This Guide will teach readers how to: - Understand how their investments work and how to protect themselves from unneeded risk taking and potential losses. - Be able to get a financial game plan to meet unique financial goals. - Learn Effective ways of continuing the investment learning process. - Be able to keep track of their investment professional and make sure they are doing what they initially promised. Because the guide will: - Provide financial concepts with easy to understand explanations. - Outline a simple way to create your own financial goals and plans. - Build confidence in the fundamental techniques of investing. - Provide inside information into the ways different investment professionals live and work; the ways they get compensated and the methods in which some can deceive and mislead you.