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Start Right with 3 Must-Do Steps

To see how to check each of these items off your “To Do” list, visit
www.investors.com/GettingStartedBook.

1. Get Started with Action Steps
Be sure to do the Action Steps you’ll find throughout the book.
Everyone learns differently, but I like to do as I learn. So I suggest you
complete the Action Steps in one chapter before moving on. It’ll help the
concepts sink in faster.

See How to Apply the Strategy with Free Videos
On the web page we created specifically for this book, you’ll find several
videos that give you an “in-action” look at the key rules and routines we’ll
cover in the pages ahead. Be sure to watch them! It’s an easy way to enhance
and expand on what you learn in the book.
You’ll find some overlap in the Action Steps from chapter to chapter.
That’s intentional. As legendary UCLA basketball coach John Wooden said,
“Repetition is the key to learning.” Going through each step in each chapter
will help you start investing correctly right out of the gate.

2. Activate Your Free Trial of IBD
Because this book is about applying the strategy you’ll learn, many Action
Steps are based on seeing what’s going on in the market right now:
• What stocks are in today’s IBD 50 or Stock Spotlight?
• Is now a time to buy stocks—or take defensive action?

• Do the stocks you’re looking at get pass—or fail—ratings in Stock
®
Checkup ?
If you don’t already have a subscription to IBD, you’ll need to activate
your trial to access some of the tools and features as you go through the
Action Steps.

3. Take Advantage of IBD’s Free Investor Training
We can all use some help when learning a new skill, and investing is no dif-
ferent. So don’t think you need to go it alone. Here are two free ways you
can jump-start the process and get answers to any investing questions you
may have.