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Tables of Contents for Dunnan's Guide to Your Investment$ 2001
Chapter/Section Title
Page #
Page Count
Acknowledgments
x
Your Personal Financial Calendar for 2001
xi
PART ONE Getting Started Investing
Special Advice for 2001
5
5
Building Your Personal Investment Pyramid
10
8
Finding Safe Places for Your Money: Banks, Money Market Funds, CDs, and Credit Unions
18
11
Protecting Your Cash and Your Investments
29
12
Moving from Saver to Investor
41
13
Investing with Mutual Funds
54
21
Using Closed-End Funds
75
4
The Collector's Almanac for 2001
79
10
How to Protect Yourself at an Auction
80
1
Deciphering Auction Catalogs
81
1
Getting an Appraisal
82
1
For Further Information
82
1
Going On-line
83
1
Cyberspace Collecting
83
6
PART TWO When the Bears Are Out of the Cave
Bond Basics: How to Make Money with Corporate Bonds
89
10
U.S. Treasuries and Savings Bonds
99
10
Convertibles: Income Plus Appreciation
109
5
Municipal Bonds: The Last of the Tax Shelters
114
9
Nontraditional Bonds: Zeros, Junks, and the Mae Family
123
14
PART THREE When the Bulls Are Running
Stocks: Common and Preferred
137
17
Nasdaq, Over-the-Counter, and Penny Stocks
154
7
Utilities
161
5
Options
166
12
Stock Rights and Warrants
178
6
IPOs
184
5
PART FOUR High Risk for High Returns
Foreign Stocks, Bonds, CDs, and Currencies
189
13
Commodities
202
7
Precious Metals
209
3
Financial Futures and Market Indexes
212
7
Splits, Spin-Offs, Small-Caps, Spiders, and Stock Buybacks
219
10
PART FIVE You and Your Account
Finding the Best Professional Help
229
15
Managing Your Brokerage Account
244
16
On-line & Wireless Investing
260
15
Dunnan's On-line Directory
267
8
PART SIX Financing Your Lifestyle
Housing: Buying, Financing, Renting
275
11
Family Finances: Children, College, Parents, Financial Gifts
286
15
Employee Stock Options
301
2
Retirement Life: Where to Live, Where to Work, Reverse Mortgages
303
7
Social Security, IRAs, Keoghs, 401 (k)s, and Pension Plans
310
23
Insurance and Annuities
333
18
PART SEVEN Taxes and Your Investments
Beating the IRS: Deductions, End-of-the-Year Moves, and Other Breaks
351
10
An Alphabetical Directory of Your Investments and Their Tax Status
361
14
PART EIGHT Your Customized Portfolio for 2001
What to Invest In
375
46
If You're Just Out of School
375
2
If You're Newly Married or Living Together
377
1
If You Have a Family
378
1
If You're an Empty Nester
379
1
If You're Retired or About to Be Retired
379
1
If You Have or Are Starting a Small Business
380
1
If You've Just Been Fired or Laid Off
381
6
APPENDIXES Investment Analysis and Information Sources
A Managing Your Money with a Computer
387
3
B Behind the Scenes: How to Read Annual Reports
390
5
C Using Technical Indicators
395
8
D Where, What, When: Stock Exchanges, Indexes, and Economic Indicators
403
8
E Glossary: Wall Street Jargon Made Simple
411
10
Indexes
421