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Suggested Reading
Station 1 - Planning your trip:
Investing basics || Keys to successful investing || Understanding risk
Chambers, Larry. 2004. The First Time Investor (3rd edition). McGraw-Hill
This guide for beginners includes in-depth examinations of day trading, decimalization, global investing, and protecting your 401(k).
Gard, Jim. 2002. The Small Investor (2nd edition). Ten Speed Press
Oriented toward first-time investors, Gard's guide covers mutual funds and bonds, but focuses primarily on investing in stocks. Tax implications are not discussed.
Lynch, Peter. 2000. Learn to Earn. Fireside
Lynch's basic advice to beginning investors of all ages is to find companies that are likely to increase their earnings over the coming years. Includes a chapter providing a short history of capitalism. This book is also strong on direct investment programs.
Robinson, Marc. 2000. Investing Basics. Dorling Kindersley
This is a step-by-step guide to creating a personal financial plan. The book uses short, clear explanations.
Social Security Administration. 2008. Social Security: Understanding the Benefits
This 24-page booklet is available online as a PDF file at www.ssa.gov/pubs/10024.pdf
Thakor, Manisha. 2007. On My Own Two Feet. Avon
Although this book focuses on helping women to become financial secure, its lessons and advice will resonate with men, too. It explains how to avoid the perils of credit card debt, how to balance the desire to live well now with the need to plan for the future, how to manage unexpected life events, and how to invest wisely using a simple yet powerful plan.
TheStreet.com. 2008. TheStreet.com Ratings' Consumer Guide to Life, Health, and Annuity Insurers.
According to this website, "Weiss Ratings tracks the financial safety of approximately 1,700 U.S. life, health, and annuity insurance companies each and every quarter. We then issue the Weiss Safety Ratings based on our analysts' review of publicly available information collected by the NAIC, and supplemented by data we collect directly from the companies themselves." Read more at www.weissratings.com/products_lh.asp
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