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Tables of Contents for No Bull Investing
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Introduction
vii
PART ONE PREPARATIONS
Want to Make More Money? Do These Things First
1
18
Who Am I?
4
5
A Few of the Things I Learned and Why I Want to Share Them with You
9
10
Beginnings, Dangers, and Directions
19
14
Of Course You Want to Take Immediate Action!
20
1
The Dangers of Moving Too Slowly
21
1
Do It Alone or Get a Partner?
22
1
A Checklist for Successful Preparation
23
10
Marriage, Money, and Family
33
12
Investing and Marriage Issues
33
1
Harnessing the Synergism of a Two-Income Family
34
1
Life Insurance on Both Partners: Term, Convertible Term, or Other
35
2
Tax Considerations and Strategies
37
1
Planning for the Financial Burden of Having Children
38
2
Protecting Your Assets from Legal Ramifications
40
2
You and Your Spouse as Investment Partners
42
3
Self-Knowledge: Your Practical and Emotional Selves
45
10
Investor Behavior
46
4
Mastering the Psychological Aspects of Investing
50
3
The Majority Is Usually Wrong---Don't Forget That!
53
2
Setting Financial Goals
55
26
Many Investors Have Been Losers
58
5
Victims of the System
63
1
A Few General Rules to Get You Started
64
9
The ``Boring'' Part of Setting Financial Goals
73
8
PART TWO STRATEGIES AND ALTERNATIVES
The General Investment Model
81
20
An Overview of the General Investment Model (GIM)
81
11
The Setup, Trigger, and Follow-Through Method (STF)
92
4
The STF in Detail
96
3
Summary
99
2
The Method
101
28
Selection and Timing of Investments
102
4
Introducing the Method
106
3
Introducing Momentum
109
2
How to Calculate Momentum
111
1
What Does Momentum Tell Us about a Market?
112
1
Divergence and Changes in Trend
113
4
Timing, Timing, Timing
117
3
Where Do I Get the MOM?
120
1
Practice, Practice, Practice!
120
9
Gamble or Invest Your Way to Wealth?
129
14
The Instant Age
132
1
Contradictions, Conflicts, and Consistency
132
1
Narrowing the Field of Choices
133
4
How the Stock Market Can Be a Gamble
137
1
How the Stock Market Can Be an Investment
138
1
How the Stock Market Can Be Used for Trading
138
1
Real Estate and the General Investment Model
139
1
The Good News and the Bad News in Futures Trading
140
3
Strategies for a Shoestring Budget
143
14
The Three Shoestring-Budget Starting Levels
145
1
$5,000 Available Starting Capital
146
1
How Dollar Cost Averaging Works
146
5
Drip Your Way to Success
151
1
Less Than $2,500 Available Starting Capital
151
3
A Few Portfolio Suggestions for Beginners and Small Investors
154
3
Getting Serious: Strategies Beyond the Shoestring Budget
157
20
From $5,000 to $20,000
157
1
More Than $10,000 but Less Than $25,000
158
1
More Than $25,000 but Less Than $50,000
159
1
More Than $50,000
159
1
Investing in Precious Metals and Coins
159
3
Protecting Yourself with Investments in Rare Coins
162
6
Numismatics and Numismatic Coin Investment Programs
168
2
Guidelines for Investing in Coins
170
2
Fast and Furious---The Hottest Games in Town
172
5
PART THREE LOOKING AHEAD
Staying Ahead of the Curve: Emerging Opportunities
177
4
What's Ahead in the Area of Technological Breakthroughs?
178
3
Summary and Final Thoughts
181
14
A Perspective on Investor Psychology
181
6
Economic Yin and Yang: Cycles of Boom and Bust
187
4
Markets Have a Life of Their Own
191
1
Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow
192
2
Summing Up the Lessons Learned
194
1
Keep in Touch
194
1
Appendix: Practice Charts and Analyses
195
12
Online Resources
207
2
Index
209