The Women’s Guide to Successful Investing

Chapter 1 Wealth Accumulation Is an Attitude: Investing for Your Future Requires a Few Goals and Much Less Capital Than You Think

Chapter 2 Why Women Make Excellent Investors: Women Inherently Display the Traits Required for Successful Investing

Chapter 3 In Order to Get There We Need to Know Where We Are Going: Establishing Financial Goals Informs Successful Savings and Investment Plans

Chapter 4 Developing an Investment Discipline That Will Achieve Our Goals: For the Diligent Student and Practitioner, Investing—Like Any Skill—Can Be Perfected; Matching Our Investment Strategy with Our Goals Is Paramount

Chapter 5 Developing an Investment Discipline That Will Achieve Our Goals—Continued: The Stock Market Is a Tug-of-War between Fear and Greed; Arm Yourself with the Tools to Succeed

Chapter 6 Construct Your Portfolio Like a Dinner Party Invitation List: Holdings Should Be Balanced and Behave Well If Things Get Out of Hand

Chapter 7 Meet Your Research Team: A Smartphone and Sirius XM Radio Account—Accessible and Timely Financial Information for Busy Women

Chapter 8 Apple Computer—A Case Study in How to Select a Core Holding: A Role Model Investment You Will Want to Emulate

Chapter 9 A Case Study of a Stalled Luxury Brand—Coach, Inc.: Whether Coach Bags Fit Your Budget or Style, We Can Learn a Great Deal from This Former Darling

Chapter 10 Stocks to Own for a Lifetime: Identifying Industry Leaders Provides the Conviction Required to Buy Stocks We Are Willing to Hold for Decades

Chapter 11 ETFs to Own for a Lifetime: How Women Investors Can Get Their Groove Back

Chapter 12 Five Critical Lessons and Warnings: Don’t Touch a Hot Stove, Don’t Talk to Strangers, and Other Lessons for the Ages

Chapter 13 Eleven Intelligent Investing Rules—And One More for Good Measure: Rules for Women to Invest By

Chapter 14 If You Are Going to Hire a Professional Investment Advisor, Let’s Make Sure You Hire the Best: You Really Can Do This on Your Own but for Those of You Who Won’t, Consider the Following Guidelines