The Bad News is that you can’t compete with the big boys on Wall Street. The Good News is that you don’t have to try.
Secure your investment gains and supercharge your results with this down-to-earth analysis of investing fundamentals
Via powerful and unique insights, Ignore the Hype: Financial Strategies Beyond the Media-Driven Mayhem teaches readers how to keep their focus squarely on time-tested strategies for meeting their financial goals without getting distracted by a constant barrage of news headlines. The book takes a common-sense approach to the financial world that’s ideally suited to the everyday investor. It covers topics including:
• How to avoid competing against hedge funds in a game they’ve rigged
• What you can do today to avoid taxes tomorrow
• Wall Street’s Dirty Secret: Forecasting is just guessing
• Why some of your investments have worse odds than a casino game
• How the media circus can derail your financial plans
• Surviving a world where financial advisors don’t have to act in your best interest
Ignore the Hype emphasizes the difference between short-term trading and long-term investing, how to filter the constant onslaught of information coming your way from every angle and separate the valuable content from the noise, and how to build a foundation for investment success based on common sense and academic research.
Does Crisis Equal Opportunity?
The pandemic of 2020 created a global economic and financial crisis. But within that crisis may lay the seeds of opportunity, and the steps you take today can set you on the course to financial freedom.
Retirement Revamp: Financial Planning in Times of Crisis focuses on the current pandemic, how it has impacted the economy and financial markets, and opportunities the crisis may offer you.
You’ll learn:
•How the stock market selloff can set you up for a tax-free future
•Tips and strategies for surviving financial hardship
•How new government programs can help you through these tough times
•Changes the IRS has made and how they can cut your tax bill
•Answers on how to get the most from your government rebate
•Whether now is the time to refinance your mortgage
•How to position your portfolio for an eventual recovery
You can’t control a pandemic or its impact. But by reading this book, you can learn how your responses to current events can help you survive, and even thrive, in the years to come. Because, in the end its up to you to decide if this crisis equals your opportunity.
Harness “the most powerful force in the universe” to help meet your goals
From compounding, which Einstein called "the most powerful force in the universe," to investor motivation and asset allocation, money manager Brian Perry has put together an easy-to-understand primer for those heretofore uninterested in financial matters. His easy-to-follow guidebook is perfect for the student just starting out in the workplace, as well as for those who — at any age — have been uninterested in the basic tenets of investing and wealth creation. Written with a keen teacher’s voice, From Piggybank to Portfolio deserves a place on every financial newbie's desk.