Women's Investment Guide

Authored by J. Michael Ham, founder of J. Michael Advisors, was written back in 1996, when the word Women and Investments did not exist in the title of any published works.

Chapter 1 Why this book and why now?
Boomers turning age 50 every 7.5 seconds
Chapter 2 Investing : 101
Stocks and their markets, History and explanation
Chapter 3 Mutual Funds : 101
A commonly misunderstood investment | types of mutual fund
Chapter 4 Bonds : 007
America's favorite investment!
Chapter 5 The 4 Principles of Investing :
Compounding | Asset Allocation | Time, not Timing | Inflation Hedge
Chapter 6 International Investing
Why and How
Chapter 7 Risk
What causes it; How to recognize & Reduce it
Chapter 8 Intermission - Introspection
Chapter 9 The Baby Boomers
What they mean to your investments
Chapter 10 To Load or Not To Load
Do-It-Yourself Mutual Funds
Chapter 11 Retirement Planning
What's the rush?
Chapter 12 Professional Financial Advisors
Do I need one? Finding a good one.
Chapter 13 Fear and Investing
A survey, a study, a soliloquy
Chapter 14

Retirement Plans and Vehicles
What are the best types of plans

Epilogue Tying it all together
Let's recap the concepts
Bibliography  
Glossary Investment Definitions Galore