Radical Guides

The Radical Guide to Bonds

The Radical Guide to Bonds is a basic primer on bonds for retirees, those saving for their children's education, and those wanting to include bonds in a diversified investment portfolio. It outlines the challenges of buying bonds, and gives useful explanations of the different types of bonds, bond ladders, bond funds, and bond exchange-traded funds and their suitability for investors. Radical Guide to Bonds Table of Contents.

The Radical Guide to Online Bond Investing

The Radical Guide to Online Bond Investing is the solution for people who have already read The Radical Guide to Bonds and now want to know how to buy bonds in practice. Most people know how to buy stocks: it's easy to find price quotes, it's easy to know what the commissions are, and it's easy to find and understand the stocks you are looking for. But none of those things is true of bonds. This Guide is unique. It's written by a bond trading insider who understands the pitfalls of the bond market, and is full of insights that can help (and save money for) bond investors. Radical Guide to Online Bond Investing Table of Contents.

The Radical Guide to Credit Cards

Thought you got the most out of your credit cards? The Radical Guide To Credit Cards shows you how to choose and use credit cards for maximum profit. View the full, interactive Table of Contents. Or read how to avoid paying late fees ever again, how to maximize your credit card rewards, why air miles credit cards are generally a lousy deal, and how to avoid overspending with credit cards. Or find a no-brainer credit card deal here. The goal of the guide is to help you to avoid the expensive mistakes that most credit card users make. Radical Guide to Credit Cards Table of Contents.

The Radical Guide to Investing

The Radical Guide to Investing was written as a radically honest, free guide to investing using Exchange-Traded Funds (ETFs). Since then, it's been cited by The Wall Street Journal and The New York Times, and has been read by thousands of professional and retail investors. Written by  ETF Investor editor David Jackson, it includes a bullet-point summary of the entire guide and (like the other Radical Guides) allows readers to comment on each page. Radical Guide to Investing Table of Contents.

The Radical Travel Guide to Beijing, China

Want to travel to Beijing, China and be as comfortable as a native? The Radical Travel Guide to Beijing, China should help. It provides tips to navigate China's capital without any Mandarin Chinese language skills, and offers practical advice on everything from bargaining to avoiding tourist traps. China is not an easy place for a foreigner; this guide contains practical advice omitted by most other travel guides. Written by Ezra Marbach, who lived in Beijing and now writes The China Stock Blog, it also incorporates and welcomes readers' input from their own experiences; you can read and leave comments at the bottom of each page.  Radical Travel Guide to Beijing, China Table of Contents.

The Radical Guide to Life Insurance

The Radical Guide to Life Insurance helps you decide if you need life insurance - and if you do, what type is right for you. It explains the basics of life insurance and what you should be looking for in a policy, and highlights tools to find the best deals. The Guide is unbiased and independent. By explaining the ways life insurance agents and companies make money, it helps you to avoid the expensive mistakes that many other purchasers of life insurance make. Like the other Radical Guides, you can leave comments on every page and see other readers' thoughts. Radical Guide to Life Insurance Table of Contents.

June 8, 2005 | Permalink