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Safety in Numbers: Start An Investment Club

Learning together and sharing investing experiences can help you become a better investor at the Saratoga Library today, Saturday, Oct. 20.

The old adage “there’s safety in numbers” can be applied to investment clubs in more ways than one.

An investment club is a group of individual investors who come together to learn, share investing experiences and help each other become more successful investors.

Clubs provide education, camaraderie and buying power, plus the confidence of knowing you don’t have to go it alone.

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This Saratoga Library workshop will review the ins and outs of starting an investment club and the advantages of learning and earning with a group.  

Presenters include Janet Howaniec, instructor and current treasurer of the Silicon Valley Chapter of Better Investing (SVCBI), director of SVCBI since 2004; Vicky Powell, instructor and current SVCBI  secretary and director since 1998; Marion Michel, instructor  and current vice-president of SVCBI and director since 1998,  treasurer of her BI investment club. As instructors, Janet, Vicky and Marion teach seminars  on how to analyze stocks and mutual funds and how to use data services like ValueLine. 

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