Investing - Starting From Scratch - Softcover

Janet Holt

Softcover

ISBN 10: 193464580X ISBN 13: 9781934645802

Publisher: Eakin Press, 2009

Synopsis

Based on three years of research and verified by a team of financial experts, Investing: Starting from Scratch uses simple analogies to explain the complex subject of investing and retirement planning. Seventy-eight million Baby Boomers will begin turning 65 in 2011. Many of them will not have saved enough to retire because they don t know how to invest their money. The number one reason they give for procrastinating is that investing is just too complicated. Not anymore!

About this title

From the Inside Flap

HAVE YOU EVER: ·· Tried reading investment advice books and ended up more confused than ever? ·· Wondered what language the financial people on TV are speaking? ·· Gone to investing presentations and walked out feeling discouraged? ·· Let someone else make decisions for you because investing is just too difficult? If the answer to any of these questions is ‘‘Yes!’’, this book is for you. IN THIS BOOK, YOU WILL LEARN: ·· What investment terms mean, starting from scratch.·· Answers to questions you’’ve been too intimidated to ask.·· How to take charge of your own financial future.·· That no matter what the market is doing, now is the always the best time to invest.·· Exactly what all the various investment options are, and how to choose the ones that are right for you.·· How to design a portfolio to meet your personal goals.·· How to be the captain of your carefully-chosen team of advisors and guardians.·· How to create financial peace.·· How to create an income stream for your retirement.·· What to do if you don’’t have enough.

Review

Everyone in America who is trying to figure this stuff out ought to pick up this book even before they read mine. If you know nothing about how to choose stock, what should be in your mutual funds, or what indexing means, then this book is for you. --Raymond J. Lucia, CFP - Author of Buckets of Money

Janet Holt does a wonderful job of presenting complex information in a way that is easy to understand, fun to read, and technically very sound. This book is the perfect place for any new investor to begin. --Scott Frush-Author of Understanding Asset Allocation

Janet Holt has created a very impressive investment primer. Her book is both concise and thoughtful, and provides the reader with the tools that he/she needs in order to understand the oft-confusing investment world. It is, in all respects, an excellent work! --Ralph L. Block- Author of Investing in REITs: Real Estate Investment Trusts

Edition details

• Publisher: Eakin Press
• Publication date: 2009
• ISBN 10: 193464580X
• ISBN 13: 9781934645802
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Number of pages: 218
• Illustrator: By Design