Invest Successfully and Protect Your Assets: How to Match Your Investment Plan with Your Life Goals

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In this witty and eye-opening guide, Certified Financial Planner and Chartered Mutual Fund Counselor Rick Johnson shares his no-holds-barred approach to investing. With more than twenty years of experience in financial services, he empowers hard-working Americans like you to design a successful investment portfolio and build a financial strategy that is fully aligned with your personal values and life goals. Johnson debunks commonly held myths, exposes misconceptions, and delivers plenty of practical advice and relevant, real-world techniques and secrets for: Avoiding the usual'and costly'mistakes that even professionals make; Determining how much risk you can tolerate; Setting reasonable, achievable expectations (and then meeting or exceeding them); Designing a custom portfolio centered on your individual values, needs, and goals and taking into account future contributions, expenditures, and withdrawal needs; Investing for good markets and bad markets at once; Selecting and hiring a professional; And, ultimately, making more money by investing less aggressively. With Johnson's grounded advice, you'll not only keep your assets'you'll grow them. With vigilance, dedication, and discipline, you will live more richly, achieve your goals and dreams, and know that your sound financial strategy will give you the future security you need.