Investing For Dummies, Fifth edition
Become a savvy investor with this updated Wall Street Journal bestsellerWant 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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Editorial Reviews
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.
Review
Introduction. Part I: Investing Fundamentals. Chapter 1: Exploring Your Investment Choices. Chapter 2: Weighing Risks and Returns. Chapter 3: Getting Your House in Order before You Invest. Part II: Stocks, Bonds, and Wall Street. Chapter 4: The Workings of Stock and Bond Markets. Chapter 5: Building Wealth with Stocks. Chapter 6: Investigating and Purchasing Individual Stocks. Chapter 7: Exploring Bonds and Other Lending Investments. Chapter 8: Mastering Mutual Funds. Chapter 9: Choosing a Brokerage Firm. Part III: Get ting Rich with Real Estate. Chapter 10: Investing in a Home. Chapter 11: Investing in Real Estate. Chapter 12: Real Estate Financing and Deal Making. Part IV: Savoring Small Business. Chapter 13: Assessing Your Appetite for Small Business. Chapter 14: Starting and Running a Small Business. Chapter 15: Purchasing a Small Business. Part V: Investing Resources. Chapter 16: Selecting Investing Resources. Chapter 17: Perusing Periodicals, Radio, and Television. Chapter 18: Selecting the Best Investment Books. Chapter 19: Investigating Internet and Software Resources. Part VI: The Part of Tens. Chapter 20: Ten Investing Obstacles to Conquer. Chapter 21: Ten Things to Consider When You're Selling an Investment. Chapter 22: Ten T ips for Investing in a Down Market. Index.
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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.
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:
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
Customer Reviews
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I didn't think reading about money/investing could ever be this fun or interesting. Straight talk and clear definitions for all the finance jargon.
Great!
Great book, lays it all out in terms I can understand. I started investing based on this book, and I refer to it often.
Definitely "for Dummies"
I've read several "for Dummies" books, and in general the entire series is well written, concise, and gives you what you really need. However, I was very disappointed in this one. The book is really dedicated to the three methods of building wealth: equity (stocks, mutual funds, etc.), real estate, and small business. But there isn't enough info on any of the three subjects to do much with. You're better off getting a separate book on real estate if you plan on pursuing that. And nothing he says regarding small business is of much use to accomplish anything. That leaves stocks, bonds and mutual funds, which is what most users would purchase this book for. Regarding that, if you are completely new to mutual funds then this is the book for you as it will explain the basics. However, if you are beyond the very basics (i.e.; "What is a mutual fund?"), and are looking to seriously invest, then I think you'll be disappointed. And if you are looking to get into buying stocks directly, then this book seriously falls short. The entire section on stocks really just explains a canned stock report from a given company. Utterly useless unless you plan on subscribing to that service. No talk of forward PE's, valuation, etc.. Also, the author's continual insistence that you should stay in mutual funds because you "can't beat the market" since there are so many pros out there is utterly ridiculous. There are many gurus out there that have proven track records of generating higher than average returns. Just emulating Warren Buffet's portfolio will do that.
I was looking for a book to dig more into stock valuation, company analysis, etc. and this book barely even touched on any of that beyond definitions. I wouldn't even call it Finance 101, since there is very little about monetary policy, bonds, interest rates, etc.. If you've picked out at least one mutual fund in your life (or purchased a stock directly), then this book is way too simple. If you tremble at the thought of picking a mutual fund and have no financial sense whatsoever, then this is your book.
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