Immediate Cash from Safe Investments

James F. Tucker

doi:10.5771/9781461697954

Summary

The only book the beginning investor needs! Whether your goal is buying a house, financing a college education, saving for retirement, or providing a second income, this book can show you how.

Tucker introduces the new investor to key terms and topics, offers proven strategies for investing as little as $50 a month, and provides options for immdiate cash returns or long-term growth.

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Bibliographic data

Copyright year: 1995
ISBN-Print: 978-0-913969-75-5
ISBN-Online: 978-1-4616-9795-4
Publisher: University Press Copublishing, Lanham
Language: English
Pages: 212
Product type: Book Titles

1. Table of Contents No access
1. Who Should Be Investing No access
2. Sources of Savings No access
3. Principles of Investing No access
4. Investing vs. Speculating No access
5. Investment Goals No access
6. The Risk Factor No access
7. Putting Your Cash To Work No access
8. Doing Your Homework No access
1. Readily Available Information No access
2. Financial Planners No access
3. Brokers No access
4. Accountants No access
5. Inside lnformation No access
6. Prospectus No access
7. Friends And Others No access
1. Certificates of Deposit No access
2. Treasury Securities Purchased Directly from Federal Reserve Banks No access
3. Savings Bonds No access
4. Pooled Funds at Banks No access
5. Suggested Approach No access
1. Evaluating Stocks No access
2. A Technical Evaluation Of Risk No access
3. When to Buy And Sell, and at What Price No access
4. Best Dividend Producers No access
5. Options―Be Careful! No access
6. Confirmation Statement No access
7. Record-keeping No access
8. You, The Owner of Stocks No access
1. An Orientation on Stockbrokers No access
2. Selecting a Broker No access
3. Brokers' Commissions No access
4. Settling Disputes No access
5. Arbitration No access
6. Protection for the Investor No access
7. The Investor's Decision No access
1. A Steady Flow of Money: Corporate Bonds No access
2. Types of Bonds No access
3. Sources of Information And Confidence No access
4. Junk Bonds No access
5. Important Numbers on Bonds No access
6. "Ginnie Maes" No access
7. Risk with Bonds No access
8. Bonds as Investment No access
1. Purchasing Treasuries No access
2. Ownership of Registration Options No access
3. Interest Earnings No access
4. To Sell or Pledge Treasury Securities No access
5. How to Forecast Rates on Treasury Securities No access
6. Treasury Securities and Financial Goals No access
1. Types of Municipal Bonds No access
2. Tax Advantage and Equivalent Tax Yield No access
3. Safety No access
4. Buying Bonds Directly No access
5. Still Alive as a Tax Shelter No access
1. Types of Funds No access
2. Load and No-load Funds, and Fees No access
3. Reasons for Investing in a Fund No access
4. Pre-investing Considerations No access
5. Making the Decision No access
6. Problems And Disadvantages No access
1. Money Market Funds No access
2. Stock Funds No access
3. Bond Funds No access
4. Tax-exempt No access
5. Closed-end Investment Companies No access
6. Ginnie Mae Funds No access
7. Futures Funds No access
8. Mutual Fund Statements No access
9. Guidance and Decisions No access
1. The Right Outlook No access
2. Financing Retirement No access
3. Reminders On Social Security No access
4. 401 (K) Plans No access
5. Individual Retirement Accounts (IRA's) No access
6. Keogh Plans No access
7. Annuities No access
8. Investments After Retirement No access
9. Reverse Mortgages No access
10. THE ENDLESS QUEST FOR MORE MONEY No access
1. Changing Economic and Financial Conditions No access
2. Changes in Personal Circumstances No access
3. Periodic Review of Portfolio No access
4. Need for Continuing Education No access
5. Investor as the Ultimate Manager No access
GLOSSARY No access Pages 183 - 198
Source Notes No access Pages 199 - 212