Investor Education @ Your Library

The following booklets from the Editors of Kiplinger's Personal Finance magazine, the Investor Protection Trust and the American Library Association will soon be made available at your local library.

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Five Keys to Investing Success
The Basics for Investing in Stocks
A Primer for Investing in Bonds
Mutual Funds: Maybe All You'll Ever Need
Getting Help With Your Investments
Where to Invest Your College Money
Maximize your Retirement Investments
Brochure Bibliography

Five Keys to Investing Success

• Make investing a habit
• Set exciting goals
• Don't take unnecessary risks
• Keep time on your side
• Diversity
  
• Listen to Corresponding Radio Show
• Radio Show Details

The Basics for Investing in Stocks

• What is a stock?
• Types of stocks and their relative risks
• How to buy stocks
• Stock terms you need to know, such as price/earnings ratio (P/E),
  book value, dividend yield and dollar-cost averaging
• Selling your stocks and determining earnings
• Mistakes even seasoned investors sometimes make and how to avoid them
• Listen to Corresponding Radio Show
• Radio Show Details

A Primer for Investing in Bonds

• What is a bond?
• How bonds work
• Types of bonds and their relative safety
• Why bonds can be an important part of your investment portfolio
• Yield and how it related to bond prices
• Bond rating and how they can help you reduce risk
• Listen to Corresponding Radio Show
• Radio Show Details

Mutual Funds: Maybe All You'll Ever Need

• What is a mutual fund?
• Advantages of investing in mutual funds
• Cost of investing in mutual funds
• Find the right mutual funds for you
• What to look for in a mutual fund prospectus
• Types of mutual funds and relative risk
• Determining your earnings
• Listen to Corresponding Radio Show
• Radio Show Details

Getting Help With Your Investments

• Choosing a broker
• Full-service, discount and online brokers
• Opening a brokerage account
• Records you need to keep
• Problems with your broker
• Financial advisers
• How to choose an adviser
• Investment clubs
• Listen to Corresponding Radio Show
• Radio Show Details

Where to Invest Your College Money

• Creating a college fund portfolio based on your time horizon
• College investment vehicles
• State-sponsored college savings plan

Maximize your Retirement Investments

• Three fundamental truths about retirement investing
• Stocks, bonds and mutual funds to consider for your retirement portfolio
• Determining your portfolio mix, depending on your time horizon and risk tolerance
• Retirement investment vehicles
• Listen to Corresponding Radio Show
• Radio Show Details

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