J.K. Lasser's winning financial strategies for women /
[Book]
Rhonda M. Ecker & Denice Gustin-Piazza.
Chichester :
Wiley,
2001.
1 online resource (xix, 204 pages) :
illustrations
Includes index.
J.K. LASSER'S WINNING FINANCIAL STRATEGIES FOR WOMEN -- About the Authors -- Contents -- Introduction -- 1 Dispelling Financial Myths and Clearing Financial Hurdles -- #1 Myth: I Can't Afford to Invest -- #2 Myth: I Don't Need to Learn about Finance -- My Husband Will Do the Investing -- #3 Myth: I Don't Want to Tie Up My Money -- #4 Myth: I Don't Have Time to Follow the Market -- #5 Myth: Investments Are Too Hard to Understand -- #6 Myth: I Can't Afford a Financial Planner -- 2 Exploring Your Financial Roots -- Security -- Freedom -- Power -- Show Love/Appreciation/Charity.
4 Assessing Your Current Resources -- What's Well Begun Is Half Done ... -- Choice and Control -- My First Steps -- Budget-Boosting Tips to Consider -- 5 Shopping for Your Advisory Team -- A Financial Mentor -- When Should I Seek an Advisor? -- 6 Preparing to Lead Your Team (or Yourself) with Confidence -- Fortune Favors the Brave ... -- Understanding the IRA -- The Amazing 401(k) -- What about Roth IRAs? -- How Can Annuities Be Used? -- 7 Making the Market's History and Trends Work for You -- Why Bulls and Bears? -- New York Stock Trading Started under a Tree?
Cash Management -- Risk Management -- Tax Planning -- Investment Planning -- Retirement Planning -- Estate Planning -- Meet Noelle -- Meet Susan -- 10 Avoiding Common Mistakes -- Mistake #1: Procrastination -- Mistake #2: Investing at 10 Percent while Owing at 18 Percent -- Mistake #3: Market Timing -- Mistake #4: Conservative to a Fault -- Mistake #5: Underutilizing Your Retirement Plan and Benefits at Work -- Mistake #6: Overinvesting in Your Employer -- Mistake #7: Portfolio Out of Sync with Goals -- Mistake #8: Account Registrations You Can Live to Regret.
Single in Your 20s -- Single in Your 30s -- Unmarried, with Children, in Your 30s -- On Your Own in Your 40s and 50s -- On Your Own (and Grieving) in Your 60s and Beyond -- Investments Don't Discriminate -- 3 Documenting Your Dreams and Pricing Them -- Step One: Your Vision of Your Future -- Step Two: The Role of Money -- Step Three: Prioritizing Your Dreams -- Vision Accomplished! -- Choosing a New Path -- Gaining Perspective from History -- Economics 101-Fast Track! -- Macro-The Economic Cycle -- The Fed, Defined in a Nutshell -- Maximizing Your Daily Paper -- Knowledge Is Power.
Who Can Trade Stocks at the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE)? -- Who Keeps the Markets Fair and Orderly for Investors? -- Trading Around the Clock and Around the World -- Following a Stock to Market -- Tracking Your Investments in the Newspaper -- A Look at Market Cycles -- 8 Choosing Investments to Fund Your Dreams -- Meet Melanie -- Three Basic Objectives -- Meet Janet -- Three Basic Asset Classes -- Growth as an Investment Objective -- Life Insurance to Round Out Your Portfolio -- 9 Pulling Together Your Plan -- What Kind of Investor Are You? -- Elements of a Sound Financial Plan.
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Winning financial strategies for women
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