Take extra care with stocks that sell for extraordinarily low prices.

Learn 7 basic types of stock you can invest in.

Bonds add safety but reduce your overall return.

Exchange-traded funds are a cross between index funds and stocks.

4 basic factors to a steady portfolio: stocks versus bonds, your personal goals, diversification, and rebalancing.

Learn ways to help you invest well.

Learn the differences between money-market funds, stock funds, and bond funds.

Mutual funds give us cheap and easy access to stocks and bonds (and other types of securities) to increase our wealth.

A stock is an ownership interest in a company.

Rebalancing helps you sell high and buy low.

Keep yourself on track to retire by adding diversity to your investment portfolio.

Your time horizon should determine your risk.

Disclosure allows you to see where your money is going.

Do you want to play it safe? Or are you in a position to be more risky?

Hopefully a dispute between you and your investment professional doesn't arise. But if it does, learn how to resolve them here.

Investment advisers and brokers are professionals: Expect to pay them.

Do you need a full-service, discount, online, or specialty brokerage firm? Or an investment adviser?

Fill out a form asking for things like net worth, annual income, age, investment objective, risk tolerance, occupation, and investment experience.

If you have little or no experience investing, hiring an adviser would be a good place to start.

Selecting investment help should be a careful process.

It takes only a short moment to protect your money.

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If you take out money too soon, you can be heavily penalized.

Your investment choices fall into three broad categories: stocks, bonds and cash.

Anyone who has earned income from a job and who is younger than 701⁄2 can contribute to a traditional IRA.

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Diversification can save you from volatile markets.

To find the right funds for your retirement portfolio, choose the fund types whose objectives and willingness to take risks match yours.

Don't fall victim to poor or illegal investment practices.

Asking good questions of your broker or investment adviser is important.

A Roth IRA is similar to an IRA, but with important differences.

The key to a successful retirement-investment plan lies not only in choosing the right investments but also in choosing the right place to keep them.

Learn the basics of setting yourself up for a good retirement.

Bonds add safety but reduce your overall return.

Learn 7 basic types of stock you can invest in.

To put your retirement plan on track and keep it there, you need to master a few basic financial rules.

A stock is an ownership share of a company.

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Investing strategies are based upon risk and reward.

Learn to spot investment fraud.

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