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Book Description

The old cliché about the "starving" artist may have a basis in reality, but it isn’t set in stone! The Thriving Artist provides valuable advice for the performing artist, whether you’re an actor, dancer, lighting guru, costumer, or stagehand, on investing, saving, and building a diversified and stable financial portfolio. Written specifically for artists who have fluctuating, uncertain, and sometimes limited streams of income, this book promotes an understanding of finances and the investment world for the artist by offering clear, basic explanations of how finances work and instruction on how to participate in them as an investor. It also provides unique strategies for integrating financial awareness and planning into your life as an artist, and how that can help to provide a better sense of financial security. With The Thriving Artist, author David Maurice Sharp guides you with unflappable good humor through the tricky financial waters that come with following your passion.

Table of Contents

  1. Cover
  2. Half Title
  3. Title Page
  4. Copyright Page
  5. Dedication
  6. Table of Contents
  7. List of Tables
  8. Foreword by Edith Meeks
  9. Acknowledgements
  10. Introduction
  11. 1. Having Choices
  12. 2. Six Basic Financial Habits
  13. 3. A Brief Discussion of Risk
  14. 4. The Raw Fundamentals
  15. 5. Tax Talk
  16. 6. All About Cash
  17. 7. Banks and Credit Unions
  18. 8. Your Cash Stash
  19. 9. First Intermission
  20. 10. The Basics of Bonds: Bonding
  21. 11. US Treasury Bonds: Uncle Sam Wants You
  22. 12. Municipal Bonds: Keeping It Local
  23. 13. Corporate Bonds: Gems and Junk
  24. 14. Second Intermission
  25. 15. The Basics of Stock: Stocking Up
  26. 16. Accrual Securities: A Snowball Called Compounding
  27. 17. Brokerage Firms: Take My Order, Please
  28. 18. Choosing Individual Stocks: Going Shopping
  29. 19. Stock Analysis: The Dreaded Data
  30. 20. Third Intermission
  31. 21. Mutual Funds: The Basic Ingredients
  32. 22. Mutual Funds: The Flavors
  33. 23. Exchange Traded Funds: A Different Kind of ET
  34. 24. Fourth Intermission
  35. 25. Retirement Planning
  36. 26. Intro to Insurance: Countering Risky Business
  37. 27. Investment Strategies: Climbing Up the Ladder and More
  38. 28. Some Practical Applications for Investing
  39. 29. Union Benefits
  40. 30. Financial Advisers and Financial Planners
  41. 31. Closing Comments: Curtain Call
  42. Glossary
  43. Index
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