REPORT

Due to rapid technological developments, engineers with different diverse background

can grow their wealth by making shrewd investments. A lot of the terminology in the
financial world are facing the beginners that can be learned prior to joining the financial
market. The earlier you join the financial market, the more prepared you are to take risks,
build capital and face losses. Investing is by no means easy, but that shouldn’t scare you
away. Instead, investing can open the door to a comfortable future.
Investment Strategies for Beginners:
There are many ways to invest in the financial market. Please provide describing the
purpose, pros and cons ( risk/reward) of each of the following investment vehicles based
on your research in 200 words paragraphs.
1. Target-Date Funds
2. 401(k)s
3. Roth IRAs
4. Mutual Funds
5. Exchange-Traded Funds (ETFS)
6. Financials
7. Real Estate
8. Commodities
9. Dow jones
10. Nasdaq
11. Russel 2000
12. Energy sector
13. Small Caz

Help from a Financial Resources:
There are a large number of sites on www from which information and guidance can be
acquired about each of the investment strategies listed above. For example, you will find
several sites if you use the key word “mutual fund” and “investment” in the search engine
of Google or Yahoo.
Report format:
 The report must be typed, double-spaced, using an easily-read font with standard
margins, on 8-1/2″ x ll” paper.
 It is expected that proper English grammar, spelling and sentence structure will be
used.
 It is a fundamental principle of academic integrity that the authorship of the
intellectual content of work that is submitted as part of a class assignment must be
fairly represented. Contributions of language and thought must be appropriately
credited; submissions that do not do so are not acceptable.