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Index
Table of Contents
Introduction
About This Book
Foolish Assumptions
Icons Used in This Book
Beyond the Book
Where to Go from Here
Book 1: Getting Started with Investing
Chapter 1: Exploring Your Investment Choices
Getting Started with Investing
Building Wealth with Ownership Investments
Generating Income from Lending Investments
Considering Cash Equivalents
Where to Invest and Get Advice
Chapter 2: Weighing Risks and Returns
Evaluating Risks
Analyzing Returns
Compounding Your Returns
Chapter 3: The Workings of Stock and Bond Markets
How Companies Raise Money through the Financial Markets
Understanding Financial Markets and Economics
Book 2: Investing in Your 20s and 30s
Chapter 1: Using Investments to Accomplish Your Goals
Setting and Prioritizing Your Shorter-Term Goals
Investing in Retirement Accounts
Chapter 2: Minimizing Your Taxes When Investing
Understanding Investment Taxes
Reducing Your Taxes When Selling Investments
Chapter 3: Laying Out Your Financial Plans
First Priorities: Paying Off High-Cost Debt and Building a Safety Reserve
What about Paying Down Other Debts?
Sorting Out Your Financial Plans
Knowing the Impact of Investing for College Costs
Securing Proper Insurance
Chapter 4: Starting Out with Bank Accounts and Money Market Funds
Understanding FDIC Bank Insurance
Investing in Banking Account and Savings Vehicles
Feeling Secure with Your Bank
Defining Money Market Mutual Funds
Understanding Money Market Fund Holdings
Protecting and Accessing Your Money in Money Funds
Using Money Market Funds in Your Investment Plan
Understanding Traits of Leading Money Funds
Book 3: Starting with Stock Investing
Chapter 1: Gathering Information on Stocks
Looking to Stock Exchanges for Answers
Grasping the Basics of Accounting and Economics
Staying on Top of Financial News
Reading (And Understanding) Stock Tables
Using News about Dividends
Evaluating Investment Tips
Chapter 2: Investing for Long-Term Growth
Becoming a Value-Oriented Growth Investor
Choosing Growth Stocks with a Few Handy Tips
Chapter 3: Investing for Income: Dividend-Paying Stocks
Understanding the Basics of Income Stocks
Analyzing Income Stocks
Exploring Some Typical Income Stocks
Chapter 4: Using Basic Accounting to Choose Winning Stocks
Recognizing Value When You See It
Accounting for Value
Book 4: Looking at Bond Investing
Chapter 1: Bond Fundamentals
Understanding What Makes a Bond a Bond
Why Hold Bonds?
Introducing the Major Players in the Bond Market
Buying Solo or Buying in Bulk
The Triumphs and Failures of Fixed-Income Investing
Realizing How Crucial Bonds Are Today
Viewing Recent Developments, Largely for the Better
Chapter 2: All about the Interest
The Tricky Business That Is Calculating Rates of Return
Measuring the Desirability of a Bond
Understanding Yield
Recognizing Total Return (This Is What Matters Most!)
Measuring the Volatility of Your Bond Holdings
Returning to the Bonds of Babylonia
Chapter 3: Types of Bonds
Exploring the Many Ways of Investing with Uncle Sam
Industrial Returns: Corporate Bonds
Lots of Protection, a Touch of Confusion: Agency Bonds
Banking Your Money on Other People’s Mortgages
(Almost) Tax-Free Havens: Municipal Bonds
Chapter 4: Investing (Carefully!) in Individual Bonds
Navigating Today’s Individual Bond Market
Dealing with Brokers and Other Financial Professionals
Doing It Yourself Online
Perfecting the Art of Laddering
Chapter 5: Picking a Bond Fund That Will Serve You for Life
Defining the Basic Kinds of Funds
What Matters Most in Choosing a Bond Fund of Any Sort
Book 5: Moving on to Mutual Funds
Chapter 1: Considering Mutual Funds’ Pros and Cons
Introducing Mutual Funds and Exchange-Traded Funds
Getting a Grip on Funds
Opting for Mutual Funds
Addressing the Drawbacks
Understanding Exchange-Traded Funds
Chapter 2: Finding the Best Funds
Evaluating Gain-Eating Costs
Weighing Performance and Risk
Recognizing Manager Expertise
Chapter 3: Buying Funds from the Best Firms
Finding the Best Buys
Discount Brokers: Mutual Fund Supermarkets
Places to Pass By
Book 6: Investing Online
Chapter 1: Getting Ready for Online Investing
Why Investing Online Is Worth Your While
Getting Started
Gut-Check Time: How Much Downside Risk Can You Tolerate?
Passive or Active? Deciding What Kind of Investor You Plan to Be
Chapter 2: Getting Your Device Ready for Online Investing
Turning Your Device into a Trading Station
Tracking the Market’s Every Move
Monitoring Market-Moving News
Checking In on Wall Street Chatter
Keeping Tabs on the Regulators
Executing Trades
Searching the Internet High and Low
Keeping the Bad Guys Out: Securing Your PC
Mastering the Basics with Online Tutorials and Simulations
Chapter 3: Connecting with an Online Broker
Finding the Best Broker for You
Separating the Types of Brokerages
Avoiding Hidden Fees
Finding Out What Reviewers Think
Is Your Money Safe? Checking Out Your Broker
Cutting the Cord: Mobile Trading
Pay Attention to Where Your Cash Is Parked: Money Market Funds
Buying Stocks and Mutual Funds without a Broker
Opening and Setting Up Your Account
Chapter 4: Entering and Executing Trades
Understanding How Stock Trades and Shares Are Handled
Getting It Done: Executing Your Trades
Book 7: Introducing Fundamental Analysis
Chapter 1: Understanding Fundamental Analysis
Why Bother with Fundamental Analysis?
Knowing the Tools of the Fundamental Analysis Trade
Making Fundamental Analysis Work for You
Chapter 2: Getting Up to Speed with Fundamental Analysis
What Is Fundamental Analysis?
Comparing Fundamental Analysis with Other Ways of Picking Investments
Putting Fundamental Analysis to Work for You
Making Money with Fundamental Analysis
The Fundamental Analysis Toolbox
Chapter 3: Gaining an Edge with Fundamental Analysis
Better Investing with Fundamentals
Relying on the Basic Info the Pros Use
Figuring Out When to Buy or Sell a Stock
Chapter 4: Getting Your Hands on Fundamental Data
Getting In Sync with the Fundamental Calendar
Getting up to Speed with the Basic Accounting and Math
How to Get the Fundamental Data You Need
Book 8: Investing in Real Estate
Chapter 1: Evaluating Real Estate as an Investment
Understanding Real Estate’s Income- and Wealth-Producing Potential
Recognizing the Caveats of Real Estate Investing
Comparing Real Estate to Other Investments
Determining Whether You Should Invest in Real Estate
Fitting Real Estate into Your Plans
Chapter 2: Covering Common Real Estate Investments
Identifying the Various Ways to Invest in Residential Income Property
Surveying the Types of Residential Properties You Can Buy
Considering Commercial Real Estate
Buying Undeveloped Land
Chapter 3: Identifying Sources of Capital
Calculating the Costs of Admission
Rounding Up the Required Cash by Saving
Overcoming Down Payment Limitations
Chapter 4: Location, Location, Value
Deciding Where to Invest
Finding Properties to Add Value
Evaluating a Region: The Big Picture
Investigating Your Local Market
Evaluating Neighborhoods
Mastering Seller’s and Buyer’s Markets
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