Already role models for thousands of investors, the Beardstown Ladies--16 savvy women from rural Beardstown, Illinois--have beaten the stock market for more than a decade. This guide includes step-by-step instructions for their investment strategies, plus illustrative anecdotes that will show even the most inexperienced investor how to devise a personal financial plan. Photos.
For more than 25 years, this finance guide has won the allegiance of more than a million readers. Now this indispensable book has been fully revised and updated, covering all the new tax laws.
The best-selling investing guide offers new information, new insights, and new perspectives There's nothing better than having your money make more money—and getting to that place isn't as complicated as you've been led to believe. With some common sense, careful planning, and the right advice, you too can watch your money accumulate like it's growing on trees. In the Ninth Edition of Investing for Dummies, best-selling author and nationally renowned personal finance expert Eric Tyson shows you how to make your money work for you with rock-solid advice that's stood the test of time. Steering clear of flashy get-rich-quick schemes, Tyson offers a slow-and-steady approach that can work for everyone from young professionals just starting their careers to baby boomers who want to bulk up their nest eggs just before retirement. In the book, you will: Get started with investing by exploring your investment choices, weighing risk vs. return, and get your financial house in order Discover the parts that stocks, bonds, real estate, and small business can play in your portfolio Learn to choose the right periodicals, radio, tv, and web resources that keep you informed and help you avoid the hype With updated coverage of new developments like the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act and their impact on investments, along with the growing trend amongst brokers toward zero- and low-fee stock trades, the Ninth Edition of Investing For Dummies is the latest can't-miss guide to investing your money like a boss.
This book is intended to be a roadmap towards a successful practice for medical students, residents, fellows, and doctors. This roadmap focuses on how to build and manage a medical practice, and can be applied regardless if the reader is employed, joins a small group, or if they are a doctor who decides to start their own practice. Part I covers the basic business concepts that every physician needs to know. Chapters emphasize the benefits that accrue to a physician who understands the basics of business. Part II provides a guide for doctors who are beginning a medical practice. The chapters define the various options for doctors’ employment such as solo practice, group practice, and academic medicine. The section also includes the process of negotiating contracts, identifying the advisers who help physicians become successful, and secure within their field and practice. The final part emphasizes strategies on how to build and grow a successful practice by covering topics such as hiring staff, employee motivation, creating a brand, gaining recognition, online reputation and presence, crisis management, integrating new technology, and work/life balance. The Business Basics of Building and Managing a Healthcare Practice serves as a valuable resource that helps doctors make a difference in the lives of their patients, as well as help them make good financial decisions.
From an experienced financial journalist, Women Money Power is the story of how women have fought for financial freedom, and the social and political hurdles that have kept them from equality. For centuries, women were denied equal access to money and the freedom and power that came with it. They were restricted from owning property or transacting in real estate. Even well into the 20th century, women could not take out their own loans or own bank accounts without their husband’s permission. They could be fired for getting married or pregnant, and if they still had a job, they could be kept from certain roles, restricted from working longer hours, and paid less than men for equal work. It was a raw deal, and women weren’t happy with it. So they pushed back. In Women Money Power, financial journalist Josie Cox tells the story of women’s fight for financial freedom. This is an inspirational account of brave pioneers who took on social mores and the law, including the “Rosies” who filled industrial jobs vacated by men and helped win WWII, the heiress whose fortune helped create the birth control pill, the brassy investor who broke into the boys’ club of the New York Stock Exchange, and the namesake of landmark equal pay legislation who refused to accept discrimination. But as any woman can tell you, the battle for equality—for money and power—is far from over. Cox delves deep into the challenges women face today and the culture and systems that hold them back. This is a fascinating narrative account of progress, women’s lives, and the work still to be done.
Break into the exciting Canadian market for exchange-traded funds Exchange-traded funds (ETFs) are an increasingly popular part of the investing landscape, being less volatile than individual stocks, cheaper than most mutual funds, and subject to minimal taxation. ETFs For Canadians For Dummies will guide you through the process of investing in ETFs in Canada, a smaller and sometimes riskier market. You’ll get the most up-to-date information on the ETF investing landscape, and we’ll help you figure out how to navigate the fast-changing marketplace. This book makes it all easy to understand, and offers updated info on the available ETFs, investment and tax laws, and market projections. Invest your money wisely in the Canadian ETF market Maximize your profits when you trade on the stock market Discover how investing in Canada is different from investing elsewhere Learn how to invest online with the latest apps and other tools This is the book for Canadian investors who want to diversify their investment portfolio and break into exchange traded funds. With the help of Dummies, anyone can learn to invest in ETFs.
Michael Edesess learned early in his career that the investment industry's claims that it could beat market averages were simply not true. Professional investors, it seemed, could not predict stock prices better than the nearest cab driver. The Big Investment Lie helps readers cut through the thicket of hype in this perilous area, showing ho...
Techniques for individual investors to safeguard their money, even when markets fall back When attempting to "time" their way around market downturns, individual investors are up against thousands of professionals who are paid billions of dollars to do the same. Throw in unpredictable, marketspooking world events, and the odds against investment success can become even worse. Protecting Your Wealth in Good Times and Bad shows investors how to invest for the total market, not just for individual phases, and build a portfolio to weather all markets with long-term safety and security. Full of practical advice and easy-to-understand techniques and examples, this uniquely proactive guidebook provides proven strategies to: Know what news is important and act accordingly Invest for specific needs, from college savings through long-term care Diversify assets to minimize risk and increase overall returns
