Make Yourself a Millionaire : How to Sleep Well and Stay Sane on the Road to Wealth

by Zhang, Charles C.

• ISBN13: 9780071409827
• ISBN10: 0071409823
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2003-03-14
• Publisher: McGraw-Hill

Summary

Easy-to-follow personal finance guidelines--from #1 Rated Financial Advisor with American Express Financial Advisors Charles Zhang became one of today's most nationally known and trusted financial advisers by stressing sanity and sensible investing over dubious, get-rich-quick tricks and schemes. In Make Yourself a Millionaire, Zhang transfers his program to the printed page. Far from a confusing, all-or-nothing approach, this book outlines a clear and rational approach to organizing and planning all aspects of a financial life. How do different investments work? How much insurance is too much? Zhang answers these questions and more as he discusses: Recommended investments for virtually any portfolio Asset allocation techniques that work Actual examples of success and disaster The role of insurance as a key element in a portfolio All major financial instruments: stocks, bonds, funds, REITs, cash

Author Biography

Charles C. Zhang, C.F.P., Ch.F.C., C.L.U., C.M.F.C., C.F.S. is rated American Express's #1 financial adviser and is the face of American Express in several of the company's national ads. He is ranked as one of today's premier financial advisers by Worth.

Lynn L. Chen-Zhang, C.P.A., C.F.P. is a financial adviser with American Express Financial Advisors.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments	p. ix
The First Step	p. 1
An Investor's Best Friend--Asset Allocation	p. 21
Guerrilla Warfare: You Versus Your Portfolio	p. 37
I Own That Company!	p. 51
The Shopping Mall of Investments	p. 71
Help! I'm Running out of Money!	p. 93
The Steady Staples of a Well-Balanced Portfolio: Bonds, Cash, and REITS	p. 107
When Good Investing Goes Bad	p. 133
Harvard, Yale, or Your Local Community College: What Can You Afford?	p. 153
Make April 15th Your Favorite Day	p. 169
Guarding Against the Financial Pitfalls of Death	p. 197
Financial Suits of Armor	p. 217
Why You Shouldn't Count on the Government's Help for Your Retirement	p. 245
Where Do You Want Your Money to Take You Today?	p. 279
You Can't Take It with You	p. 315
Glossary of Financial Terms	p. 335
Index	p. 341
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