Investing in your 20s & 30s for dummies - Eric Tyson

Learn to:

• Determine your investment timeline and goals


• Make sense of investment lingo


• Invest according to your unique investment style and financial situation


• Build a retirement portfolio

The easy way to make sense of investing when you're just starting out

Investing in Your 20s & 30s For Dummies
cuts to the chase by providing emerging professionals, like yourself, with the targeted investment advice you need to establish your own unique investment style. Covering everything from evaluating assets and managing risk to demystifying the phrase "diversifying your portfolio," this guide offers expert investment advice that you shouldn't be without.

• Investing 101
  get plain–English explanations of all the investing lingo you'll encounter, set and achieve common investing goals, and know what reasonable returns you can expect from various investments


• Lay the foundation
  discover the financial housekeeping you should do before investing and get to know the role bank and credit union accounts can play in your investment portfolio


• Get your feet wet
  find out how stocks and bonds work (and how to make money in them) and get the lowdown on investing in mutual funds and exchange–traded funds


• The sky's the limit
  get the 4–1–1 on more advanced and complicated investments worth considering, from real estate to small–business investing
  and everything in between

Open the book and find:

• What you need to know about risk and return


• Where to invest


• Ways to set and prioritize short–term goals


• How to pay off high–cost debt and build a safety reserve


• Ways to secure investment income and principal with bonds