ABSTRACT

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.

chapter 1|5 pages

Having Choices

chapter 2|10 pages

Six Basic Financial Habits

chapter 3|3 pages

A Brief Discussion of Risk

chapter 4|5 pages

The Raw Fundamentals

chapter 5|4 pages

Tax Talk

chapter 6|6 pages

All About Cash

chapter 7|7 pages

Banks and Credit Unions

chapter 8|4 pages

Your Cash Stash

chapter 9|4 pages

First Intermission

chapter 10|5 pages

The Basics of Bonds: Bonding

chapter 11|10 pages

US Treasury Bonds: Uncle Sam Wants You

chapter 12|4 pages

Municipal Bonds: Keeping It Local

chapter 13|5 pages

Corporate Bonds: Gems and Junk

chapter 14|3 pages

Second Intermission

chapter 15|8 pages

The Basics of Stock: Stocking Up

chapter 17|7 pages

Brokerage Firms: Take My Order, Please

chapter 18|6 pages

Choosing Individual Stocks: Going Shopping

chapter 19|8 pages

Stock Analysis: The Dreaded Data

chapter 20|3 pages

Third Intermission

chapter 21|8 pages

Mutual Funds: The Basic Ingredients

chapter 22|8 pages

Mutual Funds: The Flavors

chapter 24|4 pages

Fourth Intermission

chapter 25|11 pages

Retirement Planning

chapter 28|6 pages

Some Practical Applications for Investing

chapter 29|4 pages

Union Benefits

chapter 30|5 pages

Financial Advisers and Financial Planners

chapter 31|4 pages

Closing Comments: Curtain Call