Basic economics -- What are stocks? -- Bonds, mutual funds, and ETFs -- Styles of investing -- Investing in real estate -- Currency and commodity trading -- Education and retirement planning -- Socially responsible investing -- Your investment portfolio -- Advice from the pros

"Traditionally, investments textbooks tend to fall into one of two camps. The first type has a greater focus on portfolio management and covers a significant amount of portfolio theory. The second type is more concerned with security analysis and generally contains fairly detailed coverage of...

Foreword -- Preface to the second edition -- Acknowledgments -- An investor?s guide to mutual funds -- Investing through mutual funds -- How mutual funds work -- Researching funds: the user guides -- Comparing mutual funds -- Appendix to Chapter 18: Gathering fund assets through retirement plans...