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The Fool focuses on the fundamentals of personal finance, offering information and advice for every budget and every stage of life. Includes updated information on using the Internet, managing investments while using them as a source income, giving to charity, and creating a portfolio for a child. Contents INTRODUCTION Our Fairy-Tale World $20 Million Patience Part I YOU HAVE MORE THAN YOU THINK You Have More Than You Think And a Bunch of People Want What You Have Surprise Them — Save It Instead You Can Get and Keep More Than You Think The Ten Most Common Financial Mistakes Part II INTERLUDE Make Your Dog a Trick Dog Part III AN INTRODUCTION TO INVESTING But Profit Off the Savings Your First Investments When Not to Invest A Stock Primer The First Federal Bank of Coca-Cola Obviously Great Investments Opening an Account Part IV AN INVESTING LIFE Buy What You Are Where Do I Fit? Become a Partner Getting Help Online The Ten Most Common Investing Mistakes Part V BEYOND Your First Few Months Investing The Fourteen Things You’ve Learned Here Quality of Life Appendix I: Scribes? Meet Printers! Appendix II: Books You Should Like Appendix III: Open Letter to the White House Glossary Acknowledgments Index
