Rutgers New Jersey Agricultural Experiment Station | [Cooperative Extension of Morris County]

Saving and Investing

Investing on a Shoestring -- This class discusses ways to invest small dollar amounts that will grow over time, with an emphasis on strategies to find money to invest and investments that require small dollar amounts to get started.

Investing in Index Funds -- There is one sure-fire; bullet-proof way of beating the average investor. You buy an index fund. Index funds have ballooned in popularity since the early 1990's. Learn how to choose these efficient, low-cost funds that can be a complete portfolio or complement a portfolio of actively managed stock funds.

Developing a Personal Asset Allocation Strategy -- This workshop discusses the basic investing concept of asset allocation, historical performance of asset classes, and factors to consider when assembling a personal investment portfolio.

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