Investing Unit 3: About the Author

• Introduction
• Unit 1: Basic Building Blocks of Successful Financial Management
• Unit 2: Investing Basics
• Unit 3: Finding Money to Invest

• Saving Money to Invest
• Strategies for Saving Money to Invest
• Steps to Breaking Habits
• Comparison Shopper
• Fund Investment Program
• Stretch Your Money
• Summary
• Action Steps
• About the Author

• Unit 4: Ownership Investments
• Unit 5: Fixed-Income Investing
• Unit 6: Mutual Funds
• 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

Author Profile

Joyce H. Christenbury, M.Ed., CFCS, is a Professor Emerita of Family and Youth Development Department with the Clemson University Cooperative Extension Service. As an Extension family resource management specialist, she provided leadership in the area of family resource management with an emphasis on helping individuals and families develop skills needed to cope with today’s complex marketplace. Professor Christenbury received her undergraduate degree in Home Economics Education from Winthrop University, Rock Hill, SC and her masters from the University of North Carolina at Greensboro in housing, management, and equipment. Prior to joining the Clemson faculty in 1973, Christenbury taught in the College of Home Economics at the University of Delaware in Newark, Delaware.