You don't need shelves of thick, complicated textbooks to become a better, smarter investor.

All you need are the big ideas found inside the AAII Investor Library.

Each of these five books is written by our editorial staff, in the clear, understandable style you expect from AAII publications. We've made liberal use of charts, graphs and tables to explain and illustrate important concepts. And we use actual stock, bond and mutual fund examples, so you can more easily grasp how to "do the math" for your own situation.

If you want to increase your investment success—if you want to have a ready reference to help you with virtually any investment decision—these are the books to own. You can order one, two, three, or all four books at entirely no risk, because your purchase is backed by AAII's no-quibble Money-Back Guarantee.

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A complete "how-to" investing resource you'll turn to time and time again. You'll quickly learn:

• Balancing risk and return
• Reducing risk through diversification
• Determining your own personal investment profile
• Guidelines for asset allocation
• Implementing your investment plan
• Possible stock selection strategies
• Special considerations when investing for income
• Monitoring and maintaining your portfolio
• Finding out more about mutual funds
• How to choose outside investment expertise

The single product price is $12 for members; $15 for non-members.

Discover how to do your own fundamental analysis to uncover potential winners. You'll become proficient at:

• Gathering information on companies
• Analyzing a company's financial condition
• Determining the value of a stock
• Understanding financial ratios
• Screening stocks by various strategies
• Using your computer for stock analysis
• Finding undervalued stocks
• Using analysts' estimates to your advantage
• Special considerations for evaluating utility stocks
• Following the stock selection principles of Peter Lynch

The single product price is $16 for members; $21 for non-members.

Helps you put asset allocation theory into practice to improve your portfolio's returns. You'll thoroughly understand:

• Differences between portfolio combinations
• How life cycle changes affect asset allocation
• Which assets should be included in your investment portfolio
• Calculating your current asset allocation
• Making the transition to a new allocation strategy
• Strategies to reduce your tax liability
• Monitoring your stock-picking ability
• Measuring your portfolio's performance
• Fine-tuning your portfolio during working years
• Keeping your portfolio in balance during retirement years

The single product price is $12 for members; $15 for non-members.

Here's everything you need to know about planning a successful retirement, from the independent source you trust. You'll easily grasp:

• Determining how much you need to save
• Understanding your various income sources
• What role Social Security will play
• Developing an investment plan for your retirement savings
• Advantages of investing in a 401(k) plan
• Interpreting your 401(k) plan statements
• Making the most of your 401(k) plan participation
• Whether Guaranteed Investment Contracts are appropriate for you
• How IRAs might figure into your retirement picture
• Whether or not a Roth IRA is right for you

The single product price is $12 for members; $15 for non-members.

A comprehensive guide to the winning strategies and techniques of Benjamin Graham, Peter Lynch, Warren Buffett, Philip Fisher, David Dreman, William O'Neil ... and others. You'll quickly learn:

• Proven stock-picking approaches from legendary investors
• How to select profitable areas of the market to concentrate in
• How to make stock valuation estimates like a pro
• The fundamental and technical indicators favored by successful investors
• How to create and implement your own successful stock-picking strategy
• How to screen for winning stocks
• Successful sell rules
• What stock strategies to employ in different market segments

The single product price is $16 for members; $20 for non-members. ENTIRE SERIES:

MEMBER PRICE: $54
NON-MEMBER PRICE: $68