1st Edition

Financial Success in the Year 2000 and Beyond 13 Experts Show the Way

By Larry Chambers Copyright 1999
320 Pages
by CRC Press

320 Pages
by CRC Press

Today's investor faces a much larger challenge than those of just ten years ago. The size and complexities of the financial marketplace create confusion. The Dow Jones industrial average has doubled in the past two and a half years, and 10,000 on the Dow is no longer a fantasy. Money keeps flooding into the market. The New York Stock Exchange daily trading volume is four times that of 1990.... Read more
Introduction
Myth Versus Reality
What Worked for Your Parents Does Not Work Today
The Investment Myth
Accumulation Strategies
Give Yourself a Raise - The Ins and Outs of Investing
Managing Expectations and Emotions
Asset Allocation
Taxable Investing
How Do You Climb Out From Behind the Eight Ball
Basic Financial Blunders to Avoid
Investing Tax-Deferred
Annuities
Is Your Retirement Plan an IRA for the IRS?
Tax-Free Income
The Mortgage Myth
The Final Insult
Estate Planning - How to Keep the IRS From Being Your Biggest Beneficiary
Charitable Giving
Protecting Your Assets
Protecting Your Assets
How to Select an Advisor
Teach Your Children to Manage Money
Putting it All Together
Appendixes
A. Understanding How Mutual Funds Work
B. Understanding Stocks
C. Understanding Bonds
D. Understanding Annuities
E. How to Read a Prospectus
F. Retirement Plans
G. Social Security
Glossary

Biography

Larry Chambers