Fund Your Future
Winning Strategies for Managing Your Mutual Funds and 401(k)
Introduction
Have you ever thought about your financial goals and how much money you would need to accomplish your dreams? What are
those dreams, anyway? Is it to send your children to college, to buy a house, to help your parents financially, to be
able to stop working for a living?
Are you putting away enough money for the future? How is your 401(k) performing? How do you choose among the investment
choices you are given? Is it better to buy individual stocks or mutual funds? Or should you invest in an IRA or in a
two-year CD? And by the way, what the heck is an IRA or a mutual fund, anyway? Confusing? You bet!
I used to think about my financial future and get so overwhelmed that I would end up fantasizing that I won the
lottery. With the jackpot in mind, I would let my mind drift, and I would list the many ways that I would spend the
money: a new house, a trip around the world, a shoe collection that would make Imelda Marcos jealous. I'd bargain with
my fairy godmother, promising to donate half my winnings to her favorite cha ... read full excerpt from: Fund Your Future: Winning Strategies for Managing Your Mutual Funds and 401(k) ebook
