The savvy investor's guide to avoiding pitfalls, frauds, and scams /
There are two important things you must do to be a savvy investor: make good investment decisions and avoid costly mistakes. As important as good investments are, one bad mistake can ruin the result of all your good decisions. In the second book in The H. Kent Baker Investments Series, investing exp...
Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
---|---|
Autores principales: | , |
Otros Autores: | |
Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
Publicado: |
Bingley :
Emerald Publishing,
2020.
|
Edición: | First edition. |
Colección: | Savvy Investor's Guide Ser.
|
Temas: | |
Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Intro
- The Savvy Investor's Guide to Avoiding Pitfalls, Frauds,
- Copyright Page
- CONTENTS
- ABOUT THE AUTHORS
- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
- Introduction to the Savvy Investor's Guide to Avoiding Pitfalls, Frauds, and Scams
- 1: Common Investing Pitfalls that Can Separate You from Financial Security and Success
- Pitfall 1. Failing to Learn about Investing: How Can a Lack of Investing Knowledge Cost You a Fortune During Your Lifetime?
- Pitfall 2. Underestimating Your Abilities: Is Being a Savvy Investor Only Reserved for Rich, Sophisticated, or Professional Investors?
- Pitfall 3. Thinking You're Special: Are You Oblivious to the Fact that Your Psychological Biases Can Make You a Terrible Investor?
- Pitfall 4. Not Having an Investing Plan and Sticking with it: Why are Goal Setting, Planning, and Implementation Crucial to Your Investing Success?
- Pitfall 5. Failing to Match Investment Style and Strategy with Personal Goals: Why is Identifying the Proper Investment Strategy So Important to Achieving Your Personal Goals?
- Pitfall 6. Not Having a Proper Time Horizon: Why Can Thinking Short-Term be Hazardous to Your Long-Term Wealth?
- Pitfall 7. Taking an Improper Level of Risk: How Can Excessive Conservatism or Risk-Taking Prevent You from Reaching Your Goals?
- Pitfall 8. Not Balancing Risk and Return: Why is Understanding the Risk-Return Tradeoff an Important Investing Principle?
- Pitfall 9. Investing Money You Can't Afford to Risk: When is the Right Time to Begin Investing?
- Pitfall 10. Not Investing on a Regular Basis: Why Investing on a Regular Basis is a Habit to Cultivate?
- Pitfall 11. Confusing Past Returns with Future Expectations: Why May Long-Term Averages be of Little Relevance to Your Current Investment Situation?
- Pitfall 12. Investing in Something that You Don't Understand: Why Should You Avoid Investing in a Business, Industry, or Security that's "Above Your Pay Grade"?
- Pitfall 13. Having Improper Diversification: What are the Implications of Over or Under Diversifying?
- Pitfall 14. Postponing Opening a Retirement Account: Why Do You Need to Start Saving for Retirement Early?
- Pitfall 15. Opting Out of an Employer-Sponsored Retirement Plan: Why Should You Take Advantage of an Employer-Sponsored Retirement Plan and Have Your Contributions Automatically Escalated?
- Pitfall 16. Ignoring Taxes, Fees, and Expenses: Why Should You Focus on Multiple Factors When Making Investment Decisions?
- Pitfall 17. Ignoring Inflation: Why Are Real Returns More Important than Nominal Returns?
- Pitfall 18. Failing to Have Enough Indexing: Why Does Indexing Make Sense for Most Individual Investors?