Investing Unit 8: About the Author

• Introduction
• Unit 1: Basic Building Blocks of Successful Financial Management
• Unit 2: Investing Basics
• Unit 3: Finding Money to Invest
• Unit 4: Ownership Investments
• Unit 5: Fixed-Income Investing
• Unit 6: Mutual Fund Investing
• Unit 7: Tax-Deferred Investments
• Unit 8: Investing Small Dollar Amounts

• Investing Tax-Deferred
• Buying Stocks
• Buying Fixed Income Investments
• Unit Investment Trusts
• Mutual Funds
• Summary
• Action Steps
• About the Author

• Unit 9: Getting Help: Investing Resources
• Unit 10: Selecting Financial Professionals
• Unit 11: Investment Fraud

• Study Guide
• Action Steps
• Monthly Investment Messages
• Glossary

Author Profile

Barbara O’Neill, Ph.D., holds the rank of Professor II at Rutgers University. She was a family and consumer sciences educator in Sussex County, New Jersey from 1978 to 2004 and is currently Extension specialist in Financial Resource Management for Rutgers Cooperative Extension. She is a Certified Financial Planner (CFP), an Accredited Financial Counselor (AFC), and a Certified Housing Counselor (CHC). Dr. O'Neill has written over 1,500 consumer newspaper articles and over 100 articles and abstracts for professional journals and conference proceedings. She is also the author of five books, three financial case-study books published by Rutgers University, and Saving On A Shoestring and Investing On A Shoestring, trade books published by Dearborn Financial Publishing.