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Your objectives

Develop an investment plan

Risk free investing?

Describe yourself as an investor

How much volatility can you tolerate?

How do you decide which type of investment to make?

Guidelines to earn 2 percent over taxes and inflation

Be an informed investor

Asset allocation

How much is enough?

For further reading/ References

 

 

 

Lynch, P. (1990). One up on Wall Street: How to use what you already know to make money in the market. New York: Penguin.

Whitaker, L., and the Beardstown Ladies Investment Club. (1994). The Beardstown ladies' common-sense investment guide. New York: Seth Godin Production.

Information for do-it-yourself investors is available from American Association of Individual Investors, 625 North Michigan Avenue, Chicago, IL 60611.

Benna, T. (1995). Secrets of a secure retirement from Ted Benna. Bottom Line Personal, 16(19), 5.

Garman, E. T., & Forgue, R. E. (1994). Personal finance. Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company.

Kapoor, J. R., Dlabay, L. R., & Hughes, R. J. (1994). Personal finance. Burr Ridge, IL: Richard E. Irwin.

Leonard, F. (1993). Money and the mature woman. Reading, MA: Addison-Wesley Publishing Company.

Looking ahead to your financial future. (1994). Southampton: PREP Project, Long Island University, Southampton Campus.

Patterson, M. P. (1993). The working woman's guide to retirement planning. Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice-Hall.

Sivy, M. (1996). Michael Sivy's Rules of Investing. New York: Warner Books.

 

 

 

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