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8 Different Types Of Investments!

By Jerry J. Jansen On December 11, 2009 NO COMMENTS

Are you concerned about your financial future?  Do you need to put your kids through college a few years down the road?  Do you want to retire while you can still do more than rock in a chair?  Do you want to ensure your posterity the financial advantages that you lacked while growing up?  Do you want to live a reasonably comfortable retirement without a lot of financial worries? 

Most people do find themselves in some such situation, and many folks really have no idea how to go about investing their hard-earned money, or even the different types of investments that are available.  If your idea of investing involves a piggy-shaped ceramic jar or them underside of a mattress, fear not.  You have information about the different types of investments available right at your fingertips.

1.    Stocks: When you buy stock, you buy a piece of the company and any rights that go along with partial ownership.  The way to make a profit with stocks is to buy low and sell high or to receive stock dividends.  Stocks can be quite risky.

2.    Bonds: When you invest in bonds, you are actually lending money, usually to a government agency.  Bonds are much

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