Investing Should Be Easy Second Edition: Why Investing Works: A Practical Guide for the Everyday Consumer

Investing Should Be Easy was written for the beginner to intermediate investor who needs a basic foundation in the principles of investing. Beginners will gain this foundation through a historic look of the markets, reasons to invest, an explanation of fundamentals, and recommendations with sample portfolios. You will take away from this book a strategy to invest without constant upkeep or review in order to provide a direction to reach long term goals such as financial independence. - How to manage your own money and pay yourself - How Investing can be as easy to learn as gardening- How to double your money every 7 years- How to minimize risk in a portfolio and understand your tolerance for risk- Why you need to ditch your mutual funds - How to maximize your return on investment - An overview of available investment accounts with recommendations- Understand how to build a sample or mock portfolio- An overview of the markets- Don't let your job pay you less (with your 401k and employee stock option plan)