Step One: Put-and-Take Account This is the first savings instrument you should establish when you begin making money. For most people, the put-and-take.

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Step One: Put-and-Take Account This is the first savings instrument you should establish when you begin making money. For most people, the put-and-take account is a checking account. A checking account holds the money that you're going to need immediately (or soon) plus a little extra for emergencies. You can take money out of this account by writing checks for car payments, clothes, etc. Experts recommend that you set aside three to six months' net pay in your checking account. So if you're making $50 a week working at the movie theater, your goal for the put-and-take account should be $600 to $1,200. This first stage is very low-risk; that's a good thing, because you don't want to gamble with the money you're counting on to pay the electric bill!

Step Two: Beginning to Invest After you're established a stable put-and-take account (meaning that you're NOT running out of money in your checking account each pay period), you can move on to beginning investments. These first investments should be low-risk instruments that you're not very likely to lose money on bonds or mutual funds, for example you probably will earn a relatively low rate of return on these investments, but giving up the potential of higher returns for more security is worth it at this stage. Most people begin this stage in their twenties or thirties, when their budgets and spending are stable and they begin to have excess cash. Getting an early start is important. If you start early, your money will have more time to earn more money for you! That's why it's important to get your put- and-take account established as soon as you can. If you are a 17 year-old and have your put-and-take account under control, you can get a head start on the next stages and and a head start on other investors!

Step Three: Systematic Investing When you have established your beginning investments, you can move on to investing on a REGULAR and PLANNED basis. For most people, this is a commitment to invest a set dollar amount every pay period, usually in stocks, mutual funds, or annuities. Goals for this stage are long-range; you're going to see the best return from this kind of investment if you continue with it for 20+ years. Typically, people enter this stage in their thirties and forties, when their earning potential is the highest. Here again, starting early is important. The 17 year-old who has a stable put-and-take account and begins investing early might be ready to jump into systematic investing at age 20.

Step Four: Strategic Investing The fourth stage is for investors who have set up a stable put-and-take account, dabbled in safe beginning investments, and established a systematic investing plan. When you have extra money above and beyond those your money for those commitments, you can begin strategic investing, which is managing your portfolio (your collection of assets) with an eye on balancing out losses and gains in different investment instruments. The key here is diversification: making sure you're not keeping all your eggs in one basket. Since stocks and bonds often respond in opposite ways market conditions, many people invest in both to balance out potential losses. Goals in this stage are medium-term: five to 10 years.

Step Five: Speculative Investing The fifth and final step is speculative investing in penny stocks, junk bonds, or collectibles, for example. Speculative investing involves high levels of risk, but it also has the potential to yield high returns. (You've probably noticed the relationship between risk and potential return in the world of economics the greater the risk you take, the greater your potential return.) Some people never do engage in speculative investment, preferring to avoid the heightened level of risk that is involves.

1. Hello. My name is Erick! I'm 53, my kids are through college and out on their own, and I have what I feel is a pretty healthy, diversified portfolio of stocks, bonds, mutual funds, and real estate. I'm earning more on dividends and interest payments than I need to support my family right now, so I'd like to find something to do with this money to make it grow. What should I consider? (ANSWER: Erick should move up into speculative investing with his extra money. The key: he has a diversified portfolio - the goal of step four - and money left over, which means he's ready to move on to the fifth step.)

2. Hi, I'm Monique! I'm a high school senior and I've been saving money from my landscaping job for a couple of years now in a savings account. I've got enough in the account to cover a couple months bills and some unexpected needs, and my parents say that I have enough money to consider investing it in order to earn a greater return. (I'm earning.8% interest on my checking account now. THAT'S not going to make me a millionaire any time soon.) What should I do? (ANSWER: Since she already has her put-and-take account under control, Monique can move on to beginning investing. She should try low-risk investments, and she should be prepared for lower returns than she might earn from riskier investments. This would be a good time to talk about being patient and knowing that not losing this money is more important than reaching for the highest rate of return that you can find.)

3. My name is Felicia. I've been working as a pharmaceutical sales representative for just two years now, but I've already started investing a little bit of my money. Right now, I have a checking account, a money market account, and I've started buying small bonds. I am beginning to earn a little more money, and I'm starting to think about future goals, like buying a house, helping my kids pay for college, retirement... all things that are more than 10 years down the road. What would you advise me to do at this point? (ANSWER: She's got her put-and-take account under control and she's already started her beginning investments. Since Felicia's thinking about long-term goals, she's ready for systematic investing, where she chooses an investment and commits a certain percentage of her income to that investment over a long period of time.)

4. Hi! My name is James. Right now, I'm 34 years old and I own a local cooking specialty store. Through my credit union, I have a share account (this is the account I write checks out of to pay for day-to-day necessities). I've also dabbled in mutual funds and am currently investing 5% of my monthly income in Tyson stock. I'm starting to have some leftover money from my paycheck and from Tyson dividends; what should I do with it? (ANSWER: James is currently in the systematic investing stage because he's putting 5% of his income into stock. He's ready for the strategic investment stage, where he looks at his portfolio and focuses on diversification. He should look for the investments that are going to give him the greatest return in 5 to 10 years.)

5. Hello! My name is Susan. I'm a 30 year-old nurse, and I have a checking account, but I usually end up running out of money at the end of the pay period. I'm trying to invest in things that will make my money grow, but it seems like I've been picking the wrong ones. I find a stock that has gone up a lot recently, and I buy some, but then it usually goes down pretty quickly and I sell it to get rid of it. What am I doing wrong? How can I really make my money grow? (ANSWER: The problem here is that our nurse has skipped a stage or two that's why she's having trouble. She needs to get her put-and-take account under control before she starts investing. And when she does start looking at stocks, she should avoid the risky ones that are better reserved for the speculative stage.)