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Start here first:

FAQ - Skeptics Read This
My Story and How to Use This 10 Minute Investing Kit

Chapter 1: Create Your Own Wealth – You Can Do It!    

What Kind of Money Do You Need?    
Where We’re Going    
Why You Should Listen To Me?    
Investor Types    
How to Use This Guide    
Let’s Get Started!    

Chapter 2: Investing 101 – The Basics You Need    

What Makes A Good Investment?    
Making Money    
Rate of Return    
Risk    
How Much Money You Need To Meet Your Goal    
Low Fees    
The Other Certainty: Taxes    
Summing it Up    
Why Most Mutual Funds Stink    
Minimize Transaction Costs    
Proper Asset Allocation    
Take Advantage of Tax-Deferred Accounts    

Chapter 3: Creating Your Plan and Putting It To work    

Step 1 – Write Down Your Investment Goals    
How to Fill Out Your Worksheet    
My Investment Goal    

Step 2 – Finding Your Best Fit Strategy

Step 3 - Revisit Your Strategy and Rebalance Once A Year    

Chapter 4: How to Navigate the Strategies    

10 Minute Investing Strategies At-A-Glance    
You Must Be This Tall To Ride This Ride    

Chapter 5: The Basic Strategies    

Strategy How-Tos    
Opening a New Savings Account    
Opening a Mutual Fund Account with Vanguard    
Opening a Brokerage Account with Fidelity    
Opening a Brokerage Account with Other Services    

Strategy #1 – Pay Off Your Debt    

Strategy #2 – Build Your Money Cushion    
Scenario A: Saving For An Immediate Goal (Three Years or Sooner)    
Scenario B: Saving Safely To Reach a Goal Within Three Years    
Scenario C: Save Cash to Build a Reserve Fund That Covers 3 to 6 Months of Ordinary Expenses    

Strategy #3 – You’re a STAR with Vanguard    

Strategy #4 – The Two Index Shuffle ETF Style    

Strategy #5 – The Conservative Two Index Fund Vanguard Shuffle    

Strategy #6 – The Moderate Two Index Fund Vanguard Shuffle    

Strategy #7 – The Conservative Two Index Fund Fidelity Shuffle    

Strategy #8 – The Two Index Fund Fidelity Moderate Shuffle Strategy    

Strategy #9 – Passive ETF Strategy    

Strategy #10 – The Slightly Worldly Index Fund Investment Strategy Using Vanguard Funds    

Strategy #11 – The Slightly Worldly Index Fund Investment Strategy Using Fidelity Funds    

Strategy #12 – Income Investing Through Dividend-Oriented Mutual and Exchange-Traded Funds    

Strategy #13 – The Global Investor’s Sophisticated Vanguard Strategy    

Chapter 6: Advanced Strategies    

Strategy #14 – Using the NoLoad FundX Method of Investing    

Strategy #15 – Investing in Foreign Currency: Chris Weber’s Max-Yield Strategy    

Chapter 7: A Not So Final Word    

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