{"product_id":"how-to-invest-50-5-000-10e-the-small-investors-step-by-step-plan","title":"How to Invest $50-$5,000: The Small Investor's Step-by-Step Plan (10th Edition)","description":"\u003cp\u003eSmall sums still need a place to go. Nancy Dunnan's guide walks a first-time investor from a $50 savings account up to a first portfolio.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReadical Key Points\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTenth edition, published in December 2009; its tax, rate and account details date from that year\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eArranged by amount, from the first $50 (banks, credit unions, savings bonds) to $5,000 and beyond (bonds, a beginner's stock portfolio, REITs, foreign stocks)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCovers IRAs, Keogh and SEP plans, 401(k) plans, Treasuries, money market and mutual funds, index funds and ETFs\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAppendices on saving, college tuition, scams and losing a job, plus a glossary of Wall Street terms and an index\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePaperback, 272 pages\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDunnan opens with a personal financial calendar, then climbs a ladder of dollar amounts. Each part matches a sum to the accounts and investments she considers suited to it, starting with insured deposits and ending with individual stocks, real estate investment trusts and what to do with a windfall. Chapters explain how each option works, in the plain step-by-step format the publisher describes.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWritten for beginners with modest savings, it works as a map of the options and the vocabulary behind them. Contribution limits, interest rates, tax rules and the websites it lists have all changed since 2009, so readers should confirm current figures with the IRS, their bank or a licensed adviser before acting on any chapter.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eNancy Dunnan has written many books on personal finance, among them \u003cem\u003eNever Call Your Broker on Monday\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eThe Dun and Bradstreet Guide to Your Investments\u003c\/em\u003e, and has appeared as a financial commentator on CNN and CNBC.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCondition:\u003c\/strong\u003e Brand New and Readical Ready.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eReadical™ is an independent bookstore and reading-products brand built around a simple idea: books matter most when what we learn leaves the page and enters our lives.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eApply the Page. Get Readical™.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Harper Business","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47854468661397,"sku":"NEW-ING-PB-0061935166","price":19.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0800\/5861\/3909\/files\/57_2eca4996-442d-4520-b9ea-25b98f11418c.jpg?v=1787902362","url":"https:\/\/readical.com\/products\/how-to-invest-50-5-000-10e-the-small-investors-step-by-step-plan","provider":"Readical","version":"1.0","type":"link"}