What Every Smart Investor Should Know: Tough Questions and Simple Answers

The world of investing can be complicated. This book is a reference tool that provides quick and informative answers to the most commonly asked investment-related questions in a user-friendly format both for individual investors and for trustees who want to assist their plan participants in improving their current investment strategies. One hundred questions and answers are categorized into ten areas. Readers can find the information they need on a particular investment topic and also be directed to other relevant topics. From the basics of stocks and bonds, risk and return, asset allocation and diversification, to the complexities of mutual fund and 401(k) investing, market cycles in the economy, and taxes and retirement, the book offers answers to the questions that plague investors. A special section on saving for your children's education-as well as teaching them basic investment concepts-is included. The author uses numerous examples to illustrate the concepts and provides tables and graphs that explain the text. Trustees and individual investors, either new or experienced, will find the book useful again and again. Dion Woods. International Foundation. 228 pages. Quantity discounts available. 2004.