Financial Answer Center
Investing and Investments
- Basic Principles of Investing
- Introduction
- Fund Your Retirement Plans First
- Liquidity Needs
- Deposit Insurance
- Money Market Funds*
- Savings Bonds
- Emergency Funds
- Goals and Time Horizon
- Defining Risk
- What's Your Risk Profile?
- Why Take Any Risk?
- Asset Allocation
- Dollar-Cost Averaging
- Portfolio Management
- Buying Investments
- Putting It All Together
- Stocks and Bonds
- Mutual Funds
- Fixed Annuities
- Variable Annuities
- Other Investments
- Tax Planning
- Tax-Deferred and Tax-Free Investments
- Glossary
- Worksheet: Mutual Fund Shares