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Advice From Confident Investors

A few months ago, I asked readers to share their stories about how they became confident investors (see How to Be a Confident Investor. What you told me is that the spark can come from many different sources -- and that should encourage women who are still finding their way or who would like to inspire a new generation.

For starters, family members often play a key plans, and ." Make yourself financially literate, advises Andersson, who read the classic A Random Walk Down Wall Street,, along with Kiplinger's and Money magazines. "Life is short, so max out your 401(k) and learn to love the Roth IRA."

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