Book description
People wanting basic advice about stocks, bonds, mutual funds,
retirement planning, and tax strategies are often frustrated by
information overload. Picking the right book seems as daunting as
deciding what to do with their savings and investments.
Investing 101: Updated and Expanded removes both roadblocks,
putting people on a path that they can understand and stick with.
Kristof is renowned for taking the mystery and anxiety out of
investing by keeping choices manageable.
Kristof walks readers through the entire investment cycle and the way
they think of their financial lives, rather than presenting
stand-alone concepts like stocks and real estate. This expanded
edition has new information about 529 college savings plans,
annuities, Roth IRAs, reverse mortgages, and why declining markets can
be good for you. It includes a cautionary look at home mortgages as
investments. There's even a portfolio for the lazy investor.
Kristof's loyal readership and the success of this book's first
edition demonstrate that she understands what's on the minds of
investors as intimately as she knows what's happening in financial markets.
Winner: Cover and Interior Design, The Bookbinders Guild of New
York/2009 New York Book Show Awards
Business writer Kathy Kristof is nationally known
for her weekly syndicated personal finance column in the LA
Times, which reaches 40 million readers online through more than
thirty major newspapers. Cited as “maybe the best reporter of all the
personal finance columnists" in the TJFR 1999 Blue Chip Newsroom
ranking of the top 100 American business journalists, she has received
numerous writing awards and honors, including the title of 1998
Consumer Advocate of the Year by the California Alliance for Consumer
Education. She is a sought-after speaker for investment conferences
and appears regularly on radio and television news programs. Kathy
lives in Los Angeles with her two children.
