The Investor's Survival Guide: Basic Training for All Investors with Additional Chapter on How to Get Out of Debt

Most books written on investing cover the topic with terminologies, glossaries, historical data, charts, graphs and theories. What they lack is" How do I get started" ? " Where do I go to get started" ? They leave you with a lot of information that is not actionable. This book does what they don't do. It will empower you to go out and take charge of your financial destiny as soon as you finish reading the last word. The solutions are easy to understand. The complicated market place will be broken down into simple to understand language and enable you to go out and start investing immediately. This book will also show you how to avoid getting into debt and equally important how to get out of debt if you are already there. You will also be introduced to the broker certificate of deposit market. Expanding your horizons and enabling you to reach many more banks with higher yielding CDs. Although the methods are simple to grasp the results are incredibly sophisticated. A book like this is long overdo. Written for the novice investor and the seasoned investor alike. A must read to share with your friends and family.

Joseph A. Castelluccio, Jr. is a 40 year Wall Street veteran. He began his career trading OTC [ over the counter ] stocks. After several years trading OTC stocks, he became captivated with the workings of the bond market and the efficiency of fixed income instruments[ the bond market is also referred to as the fixed income market]. His interest and attention grew as he saw the many variables of issuers, ratings, maturities, interest coupons and call features. He also saw how vast the fixed income market can be. There are Municipal bonds, Agency bonds, Corporate bonds and of course U.S. Treasury bonds. His curiosity led him into the Corporate Bond market, where industrial, utility, banks and finance companies come to issue bonds. Those corporations are the pulse of the economy that effect all markets here and abroad. That fascination with the bond market has never waned, and he has been involved trading corporate bonds ever since. In addition to trading he has also written many articles, created and developed informational brochures, given scores of seminars to brokers and clients and has been a guest speaker at fixed income conferences throughout the United States. He is a past President [1984-85] of the Corporate Bond Traders Club of N.Y. he resides in the New York metropolitan area and currently manages a fixed income trading desk for a boutique broker/ dealer in N.Y.C.