How to Invest $50-$5,000: The Small Investor's Step-By-Step Plan for Low-Risk Investing in Today's Economy

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"Revised and updated for the new economy"--Cover.

Table of Contents:
Introduction: Getting the Most for Your Money -- Your Personal Financial Calendar -- Part 1. Safe Stashing far the First $50 -- 1. Institutional Cookie Jars: Banks -- 2. Credit Unions -- 3. Uncle Sam and Savings Bonds -- Part 2. The First $500 -- 4. Interest-Paying Checking Accounts -- 5. Money Market Mutual Funds -- 6. Bank Money Market Deposit Accounts -- 7. Certificates of Deposit -- 8. Mini-Investor Programs -- 9. Investment Clubs -- Part 3. The First $1,000 -- 10. Your IRA, Keogh, or SEP -- 11. Your 401(k) Plan -- 12. Treasuries for Ultrasafe Income -- Part 4. The First $2,000 -- 13. Utilities and Hometown Companies -- 14. Stock and Ginnie Mae Mutual Funds -- 15. Socially Conscious Mutual Funds -- 16. Index Funds and ETFs -- Part 5. When You Have$5,000 -- 17. Bonds: Corporates, Munis, and Zeros -- 18. A Stock Portfolio for Beginners -- Part 6. Over the Top -- 19. REITs -- 20. Foreign Stocks and Bonds -- 21. Investing a Windfall -- Appendices -- Appendix A. Nine Easy and Painless Ways to Save -- Appendix B. Ten Steps Toward College Tuition -- Appendix C. Scams, Swindles, and Suckers -- Appendix D. The Top 25 Financial Web Sites -- Appendix E. If You're Fired -- Appendix F. Cash in a Flash: Ten Sources of Instant Money -- Appendix G. Your Next Steps -- Wall Street Jargon Made Simple -- Index -- About the Author

Brief Description:
The small investor's step-by-step plan for low-risk, high-return investing, revised and updated to reflect recent changes in tax laws.

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Now with the latest and safest strategies for smart investing in the new economy

A perennial bestseller, Nancy Dunnan's How to Invest $50-$5,000 has been a trusted advisor for more than two decades. But never before has the economy changed so radically in so short a time. This new edition reflects the latest, smartest strategies for small investing in the current economy, and has fully updated information on all of the recent changes in federal regulations and laws.

Covering the full range of small investing--from selecting a bank to choosing specific investments to making sense of financial pages--Dunnan guides even the most inexperienced investor through the maze of stocks, bonds, treasuries, mutual funds, and more. Now more than ever, How to Invest $50-$5,000 is an indispensable handbook for small investors--pointing the way toward the best low-risk, high-value opportunities available in the current U.S. economy.

"Few books can teach people more about the investment universe than this."-- Inc. Magazine

Newly Revised and Updated. A fully revised edition of Nancy Dunnan's bestselling investment classic, How to Invest $50-$5000, updated to reflect the latest and safest strategies for smart investing in the new economy

The perennially bestselling How to Invest $50-$5,000 has been a trusted advisor for more than 20 years. But never before has the economy changed so much in so small a time. This new edition reflects the latest, smartest strategies for small investing in the new economy, and has fully updated information on all of the recent changes in federal regulations and laws. This guide covers the full range of small investing--from selecting a bank to choosing specific investments to making sense of financial pages. Hints, bullet points, and step-by-step instructions guide even the most inexperienced investor through the maze of stocks, bonds, treasuries, mutual funds--and more--toward the best low-risk, high-value opportunities available in the current U.S. economy.

Contributor Bio:Dunnan, Nancy

Nancy Dunnan is one of the nation's most respected financial advisors. In addition to her regular appearances on CNN, CNBC, Bloomberg Radio, and Business News Network, Dunnan writes regular columns for Bottom Line Tomorrow, Family PC Magazine, TheOnlineInvestor.com, and BuyandHold.com. Dunnan is the author of numerous books on finance, including Never Call Your Broker on Monday, Never Balance Your Checkbook on Tuesday, and The Dun and Bradstreet Guide to Your Investments.