Become a savvy investor with this updated Wall Street Journal bestseller

Want to take charge of your financial future? This national bestselling guide has been thoroughly updated to provide you with the latest insights into smart investing, from weighing your investment options (such as stocks, real estate, and small business) to understanding risks and returns, managing your portfolio, and much more.

• Get time-tested investment advice -- expert author Eric Tyson shares his extensive knowledge and reveals how to invest in challenging markets
• Discover all the fundamentals of investing -- explore your investment choices, weigh risks and returns, choose the right investment mix, and protect your assets
• Navigate Wall Street -- understand the financial markets and the Federal Reserve, avoid problematic buying practices, and evaluate investment research
• Build wealth with stocks, bonds, and mutual funds -- use indexes, understand prices, minimize costs, and diversify your investments
• Get rich with real estate -- find the right property, evaluate the market, finance your investments, work with agents, and close the deal
• Start, buy, or invest in a business -- write a business plan, finance your business, and improve profitability
• Manage college and retirement savings accounts -- establish your goals, evaluate your investment options, and tame your taxes

Open the book and find:

• Recommendations on the best stock, bond, and money market funds
• The best times to buy and sell stocks and bonds
• The scoop on exchange-traded and hedge funds
• Tips for reading and analyzing financial reports
• The best online brokers
• How to make safe and profitable real estate investments
• A wealth of information on the best investment tools and resources

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Paperback: 432 pages
Author: Eric Tyson
Publisher: Wiley; 5th edition (September 9, 2008)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0470289651
ISBN-13: 978-0470289655

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Contents at a Glance
Introduction ................................................................ 1
Part I: Investing Fundamentals ..................................... 7
Chapter 1: Exploring Your Investment Choices .....................................9
Chapter 2: Weighing Risks and Returns ...............................................23
Chapter 3: Getting Your House in Order before You Invest ..................45
Part II: Stocks, Bonds, and Wall Street ....................... 69
Chapter 4: The Workings of Stock and Bond Markets ..................71
Chapter 5: Building Wealth with Stocks ......................................81
Chapter 6: Investigating and Purchasing Individual Stocks ....................109
Chapter 7: Exploring Bonds and Other Lending Investments .................131
Chapter 8: Mastering Mutual Funds ..................................................151
Chapter 9: Choosing a Brokerage Firm ...............................................181
Part III: Get ting Rich with Real Estate ...................... 189
Chapter 10: Investing in a Home ............................................................191
Chapter 11: Investing in Real Estate ...................................................205
Chapter 12: Real Estate Financing and Deal Making ..............................231
Part IV: Savoring Small Business .............................. 255
Chapter 13: Assessing Your Appetite for Small Business .....................257
Chapter 14: Starting and Running a Small Business ..........................279
Chapter 15: Purchasing a Small Business ..........................................303
Part V: Investing Resources ...................................... 321
Chapter 16: Selecting Investing Resources ......................................323
Chapter 17: Perusing Periodicals, Radio, and Television .................331
Chapter 18: Selecting the Best Investment Books ..............................339
Chapter 19: Investigating Internet and Software Resources ..................349
Part VI: The Par t of Tens .......................................... 361
Chapter 20: Ten Investing Obstacles to Conquer ..............................363
Chapter 21: Ten Things to Consider When You’re Selling an Investment ......371
Chapter 22: Ten T ips for Investing in a Down Market ........................379
Index ...................................................................... 385

Amazon.com Review
Investing for Dummies is a good, all-around investment guide for the rest of us. Author Eric Tyson covers all aspects of investing, from stocks and bonds to real estate and collectibles. Tyson points readers towards investments that actually work and raises warning flags about strategies you should avoid. The book also considers whether starting and running your business can be a good investment option. If you're looking for a good place to start building a secure financial future, this is it.

About the Author
Eric Tyson, MBA, is a nationally recognized financial counselor, a syndicated columnist, and the author of bestselling For Dummies books on personal finance, investing, real estate, and taxes. He has been featured in hundreds of local and national publications and media outlets.

Chapter 1
Exploring Your Investment Choices

In This Chapter

• Defining investing
• Seeing how stocks, real estate, and small business build wealth
• Understanding the role of lending and other investments
• Knowing where not to put your money

In many parts of the world, life’s basic necessities — food, clothing, shelter, and taxes — gobble the entirety of people’s meager earnings. Although some Americans do struggle for basic necessities, the bigger problem for most Americans is that they consider just about everything — eating out, driving new cars, hopping on an airplane for vacation — to be a necessity. I’ve taken it upon myself (using this book as my tool) to help you recognize that investing — that is, putting your money to work for you — is also a necessity.

If you want to accomplish important personal and financial goals, such as owning a home, starting your own business, helping your kids through college (and spending more time with them when they’re young), retiring comfortably, and so on, you must know how to invest well. ...

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