This is our second post in a series about investment types. As 51 percent of Americans didn’t save for retirement in 2014, they unfortunately have so far missed out on the fourth longest bull market run in history. The most common reason survey respondents gave for not investing was they didn’t know enough about investing to invest. With this series, we hope to demystify investing.

Last week we discussed individual stocks, both common and preferred stocks. This week, we’ll discuss mutual funds. Next week we’ll discuss exchange traded funds or ETFs.

America is the J. Wellington Wimpy of nations, as its government and its people will gladly pay its creditors on some elusive Tuesday in the future for everything it wants today. An economy based purely on consumption cannot stand. An overemphasis on consumption eventually eats up nations like hypocrisy and racism, ironically, ate up Paula Deen. History is replete with examples of empires falling, in part, because of the financial instability of their debt.

Americans are not saving enough for retirement and are putting anything and everything ahead of this inevitable stage of life. Whether this is the fault of instant gratification, America’s anti-savings policies or because retirement seems too far in the future to plan for today is up for debate. Regardless of the reason, Americans are postponing saving for retirement and missing out on the three money magic tricks of investing. 

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51 percent of Americans didn’t save for retirement in 2014 and, unfortunately, missed out on significant stock market gains. The most cited reason for not saving for retirement is lack of investment knowledge.

Over the next several weeks, we’ll discuss the most common investments types. With this information, you can build a foundation of investment knowledge. You’ll be able to make better decisions as to which investments are appropriate for you or give you enough information to ask more questions.