Oreilly Media Personal investing: the missing manual, paperback/bonnie biafore

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Description Your financial goals probably include a comfortable retirement, paying for your kids' college education, and long-term healthcare.

But you can't reach those goals by putting your money in a savings account.

You need to invest it so it grows over time.

Three seasoned personal finance experts show you how in this jargon-free guide.

Investing demystified.

Get clear, real-world examples of why investing is crucial to your financial goals How to invest.

Learn how to evaluate four types of investment so you make the right decisions Hidden gems.

Discover lesser-known, low-cost investments that provide tax advantages Retirement, Education, Healthcare.

Find chapters devoted to the fine points of each of these big-ticket goals Flexibility.

Learn how to change your investment strategy as you age Choices.

Find an investment plan that's right for you -- whether you're a conservative investor or go-for-broke risk-taker About the author Bonnie Biafore has always been a zealous planner, whether setting up software demos, cooking gourmet meals, or scheduling a vacation to test the waters of spontaneity.

Ironically, fate, not planning, turned this obsession into a career as a project manager.

When she isn't managing projects for clients, Bonnie writes about project management, small business accounting, personal finance, investing, and technology.

She's also branching out into other dry topics with articles for the Wine Enthusiast.

As an engineer, she's fascinated by how things work and how to make things work better.

She has a knack for mincing dry subjects like accounting and project management into easy to understand morsels and then spices them to perfection with her warped sense of humor.

Bonnie is the award-winning author of more than a dozen books including Quicken 2009: The Missing Manual, Quick Books 2009: The Missing Manual, Project 2007: The Missing Manual, the Better Investing Stock Selection Handbook (which won an APEX Award of Distinction), Online Investing Hacks, an.