INVESTOPEDIA
(Investing 101) http://www.investopedia.com/university/beginner/beginner5.asp * INVESTING: PUTTING MONEY TO WORK FOR YOU!!!

* Define your risk tolerance. The shorter your time horizon, the more conservative you should be.

* There are many different ways you can go about making an investment. This includes putting money into stocks, bonds, mutual funds, or real estate (among many other things), or starting your own business. INVESTMENT VEHICLES

* There are no indisputable laws, nor is there one correct way to INVEST. One explanation for the appearance of contradictions in investing is that economics and finance are social (or soft) sciences.

* There is growth investing (earnings are expected to grow at an above-average rate compared to its industry or the overall market) and value investing (seeking stocks of companies that are believed to be undervalued by the market). Either way profit can be perceived.

* Bonds, Stocks, Mutual funds and Alternative Investments (Options, Futures, FOREX, Gold, Real Estate, Etc). Investing vehicles

* A portfolio is a combination of different investment assets mixed and matched for the purpose of achieving an investor's goal(s). Basic types of portfolios are aggressive investment strategies (those that shoot for the highest possible return) and conservative investment strategies (which put safety at a high priority).

* There are two basic styles of portfolio management: passive and active. A passive investor has no desire to try to beat the market and thinks choosing is too much effort. An active investor selects securities that will perform better than the overall market.

* Bonds are debt, whereas stocks are equity. By purchasing equity (stock) an investor becomes an owner in a corporation. By purchasing debt (bonds) an investor becomes a