From the Back Cover

Completely revised and updated

Covers all the new tax laws and their impact on your fund portfolio

Cash in on the investment savvy of personal finance expert Eric Tyson with this freshly updated classic. It offers the latest fund data and wealth-building techniques – including new fund recommendations and full coverage of changes in the industry. If you want to build wealth, make Mutual Funds For Dummies your first investment.

Discover how to:

• Pick the best funds and avoid losers
• Assemble and maintain a portfolio
• Select the best stock funds for growth
• Choose bond and money funds
• Access mutual fund information online

Praise for Mutual Funds For Dummies

"You don’t have to be a novice to like Mutual Funds For Dummies . . . Eric Tyson clearly has a mastery of his subject."
– Kiplinger’s Personal Finance magazine

"A light touch . . . the pages fly by. A primer for those who flinch when contemplating the thousands of funds you can now buy."
– Brian Banmiller, KTVU FOX-T

"Injects common sense into the dizzying world of mutual funds."
– Oakland Tribune

About the Author

Eric Tyson is a syndicated personal financial writer, lecturer, and counselor. He is dedicated to teaching people to manage their personal finances better. Eric is a former management consultant to Fortune 500 financial service firms. Over the past two decades, he has successfully invested in securities as well as in real estate and has started and managed several businesses. He holds a bachelor's degree in economics at Yale and an M.B.A. at the Stanford Graduate School of Business.
An accomplished freelance personal finance writer, Eric is the author of five other national best-sellers in the...For Dummies series: Home Buying (co-author), Personal Finance, Investing, Mutual Funds, and Taxes (co-author). His work has been featured and praised in hundreds of national and local publications, including Newsweek, Kiplinger's, The Wall Street Journal, Money, Los Angeles Times, Chicago Tribune, and on NBC's Today Show, PBS's Nightly Business Report, CNN, The Oprah Winfrey Show, ABC, CNBC, Bloomberg Business Radio, CBS National Radio, and National Public Radio.
Eric has counseled thousands of clients on a variety of personal finance, investment, real estate, and mortgage quandaries and questions. In addition to maintaining a financial counseling practice, he is a popular speaker on important personal finance topics.

About this edition

• Publisher: HUNGRY MINDS IDG
• Publication date: 1995
• ISBN 10: 1568842260
• ISBN 13: 9781568842264
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 384