Fund your Future: Winning Strategies for Managing your Mutual Funds and,9780425183618

Fund your Future: Winning Strategies for Managing your Mutual Funds and

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ISBN13: 9780425183618
ISBN10: 0425183610
Format: Hardcover
Pub. Date: 2001-12-01
Publisher(s): Berkley Hardcover
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Summary

In this smart, sensible and down to earth guide, Julie Stav shows investors and prospective investors how to get the most out of their mutual funds and 401 (k) plans. Her conversational and easy to understand approach takes the fear out of investing and puts the roadmap to riches within reach.

Author Biography

Julie Stav, a financial planner and broker, was born in Cuba and came to the United States as a teenager. A former teacher, she is the founder/owner of Retirement Benefit Systems, a financial planning firm in California, and also runs a network of investment clubs whose members now number in the tens of thousands. Known for her speaking engagements and investment guide videotapes, she has been profiled in the Los Angeles Times and other papers, has appeared on Lifetime’s “New Attitudes” and ABC Eyewitness News, and has appeared numerous times on ABC’s “The View.” She is also the author of Get Your Share. Get Your Share and Fund Your Future have been developed into television series on personal finance, and are currently airing on PBS.

Table of Contents

Introduction 1(8)
Before You Can Get Where You're Going, You've Got to Know Where You Are!
9(7)
Finding your hidden money, creatively rethinking your assets
Taking the First Steps
16(17)
Five steps for determining your goals
Funding Your Dreams
33(16)
Building a nest egg, taking advantage of compound interest, using the seven steps for retirement fund planning
Investing a la Carte
49(13)
Short-term investing: savings accounts, CDs, T-bills, money market mutual funds, money market accounts
Your Personal Chauffeur
62(14)
Understanding mutual funds
Targeting the Best Mutual Fund for You
76(15)
Evaluating specific mutual funds
Finding the Needle in the Haystack
91(18)
Learning The Five Rs: Return, Ranking, Rating, Risk, Ratio + Bonus
And the Winner Is . . .
109(25)
Putting the process into practice
Making Sure You're on Track
134(14)
Asking yourself: Are you still the same investor you were when you started? Are your funds still working for you?
Gearing Up to Gear Down
148(31)
Evaluating your strategy when you are two to five years from your goal
Fine-Tuning Your Investment Strategy to Get the Right Mix
179(7)
When your objective changes from growth to mixed growth and income, or just income
The Sleeping Giant
186(20)
Taking advantage of these opportunities: IRA, Education IRA, Roth IRA, 401(k), 403(b)
Enjoying the Fruits of Your Labor
206(8)
Making your money last
Final Words 214

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