Synopses & Reviews
Protect and strengthen your financial holdings during troubled economic times
Want to make the right investment decisions in an uncertain market? This concise, practical guide gives you smart, actionable strategies for saving your money and meeting both your short- and long-term financial goals. You'll see how to safely accumulate wealth, consolidate and protect gains, and make the best investment allocations in troubling times.
Get your finances in shape manage debt, assess your insurance, improve your credit score, and create a safety net
Understand investment vehicles and accounts from money markets and annuities to mutual and exchange-traded funds to stocks, bonds, commodities, IRAs, and more
Make effective asset allocation decisions know your risk tolerance, diversify your holdings, and rebalance your assets
Save for retirement provide for potential long-term care expenses, allocate your assets, and minimize your portfolio risk
Live on your investment earnings make Social Security work for you, get the most from your pension, take stock of your IRAs, use your taxable investments, and more
Take care of others help adult children or elderly parents with large expenses and see how to preserve your assets to pass on to your heirs
Open the book and find:
80 strategies from top independent financial advisors
Focused, individualized investment strategies that work during the good times and the bad
Guidance on building a conservative, moderate, or aggressive portfolio
Ways to reduce your investment risk
Advice on rebalancing your assets
Tips for acquiring undervalued investments
Methods to make your money last throughout your retirement, even in the face of economic turmoil
Synopsis
Investing in an Uncertain Economy For Dummies provides investors with focused, individualized investment strategies that enable them to conquer indecision and protect and strengthen their current financial holdings. With advice from 200 top independent financial advisors, empowered readers can make effective asset allocation decisions in the face of volatile markets.
About the Author
Sheryl Garrett is founder of the Garrett Planning Network, an international network of financial advisors who offer their services on an hourly, as-needed basis. In 2003, 2004, 2005, and 2006, Investment Advisor magazine named Garrett one of the Top 25 Most Influential People in the Financial Planning industry.
Table of Contents
Introduction.
Part I: Laying a Solid Foundation.
Part II: Using Investment Vehicles and Accounts throughout the Economic Cycle.
Part III: Demystifying Risk: Accumulating and Protecting Wealth.
Part IV: Investing for Accumulators.
Part V: Heading into Retirement.
Part VI: Living on Your Investment Earnings and Drawing Down Your Assets.
Part VII: The Part of Tens.
Index.