The Financial Times Guide to Saving and Investing for Retirement


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One of the most important financial plans you can have is saving and investing for your retirement. Quite simply, the success of this plan determines whether you’re going to live comfortably after you stop working. The Financial Times Guide to Saving and Investing for Retirement will lead you through a bewildering maze of financial tools and provide advice on crucial investment decisions. It provides everything you need to know about how to save and invest so that you can successfully plan for your retirement. It is packed with invaluable information on taxes, ISAs, pensions, investing across different assets and buying property. The Financial Times Guide to Saving and Investing for Retirement will help you: Identify your financial objectives and work out how to achieve them Learn how to invest for a specific goal and time Find out about taxes and other rules that may impact your wealth Understand why it’s essential to be actively involved in managing your post-work income The full text downloaded to your computer With eBooks you can: search for key concepts, words and phrases make highlights and notes as you study share your notes with friends eBooks are downloaded to your computer and accessible either offline through the Bookshelf (available as a free download), available online and also via the iPad and Android apps. Upon purchase, you'll gain instant access to this eBook. Time limit The eBooks products do not have an expiry date. You will continue to access your digital ebook products whilst you have your Bookshelf installed.




The Financial Times Guide to Investing


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The Financial Times Guide to Investingis the definitive introduction to the art of successful stock market investing. Beginning with the very basics of why companies need investors and explaining what investors do, Glen Arnold takes you through the practicalities of buying and selling shares. He describes different types of investment vehicles and advises you how you can be successful at picking companies, understanding their accounts, managing a sophisticated portfolio, measuring performance and risk and setting up an investment club. The second edition of this bestselling introduction to investing explains how the financial markets operate, shows you what you need to know to be successful and encourages you to follow and act on your own judgements. Thoroughly updated to help you invest with skill and confidence, new sections include: Online investing, website information and tools including screenshots and virtual portfolios as well as computerised counterparty trading Detailed updating of tax rates and legislation, increases in ISA allowances and revisions to capital gains tax A jargon-busting glossary to help you understand words, phrases and investing concepts Recent Financial Times articles and tables which illustrate and expand on case studies and examples Up-to-date statistics on the returns you can expect on shares and bonds Investing can be profitable and fun and The Financial Times Guide to Investing 2nd edition, explains step-by-step both the essentials of investing as well as describing how the financial markets really work. It details the practicalities of investing, such as how to go about buying shares and describes the variety of financial securities you can buy, from bonds and unit trusts through to exchange traded funds. Exploding the myths that only the wealthy can afford to buy and sell shares and showing you why you can be just as successful trading on your own as you would be by employing a fund manager, this authoritative guide book will help you build a profitable personal financial portfolio. What is investment The rewards of investment Understanding stock markets Using the financial media Buying and selling shares Pooled investments Investing in bonds Futures and options Financial spreadbetting Analysing companies and industries Mastering company reports and accounts Key investment ratios and measures Ticks of the accounting trade Managing your portfolio Mergers and takeovers Taxation and investors Measuring performance Investor protection Investment clubs




The Financial Times Guide to Investing


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THE FINANCIAL TIMES GUIDE TO INVESTING Two of the greatest myths about investment are, firstly, that financial assets and markets are hideously complicated and confusing, and secondly that you have to pay 'experts' to make far greater returns on your money than you could achieve on your own. In truth the most important things you need to know about investing are based on common sense. The Financial Times Guide to Investing will introduce you to the practical art of investing, and show you how to invest more successfully, whether you are actively involved in investing or simply thinking about it. In addition to providing a simple guide to understanding how financial markets operate, it will allow you to follow and act on your own judgements based on a case studies and worked examples, giving you the expertise to experiment successfully with shares, bonds, funds and derivatives. Comprehensive and authoritative, this is the definitive guidebook to building your personal financial portfolio and investing in the financial markets with skill and confidence.







The Financial Times Guide to Investing for Income


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Financial Times Guide to Income Investing is the complete reference guide for all investors wanting their shares and investments to provide market beating — and continuous — income. This book provides you with the necessary tools of the trade so you can work out the best strategy to follow guiding you through the mainstream, and not so mainstream, investment vehicles. Beginning with an introduction describing the basics of risk, return, volatility, structure, inflation and investing, the book introduces the simplest and safest products and funds before moving on to those higher risk strategies that will pay the highest income.




Retirement Savings and Investing for Beginners


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The Beginner’s Guide to “Retirement Savings and Investing” Welcome Newbie - who wants to save and invest for early retirement and financial freedom, no matter your age... Too young to think about retirement you say? Or too old now to save for retiring? Think again! It’s never too early or too late to begin your path towards future financial freedom through retirement. In fact, planning, saving, and investing for your retirement will be the most crucial decision you’ll make and action you’ll take in your life. Retirement should be the golden years that you have long prepared and waited for, where you can finally reap the fruits of your labor. It is the time where life should be worry-free and no longer revolve around work due to the limited amount of time you have left on this planet as well as the physical and mental constraint you naturally inherit as you get older. Rather, it should be the stage where you can look back and reflect on all your memorable experiences and enjoy all the best that life has to offer with families, friends, and all those who are important to you. However, you won’t be able to do so if you don’t have some means of financing your final years. You might as well be working yourself to death literally. But what about social security? The sad truth - social security may not be enough. The scarier part is that there is no guarantee that social security will still exist in the unforeseen and uncertain future as population continues to rapidly grow, in addition to the astronomical deficit that the government is already in with its ever-increasing spending. And let’s not even get into pension because it is becoming more extinct each year. First and foremost, you must be the one to steer and secure your own financial future. How? “Retirement Savings and Investing for Beginners” will guide you through: - All the different types of investment options and the best ones suited for you - Hidden methods of earning and saving more money during retirement - What are the ways to cut back on your spending and living expenses - Calculating how much money you’ll need to retire comfortably - The fastest routes you can take to reach your financial freedom ...on top of everything else that beginners need to know. So still think you’re too young for early retirement? You’ll discover how starting young with the luxury of “time” on your side can automatically make you a millionaire through the power of compounding. More importantly, don’t ever feel that you’re too late because that is detrimental only preventing you from taking action. Even if you didn’t start when you were young, you will at least have the extra advantages of experience, knowledge, and income to invest more and avoid costly mistakes that your younger self would have naively made. The best time to start is now! Don’t waste another second as time really is money when it comes to savings, investing, and retiring rich.




Smarter Investing


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The Financial Times Guide to Pensions and Wealth in Retirement


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This book will help you navigate your way through the complex maze of state, private, workplace and individual pensions, offering you a range of achievable solutions you can carry out yourself to make a significant difference to your retirement income. It explains the different types of pension that exist and offers expert advice on efficient ways to build a secure retirement and how to manage that security once you have retired.




Savings Fitness


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Many people mistakenly believe that Social Security (SS) will pay for all or most of their retire. needs, but the fact is, since its inception, SS has provided little protection. A comfortable retire. usually requires SS, pensions, personal savings & invest. The key tool for making a secure retire. a reality is financial planning. It will help clarify your retire. goals as well as other financial goals you want to ¿buy¿ along the way. It will show you how to manage your money so you can afford today¿s needs yet still fund tomorrow¿s. You¿ll learn how to save your money to make it work for you & how to protect it so it will be there when you need it. Explains how you can take the best advantage of retire. plans at work, & what to do if you¿re on your own. Illustrations.




The Financial Times Guide to Wealth Management


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The Financial Times Guide to Wealth Management is your definitive guide to preserving and enhancing your wealth and getting the most out of your finances. Whether you want to do it yourself, or get an overview of the basics so you can understand the experts, this book gives you the answers. Up to date with all the latest changes to UK pension, tax and legal rules, it covers everything you need to know in one easy to read guide.