Investing can often be like riding a roller coaster—your portfolio will likely experience euphoric gains and nail-biting loses. With choices ranging from stocks and bonds to mutual funds and real estate, the need for sound financial advice has never been greater.

The updated Kiplinger's Guide to Investing Success, from the editors of Kiplinger’s Personal Finance magazine, will give you the knowledge and perspective you need to reach your investing goals—from how to define those goals to tips for creating a diversified portfolio with the most effective investment vehicles to help you reach them.

Kiplinger's Guide to Investing Success includes valuable worksheets, charts and graphs as well as standard financial formulas and a glossary of terms. People of all income levels will find this book a ""must-read"" for creating the right investment plan.