The First Time Investor shows beginning investors how to choose investment methods that are both safe and profitable right from the start. Investment experts Chambers and Miller teach the reader how to make the leap from spending and investing in a career and family to investing in a savings and future. Topics covered in-depth include: Finding the money to get started; Modeling the Investment Masters; Buying growth stocks; Retirement planning made easy.
The only guide investors need to get started in the market. "Investment planning has become an important aspect in my life. The First Time Investor offers real-world investment applications in an understandable way."Jack Canfield, co-author, Chicken Soup for the Soul, #1 New York Times bestseller
Do you see the rest of the world getting rich in the financial markets--as you sit on the sidelines with your money in a "safe" savings account? The First Time Investor will change the way you view your money.
A step-by-step blueprint of how the market really works, and a bestselling Fortune Book Club selection in its first edition, has been completely updated to show you how to make and protect money in today's turbulent investment marketplace. Regardless of whether the stock market is up or down, you'll learn how to make your money work for you in stocks, mutual funds, bonds, annuities, and more. Master the rules of independent investingminus sales pressure, bias, and irrelevant media noisewith The First Time Investor.
Valuable for investors just getting their feet wet as well as those investors needing the latest facts and research, The First Time Investor explains: how to keep your perspective during market fluctuations; safe, successful strategies to profit from overseas and emerging markets; asset class investingthe strategy the pros use to maximize return while minimizing risk; innovative ways to use IRAs, 401(k)s, annuities, and more to build a million-dollar retirement fund; simple, effective methods to finance your children's education; a listing of important resources; on-line trading techniques that slash commission costs and keep your money in the marketwhere it belongs.