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Investing money in long-term financial accounts can go a long way to ensure a comfortable retirement. Discover ways to invest money for the future with advice from a futures and options floor trader in this free video series on personal finance.
There are 9 videos in this series:
Becoming a day trader involves setting aside money to invest, and sitting down with other traders to learn the craft. Become a day trader, but only invest with money that one is prepared to lose, with tips from a futures and options floor trader in this free video on personal finance.
Buying and selling mutual funds requires researching each fund and assessing the level of risk one is willing to take when investing money. Discover more about investing in mutual funds, and how age should play a factor in how aggressive an investor should be, with advice from a futures and options floor trader in this free video on personal finance.
Becoming wealthy is a state of mind that differs with each individual and cannot be done without an investment strategy to obtain this goal. Become rich, either by living a comfortable lifestyle or through hard work and savings, with ideas from a futures and options floor trader in this free video on personal finance.
Ways to become a millionaire include setting aside money for savings, and building up a financial emergency fund. Strive to be a millionaire by changing an overall attitude about money with tips from a futures and options floor trader in this free video on personal finance.
Bonds are investment tools that companies use for loan purposes to break up debt into smaller monetary increments. Invest in bonds, which can come in 10 or 15 year payoff periods, with tips from a futures and options floor trader in this free video on personal finance.
Mortgage backed securities are a way of packaging several different mortgages into one financial instrument and having the owners pay the loan to the investor. Learn more about mortgage backed securities, and how interest rates affect payment values, with insight from a futures and options floor trader in this free video on personal finance.
A Roth IRA is a type of retirement investment account that an individual can start withdrawing from at the age of 59 and a half without paying taxes on it. Open a Roth individual retirement account by visiting a local financial institution with tips from a futures and options floor trader in this free video on personal finance.
Different ways of investing money include shares, bonds and property, or in something more physical, like gold bars. Before investing money, try to figure out if the intent is to have money keep its value or increase its value, with advice from a futures and options floor trader in this free video on personal finance.
One way to buy stocks is by contacting and purchasing them directly from a company itself. Figure out which companies sell stock directly to the public, and cannot be advertised by the business, with tips from a futures and options floor trader in this free video on personal finance.
Personal finance is the application of financial principles to the monetary decisions of an individual or family unit. It addresses the ways in which individuals or families obtain, budget, save, and spend monetary resources over time, while taking various financial risks and future life events into account. Components of personal finance might include checking and savings accounts, credit cards and consumer loans, investments in the stock market, retirement plans, social security benefits, insurance policies, and income tax management. In this free video series on personal finance, learn about investing from a futures and options floor trader. First, he discusses becoming a day trader, buying and selling mutual funds and becoming wealthy. Next, he talks about how bonds, mortgage backed securities and Roth IRA's work. Finally, learn about different ways of investing money and buying stocks directly from companies.
Mark Griffith Mark Griffith has graduated in economics and philosophy at Clare College, Cambridge. He has been a futures and options floor trader at LIFFE (London International Financial Futures Exchange). Griffith is currently working as a business journalist with the following specialist areas: energy, commodities and special currencies.dkdk
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