Summary

Reaching our financial goals can seem difficult, but with a balanced saving and investing plan, we have a much better chance of achieving success. The new Saving and Investing provides students with everything they need to know about this important financial lesson, including choosing the right bank, risk versus reward, the nature of stocks and bonds as investments, and much more. 

This accessible resource contains full-color photographs and illustrations, a bibliography, sidebars, quizzes, and more to help students get on the right path to financial security.

Chapters include:

• Financial Institutions and Compound Interest
• Risk and Return
• The Bond Market
• The Stock Market
• Other Investment Options.

Specifications

Full-color photographs and illustrations. Index. Bibliography. Glossary. Sidebars.

About the Author(s)

Julia A. Heath received a Ph.D. at the University of South Carolina and currently teaches economics at the University of Cincinnati. She is the director of the Economics Center for Education and Research at the university and has won several teaching awards, including the Carnegie Foundation U.S. Professor of the Year Award; the economics discipline's highest award, the Kenneth G. Elzinga Distinguished Teaching Award; and the Educator of the Year Award from the National Association for Financial Literacy.