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ISBN10: 0071712453 | ISBN13: 9780071712453

Investing for the Utterly Confused, 1st Edition

ISBN10: 0071712453
ISBN13: 9780071712453
By Paul Petillo

© 2007 Published December 22, 2006

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Make sense of every kind of investment with this easy, accessible guide!

In the popular, easy-to-use format of the Utterly Confused series, this authoritative, easy-to understand guide to stocks, bonds, mutual funds, 401(k)s, and more is perfect for the novice investor. Paul Petillo provides practical, proven advice on finding the right places to invest, weighing risk versus return, anticipating pitfalls in the market, and maintaining a diversified portfolio.

  • Thorough and comprehensive coverage of all relevant investment strategies, tools, and tips for today's investor
  • Definitions, descriptions, and step-by-step instruction will teach even the most uninitiated how to build a solid, profitable portfolio
  • Explains the dynamics of the market, the discipline needed to invest, and the tools needed to be successful in the long term
  • Includes explanations of important tricks of the trade, including asset allocation, dollar cost averaging, and efficient market hypothesis

Introduction

Part I: Learning to Retire

Chapter One: Learning Permits

Chapter Two: From Point A

Chapter Three: To Point B

Chapter Four: Risk and the Retirement Account

Chapter Five: Navigating Your Company Sponsored Plan

Chapter Six: The Role of Age

Part II: Profiting from Group Think using Mutual Funds

Chapter Seven: Behind the Wheel

Chapter Eight: The Laid-back Approach

Chapter Nine: A Road better Traveled

Chapter Ten: The Active Approach

Chapter Eleven: The Cost of Speed

Chapter Twelve: On the Defensive

Part III: Long-Term Coming

Chapter Thirteen: The Vast Open Spaces of Wall Street

Chapter Fourteen: With a Goal in Mind

Chapter Fifteen: And the Wind at Your Back

Section Four: What Every Investor Needs

Chapter Sixteen: Just a Spoonful of Sugar

Chapter Seventeen: How Fun can get Complicated

Chapter Eighteen: Defining Short-term

Chapter Nineteen: Investing is a Team Sport

Chapter Twenty: Some Final thoughts

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