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• Cover
• Title Page
• Copyright
• Introduction
• About This Book
• Foolish Assumptions
• Icons Used in This Book
• Beyond the Book
• Where to Go from Here
• Book 1: Getting Started with Investing
• Chapter 1: Exploring Your Investment Choices
• Getting Started with Investing
• Building Wealth with Ownership Investments
• Generating Income from Lending Investments
• Considering Cash Equivalents
• Choosing Where to Invest and Get Advice
• Chapter 2: Weighing Risks and Returns
• Evaluating Risks
• Analyzing Returns
• Compounding Your Returns
• Chapter 3: The Workings of Stock and Bond Markets
• How Companies Raise Money through the Financial Markets
• Understanding Financial Markets and Economics
• Book 2: Investing in Your 20s and 30s
• Chapter 1: Using Investments to Accomplish Your Goals
• Setting and Prioritizing Your Shorter-Term Goals
• Investing in Retirement Accounts
• Chapter 2: Minimizing Your Taxes When Investing
• Understanding Investment Taxes
• Reducing Your Taxes When Selling Investments
• Chapter 3: Laying Out Your Financial Plans
• First Priorities: Paying Off High-Cost Debt and Building a Safety Reserve
• What about Paying Down Other Debts?
• Sorting Out Your Financial Plans
• Knowing the Impact of Investing for College Costs
• Securing Proper Insurance
• Chapter 4: Starting Out with Bank and Credit Union Accounts
• Understanding FDIC Bank Insurance
• Investing in Banking Account and Savings Vehicles
• Negotiating with Bankers
• Feeling Secure with Your Bank
• Exploring Alternatives to Bank Accounts
• Book 3: Checking Out Stock Investing
• Chapter 1: Gathering Information on Stocks
• Looking to Stock Exchanges for Answers
• Grasping the Basics of Accounting and Economics
• Staying on Top of Financial News
• Reading (And Understanding) Stock Tables
• Using News about Dividends
• Evaluating Investment Tips
• Chapter 2: Investing for Long-Term Growth
• Becoming a Value-Oriented Growth Investor
• Choosing Growth Stocks with a Few Handy Tips
• Chapter 3: Investing for Income and Cash Flow
• Understanding the Basics of Income Stocks
• Analyzing Income Stocks
• Exploring Some Typical Income Stocks
• Chapter 4: Using Basic Accounting to Choose Winning Stocks
• Recognizing Value When You See It
• Accounting for Value
• Book 4: Looking at Bond Investing
• Chapter 1: Bond Fundamentals
• Understanding What Makes a Bond a Bond
• Why Hold Bonds?
• Introducing the Major Players in the Bond Market
• Buying Solo or Buying in Bulk
• The Triumphs and Failures of Fixed-Income Investing
• Realizing How Crucial Bonds Are Today
• Viewing Recent Developments, Largely for the Better
• Chapter 2: All about the Interest
• The Tricky Business That Is Calculating Rates of Return
• Measuring the Desirability of a Bond
• Understanding Yield
• Recognizing Total Return (This Is What Matters Most!)
• Measuring the Volatility of Your Bond Holdings
• Returning to the Bonds of Babylonia
• Chapter 3: Checking Out Types of Bonds
• Exploring the Many Ways of Investing with Uncle Sam
• Industrial Returns: Corporate Bonds
• Lots of Protection, a Touch of Confusion: Agency Bonds
• Banking Your Money on Other People’s Mortgages
• (Almost) Tax-Free Havens: Municipal Bonds
• Chapter 4: Investing (Carefully!) in Individual Bonds
• Navigating Today’s Individual Bond Market
• Dealing with Brokers and Other Financial Professionals
• Doing It Yourself Online
• Perfecting the Art of Laddering
• Chapter 5: Picking a Bond Fund That Will Serve You for Life
• Defining the Basic Kinds of Funds
• What Matters Most in Choosing a Bond Fund of Any Sort
• Book 5: Moving on to Mutual Funds and Exchange-Traded Funds
• Chapter 1: Considering Mutual Funds’ Pros and Cons
• Introducing Mutual Funds and Exchange-Traded Funds
• Getting a Grip on Funds
• Opting for Mutual Funds
• Addressing the Drawbacks
• Chapter 2: Finding the Best Mutual Funds
• Evaluating Gain-Eating Costs
• Weighing Performance and Risk
• Recognizing Manager Expertise
• Chapter 3: Buying Mutual Funds from the Best Firms
• Finding the Best Buys
• Discount Brokers: Mutual Fund Supermarkets
• Places to Pass By
• Chapter 4: What the Heck Is an ETF, Anyway?
• The Nature of the Beast
• Choosing between the Classic and the New Indexes
• Preferring ETFs over Individual Stocks
• Distinguishing ETFs from Mutual Funds
• Why the Big Boys Prefer ETFs
• Why Individual Investors Are Learning to Love ETFs
• Getting the Professional Edge
• Passive versus Active Investing: Your Choice
• Do ETFs Belong in Your Life?
• Chapter 5: Risk Control, Diversification, and Other Things to Know about ETFs
• Risk Is Not Just a Board Game
• Smart Risk, Foolish Risk
• How Risk Is Measured
• Mixing and Matching Your Stock ETFs
• Book 6: Investing Online
• Chapter 1: Getting Ready for Online Investing
• Why Investing Online Is Worth Your While
• Getting Started
• Gut-Check Time: How Much Risk Can You Take?
• Passive or Active? Deciding What Kind of Investor You Plan to Be
• Chapter 2: Getting Your Device Ready for Online Investing
• Turning Your Device into a Trading Station
• Tracking the Market’s Every Move
• Monitoring Market-Moving News
• Checking In on Wall Street Chatter
• Keeping Tabs on the Regulators
• Searching the Internet High and Low
• Keeping the Bad Guys Out: Securing Your PC
• Mastering the Basics with Online Tutorials and Simulations
• Chapter 3: Connecting with an Online Broker
• Finding the Best Broker for You
• Separating the Types of Brokerages
• Avoiding Hidden Fees
• Finding Out What Reviewers Think
• Is Your Money Safe? Checking Out Your Broker
• Cutting the Cord: Mobile Trading
• Pay Attention to Where Your Cash Is Parked: Money Market Funds
• Buying Stocks and Mutual Funds without a Broker
• Opening and Setting Up Your Account
• Chapter 4: Entering and Executing Trades
• Understanding How Stock Trades and Shares Are Handled
• Getting It Done: Executing Your Trades
• Book 7: Introducing Fundamental Analysis
• Chapter 1: Understanding Fundamental Analysis
• Why Bother with Fundamental Analysis?
• Knowing the Tools of the Fundamental Analysis Trade
• Making Fundamental Analysis Work For You
• Chapter 2: Getting Up to Speed with Fundamental Analysis
• What Is Fundamental Analysis?
• Comparing Fundamental Analysis with Other Ways of Picking Investments
• Putting Fundamental Analysis to Work For You
• Making Money with Fundamental Analysis
• The Fundamental Analysis Toolbox
• Chapter 3: Gaining an Edge with Fundamental Analysis
• Better Investing with Fundamentals
• Relying on the Basic Info the Pros Use
• Figuring Out When to Buy or Sell a Stock
• Chapter 4: Getting Your Hands on Fundamental Data
• Getting in Sync with the Fundamental Calendar
• Getting Up to Speed with Basic Accounting and Math
• Knowing How to Get the Fundamental Data You Need
• Book 8: Investing in Real Estate
• Chapter 1: Evaluating Real Estate as an Investment
• Understanding Real Estate’s Income- and Wealth-Producing Potential
• Recognizing the Caveats of Real Estate Investing
• Comparing Real Estate to Other Investments
• Determining Whether You Should Invest in Real Estate
• Fitting Real Estate into Your Plans
• Chapter 2: Covering Common Real Estate Investments
• Identifying the Various Ways to Invest in Residential Income Property
• Surveying the Types of Residential Properties You Can Buy
• Considering Commercial Real Estate
• Buying Undeveloped or Raw Land
• Chapter 3: Identifying Sources of Capital
• Calculating the Costs of Admission
• Rounding Up the Required Cash by Saving
• Overcoming Down Payment Limitations
• Chapter 4: Location, Location, Value
• Deciding Where to Invest
• Finding Properties to Add Value
• Evaluating a Region: The Big Picture
• Investigating Your Local Market
• Evaluating Neighborhoods
• Mastering Seller’s and Buyer’s Markets
• Book 9: Investing in Trends
• Chapter 1: Taking the Nickel Tour of Cannabis Investing
• Weighing the Pros and Cons of Investing in Cannabis
• Investing in Businesses That Touch the Plant or Those That Don’t
• Exploring Your Investment Options
• Finding Investment Opportunities
• Researching Investment Opportunities
• Planning Your Investment Strategy
• Investing in a Cannabis Business
• Chapter 2: The Political, Cultural, and Regulatory Landscape of Cannabis Investing
• Recognizing the Impact of Laws on the Industry
• Riding the Waves of Politics and Culture
• Accounting for the High Costs of Doing Business
• Chapter 3: What Is a Cryptocurrency?
• Beginning with the Basics of Cryptocurrencies
• Gearing Up to Make Transactions
• Making a Plan Before You Jump In
• Chapter 4: How Cryptocurrencies Work
• Explaining Basic Terms in the Cryptocurrency Process
• Cruising through Other Important Crypto Concepts
• Stick a Fork in It: Digging into Cryptocurrency Forks
• Chapter 5: Entering the World of ESG Investing
• Surveying the Current ESG Landscape
• Exploring What ESG Is (and Isn’t)
• Understanding ESG’s Impact on the Environment, Society, and Governance
• Using International Standards to Determine ESG Objectives
• Index
• About the Authors
• Connect with Dummies
• End User License Agreement