The two key factors that will influence your investment plan are your risk tolerance and your investment objectives. Before beginning to select specific investments, you must first identify your objectives or goals. These goals create the framework through which each investment decision will be evaluated. You may be saving for retirement, trying to fund a college education for your children, or working toward the purchase of a new home. Depending on your age today, these goals may be years away or approaching very quickly. Consequently, you may need to invest in income-producing securities, or investments which have the potential to grow quickly. Or you may prefer to take a slower, less risky route to your objective. Your Morgan Keegan financial advisor can help you identify your goals, and then recommend the investments that would be most suitable for you.