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Investing For Canadians For Dummies® 3rd Edition
Contents at a Glance
Table of Contents
Introduction
How Savvy Investors Build Wealth
Conventions Used in This Book
Foolish Assumptions
How This Book Is Organized
Icons Used in This Book
Where to Go from Here
Part I: Investing Fundamentals
Chapter 1: Exploring Your Investment Choices
Getting Started with Investing
Building Wealth with Ownership Investments
Generating Income from Lending Investments
Considering Cash Equivalents
Steering Clear of Futures and Options
Passing Up Precious Metals
Counting Out Collectibles
Chapter 2: Weighing Risks and Returns
Evaluating Risks
Analyzing Returns
Considering Your Goals
Chapter 3: Getting Your House in Order before You Invest
Establishing an Emergency Reserve
Introducing a New Investment Option: The Tax-Free Savings Account
Evaluating Your Debts
Establishing Your Financial Goals
Funding Your RRSP
Investing for University
Taming Your Taxes
Choosing the Right Investment Mix
Protecting Your Assets
Part II: Stocks, Bonds, and Bay Street
Chapter 4: The Workings of Stock and Bond Markets
How Companies Raise Money through the Financial Markets
Understanding Financial Markets and Economics
Chapter 5: Building Wealth with Stocks
Taking Stock of How You Make Money
Defining “The Market”
Stock-Buying Methods
Spotting the Best Times to Buy and Sell
Avoiding Problematic Stock Buying Practices
The Keys to Stock Market Success
Chapter 6: Investigating and Purchasing Individual Stocks
Building on Others’ Research
Understanding Annual Reports
Exploring Other Useful Corporate Reports
Getting Ready to Invest in Stocks
Chapter 7: Exploring Bonds and Other Lending Investments
Banks: The Cost of Feeling Secure
Why Bother with Bonds?
Assessing the Different Types of Bonds
Buying Bonds
Being Wary of Private Mortgages
Chapter 8: Mastering Mutual Funds
Discovering the Benefits of the Best Funds
The Keys to Successful Fund Investing
Creating Your Fund Portfolio
The Best Stock Mutual Funds
The Best Bond Funds
The Best Hybrid Funds
The Best Money Market Funds
Chapter 9: Choosing an Investment Dealer
Getting Your Money’s Worth: Discount Brokers
Considering Full-Service Investment Dealers
Part III: Getting Rich with Real Estate
Chapter 10: Investing in a Home
The Buying Decision
Deciding How Much to Spend
Selecting Your Property Type
Finding the Right Property and Location
Chapter 11: Investing in Real Estate
Outlining Real Estate Investment Attractions
Figuring Out Who Should Avoid Real Estate Investing
Examining Simple, Profitable Real Estate Investments
Evaluating Direct Property Investments
Deciding Where and What to Buy
Digging for a Good Deal
Recognizing Inferior Real Estate “Investments”
Chapter 12: Real Estate Financing and Deal Making
Financing Your Real Estate Investments
Working with Real Estate Agents
Closing the Deal
Selling Real Estate
Part IV: Savouring Small Business
Chapter 13: Assessing Your Appetite for Small Business
Testing Your Entrepreneurial IQ
Considering Alternative Routes
Exploring Small-Business Investment Options
Drawing Up Your Business Plan
Chapter 14: Starting and Running a Small Business
Starting Up: Your Preflight Checklist
Financing Your Business
Deciding Whether to Incorporate
Finding and Keeping Customers
Setting Up Shop
Accounting for the Money
Keeping a Life and Perspective
Chapter 15: Purchasing a Small Business
Examining the Advantages of Buying
Understanding the Drawbacks of Buying
Prerequisites to Buying a Business
Focusing Your Search for a Business to Buy
Considering a Franchise or Multilevel Marketing Company
Evaluating a Small Business
Part V: Investing Resources
Chapter 16: Selecting Investing Resources
Dealing with Information Overload
Separating Financial Fact from Fiction
Chapter 17: Perusing Periodicals, Radio, and Television
In Print: Magazines and Newspapers
Radio and Television Programs
Investment Newsletters
Chapter 18: Selecting the Best Investment Books
Beware of Infomercial Books
Ignore Unaudited Performance Claims
Investing and Business Books Worth Reading
Chapter 19: Investigating Internet and Software Resources
Evaluating Investment Software
Investigating Internet Resources
Part VI: The Part of Tens
Chapter 20: Ten Investing Obstacles to Conquer
Trusting Authority
Getting Swept Up by Euphoria
Being Overconfident
Giving Up When Things Look Bleak
Refusing to Accept a Loss
Overmonitoring Your Investments
Being Unclear about Your Goals
Ignoring Your Real Financial Problems
Overemphasizing Certain Risks
Believing in Gurus
Chapter 21: Ten Things to Consider When You’re Selling an Investment
Remembering Your Preferences and Goals
Maintaining Balance in Your Portfolio
Deciding Which Investments Are Keepers
Tuning In to the Tax Consequences
Figuring Out What Shares Cost
Selling Investments with Hefty Profits
Cutting Your (Securities) Losses
Selling Investments with Unknown Costs
Recognizing Dealer Differences
Finding a Trustworthy Financial Adviser
Chapter 22: Ten Tips for Investing in a Down Market
Don’t Panic
Keep Your Portfolio’s Perspective in Mind
View Major Declines as Sales
Identify Your Portfolio’s Problems
Avoid Growth Stocks If You Get Queasy Easily
Tune Out Negative, Hyped Media
Ignore Large Point Declines — Consider the Percentages
Don’t Believe You Need a Rich Dad to Be a Successful Investor
(Re)Read Chapters 4 and 5
Talk to People Who Care about You
Index