How to Invest $50-$5,000 : The Small Investor's Step-by-Step Plan for Low-Risk, High-Value Investing

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Edition: 8th
Format: Paperback
Pub. Date: 2002-12-05
Publisher(s): HarperCollins Publications
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Summary

The bestselling small investment advisor for more than 15 years! Revised and updated to cover the full range of personal investing -- from selecting a bank to choosing specific investments to making sense of financial pages-the eighth edition of How to Invest $50 -- $5,000 shares Nancy Dunnan's years of financial expertise. Written in an easy-to-follow format with hints, bullet points, and step-by-step instructions, this book will guide even the most inexperienced investor through the maze of stocks, bonds, treasuries, mutual fund -- sand more -- toward the best low-risk, high-value opportunities today. How to Invest $50 -- $5,000 also includes: a personal financial calendar how to recognize a swindle or scam what to do if you are fired ten sources of instant cash the top 25 online financial websites new stock, bond, and mutual fund recommendations and new chapters on index funds and sophisticated investments for people with more than $5,000 to invest.

Table of Contents

Introduction: Getting the Most for Your Money vii
Your Personal Financial Calendar xii
Part One: Safe Stashing for the First $50
Institutional Cookie Jars: Banks
3(10)
Credit Unions
13(3)
Uncle Sam and Savings Bonds
16(7)
Part Two: The First $500
Interest-Paying Checking Accounts
23(3)
Money Market Mutual Funds
26(8)
Bank Money Market Deposit Accounts
34(4)
Certificates of Deposit
38(5)
Mini-Investor Programs
43(8)
Investment Clubs
51(6)
Part Three: The First $1,000
Your IRA, Keogh, or SEP
57(12)
Your 401(k) Plan
69(4)
Treasuries for Ultrasafe Income
73(8)
Part Four: The First $2,000
Utilities and Hometown Companies
81(3)
Stocks and Ginnie Mae Mutual Funds
84(12)
Socially Conscious Mutual Funds
96(3)
Index Funds
99(8)
Part Five: When You Have $5,000
Bonds: Corporates, Munis, and Zeros
107(16)
A Stock Portfolio for Beginners
123(14)
Part Six: Over the Top
REITs
137(2)
Foreign Stocks and Bonds
139(4)
Investing a Windfall
143(6)
Appendix A: Nine Easy and Painless Ways to Save 149(2)
Appendix B: Ten Steps Toward College Tuition 151(4)
Appendix C: Scams, Swindles, and Suckers 155(5)
Appendix D: The Top 25 Financial Websites 160(7)
Appendix E: If You're Fired 167(6)
Appendix F: Cash in a Flash: 10 Sources of Instant Money 173(7)
Appendix G: Your Next Steps 180(3)
Wall Street Jargon Made Simple 183(6)
Index 189

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