AAII Investor Update

April 23, 2007

AAII's Investor Update highlights the ideas and advice needed to ensure a profitable financial future!

CONTENTS (scroll down to find topics of interest):

1. AAII Feature: "AAII’s Personal Finance Library Is Now Open" 2. AAII Commentary: "Investment Quality Control: The Importance of Risk Management" 3. Investor Survey Results: "In What Direction Are the Markets Heading?" 4. News You Can Use: "Guide to the Top Web Sites" 5. AAII.com Update: "The Big Picture: How to Decipher What the Market Is Saying" 6. Special Offer From AAII: "Investment Education & Market-Beating Portfolios"

1. AAII FEATURE --

"AAII’s Personal Finance Library Is Now Open" AAII’s Personal Finance library is designed to serve as a starting point for anyone interested in learning to become a better and more profitable investor. This library is open to the public and covers the following investing topics: portfolio management, personal finance, stocks, bonds and mutual funds. Further, AAII’s library has E-mail functionality so you can forward articles to a friend or family member! GO THERE NOW.

2. AAII COMMENTARY --

"Investment Quality Control: The Importance of Risk Management" This week, Chris Orndorff illustrates how modern quantitative risk measures can provide investors with a more accurate way of assessing the risk level of their portfolios and ensuring that their portfolio is performing as was originally intended. GO THERE NOW.

3. INVESTOR SURVEY RESULTS (an AAII exclusive)

This week's survey saw bullish sentiment rise to 46.94%, above its long-term average of 39.3%. Neutral sentiment rose to 23.47%, below the long-term average of 32.3%. And bearish sentiment fell to 29.59%, above the long-term average of 28.5%.

Bullish 46.94% 
Neutral 23.47% 
Bearish 29.59%

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4. NEWS YOU CAN USE

"Guide to the Top Web Sites" Our Best of the Net ratings go to investment Web sites that provide investment information or services that are useful, substantial and available for free or at a reasonable price. GO THERE NOW.

5. AAII.COM UPDATE --

Your financial IQ will greatly improve with these "how-to" investor articles. Click on any topic/article of interest below:

Stocks "The Big Picture: How to Decipher What the Market Is Saying" (Note: Requires Login) GO THERE NOW.
Personal Finance "Balancing Your Return Ideals With the Realities of Risk" (Note: Requires Login) GO THERE NOW.

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