Reseña del editor:
Making your own investment decisions can be intimidating and overwhelming. Now more than ever, people are taking control of their financial futures by learning how to invest their hard-earned cash. With the second edition of the bestselling "Investing For Canadians For Dummies", the unbeatable author duo of Eric Tyson and Tony Martin show readers how to make the most of the stock market and other investment vehicles like mutual funds, bonds, and index funds. Updated for the 2nd Edition are - Investment options: new material on asset allocation: what it is and why it's important; Risks and returns: nw material on the often confusing concept of risk and how understanding it can help you make wiser investing choices; RRSPs: new information on RRSP grants, updated material on dollar cost averaging; Researching stocks: expanded material on earnings per share and dividend yield; Borrowing money: expansion and updates on coverage of high-interest rate accounts and money market funds; Mutual funds: new material on exchange traded funds, including holding funds in an RRSP, Canadian content rules, and clone funds; Investing in real estate: expanded coverage of this popular new investment tool; plus new material on small business and investing resources. "For Dummies'" success lies in how the books tackle a given topic. Rather than overwhelm the reader with complicated information, "For Dummies" books tell you just what you need to know to learn a given skill, in plain English (no fancy long-winded words) and with a dose of irreverent humour. Lighthearted, but not lightweight, the "For Dummies" series empowers readers to meet and master challenges in their lives whether it be managing finances, cooking a gourmet meal, or finding a job. Series features such as cartoons, humorous icons, and the Part of Tens, guarantee they'll have lots of fun doing it, too.
Biografía del autor:
Eric Tyson Eric Tyson is an internationally acclaimed and best--selling personal finance author, lecturer, and advisor. Through his work, he is dedicated to teaching people to manage their money better and to successfully direct their own investments. He earned a bachelor's degree in economics at Yale and an M.B.A. at the Stanford Graduate School of Business. An accomplished freelance personal finance writer, Eric is the author of numerous best--selling books including for Dummies books on Personal Finance, Mutual Funds, Taxes (co--author) and Home Buying (co--author) and is a syndicated columnist. His work has been featured and quoted in hundreds of national and local publications, including Newsweek, Kiplinger's Personal finance Magazine, Los Angeles Times, Chicago Tribune, The Wall Street Journal, and Bottom Line/Personal, and on NBC's Today Show, ABC, CNBC, PBS's Nightly Business Report, CNN, CBS national radio, Bloomberg Business Radio, National Public Radio, and Business Radio Network. To stay in tune with what real people care about and struggle with, Eric still maintains a financial counseling practice. Tony Martin Tony Martin is a nationally recognized best--selling personal finance writer, speaker, and commentator. Tony's focus is on providing Canadians with the means to understand the world of personal finance and the tools to better manage and grow their own investments. Tony has produced both television and radio programs about personal finance. He is the co--author, along with Eric, of the national bestseller Personal Finance For Dummies For Canadians. He also writes the popular and widely read Me and My Money column that has appeared in the Globe and Mail's Report on Business for many years, and which keeps him in touch with the real--life investment concerns and conundrums of Canadians. His work has appeared in numerous other publications, including The Financial Post, Readers' Digest, ie: Money, and Canadian Business, and he has reported or appeared on ROB TV, CBC Television, TVOntario, CBC Radio, as well as numerous other TV and radio stations across the country.
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