IFYF Acknowledgments

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

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

This course is the result of hundreds of hours of time devoted by dozens of individuals. Special appreciation is extended to the following people who assisted with the writing and editing and reviewing of Investing For Your Future:

Principal Investigator:

• Barbara O’Neill, Rutgers University

Authors:

• Patricia Q. Brennan, Rutgers University
• Joyce Christenbury, Clemson University
• Linda Kirk Fox, University of Idaho
• Connie Kratzer, New Mexico State University
• Irene Leech, Virginia Tech
• Barbara O’Neill, Rutgers University
• Katherine Philipp, U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission
• Nancy Porter, Clemson University
• Jane Schuchardt, U.S. Department of Agriculture
• Joan Witter, Michigan State University

Reviewers:

• William Bailey, U.S. Department of Agriculture
• Claudia Kerbel, University of Rhode Island
• Chris Koehler, Washington State University
• Alma Owen, Purdue University
• Janice Shelton, University of Arizona
• Mary J. Stephenson, University of Maryland

Project Staff:

• James A. Brennan, ActiveWeb Consulting, Freehold, NJ
• Beth Hazen, Willows End, Cortland, NY
• Gary Huntzinger, Manager, Cook College Computing Services

Washington DC Consumer Focus Group:

Lisa Ghebresill Assie; Connie D. Austin; Carolyn S. Barbarito; Dolores Langford Bridgette; Terri J. Brooker; Gina Davis; Theresa E. Davis; Mi Cha Goewgy; Doris M. Green; Pamela Gussom; Jack Hardy; Mildred L. Harris; Jacqueline Johnson Hayes; Barbara J. Katz; Craig Miller; Sakinah J. Munir; Sylvia Pilkerton; Katherine Philipp; Brenda L. Robbins; Linda Schneider; Jane Schuchardt; Lynne M. Smith; Diane White.

Roanoke, VA Focus Group With Professional Financial Educators and Counselors:

William Bailey; Nancy Bolitho; L. Ann Coulson; Charlotte F. Crawford; Regina Dolan; Connie Kratzer; JoAnn Linck; Ruth Lytton; Joseph A. Onesta; Linda Rady; Gwen Reichbach; Joseph L. Sgarwata; Steven S. Shagrin; Mary J. Stephenson.