Rating: 
Summary: Start your career as an economist with this book.
Review: Excellent book for the beginner. Explains stocks, bonds, mutual funds, futures, and options, as well as how the entire financial system, banks, and the Fed work. If you want to understand currency, trading, and the entire process in a very easy to understand format this is the book. For those of you who don't like to read, but love to learn buy this book! I promise you won't be disappointed.
Rating: 
Summary: Lean and to the point.
Review: For a newbie, this is a good book . Breaks it down for you, and shows direction. Not bad, thin - but very useful, tells more, in a nicer fashion - than books costing 5 times as much! Recommend it.
Rating:
Summary: Perfectly made book; the right way to explain diffic matters
Review: I am a German book author and I read the book during a Canada stay. I was really impressed by the style the book is written and the graphics are made. Since I wrote two books about the same matters (stocks, bonds, funds) I always tried to use the style, but German publishers are afraid of the costs. Anyways. Congratulations to the authors.
Rating:
Summary: Good Book
Review: I am a professional financial advisor. I use this book with clients. When I have a new client that starts with me I typically get them a copy of this book. It is the most consise and easy to understand book on money and investing that is available today. I believe that everyone that has to deal with money should use this. I promise that you will take something away from it everytime that you refer to the book. You should keep this book near a place that you watch tv or read. This way when you here or see something that you may a question on, this book will be an easy reference.
Rating:
Summary: A great "dictionary" to investing
Review: I had finally gotten out of credit card debt, and now that I had money to invest, I hit Amazon and looked for books to guide me in this task. I purchased this book (and two "For Dummies" books- to investing and mutual funds). I tell you this because if you are looking at this book for the same reason, I hope I can help. All the other reviews are right: it is thorough, consise, clear, friendly, colorful and explains "money." The subject matter of this book is identical to the Money and Banking class I had to take in undergrad (and have long since forgotten, but it looks familiar). What I wanted was a book that was more advice-oriented. While this book will NOT really fulfill this purpose, it does make for a fantastic dictionary- For example, if you are sitting there and the person on CNNfn tells you "something" about bonds, you can flip to the bonds section, and translate it for yourself. You can open up the stock pages and understand what all those mini numbers mean. They explain the basics of mutual funds. For these purposes, this book is truly excellent. Heck- it's more than a dictionary, it's one of those Foreign Language to English dictionaries- translating non-English words for you. So, if you want *advice* for investing- this ain't the book. But if you need a quick, clear and handy (it's a skinny book- a little bigger than a folded map) way to understand what's going on in Moneyland, this is great.
Rating:
Summary: Well Rounded Basics
Review: I just got this book a few days ago and have been very surprised and impressed by how well it is put together. It not only covers the basic fundamental topics necessary in understanding the system, but it also provides colorful and easy to understand diagrams that coincide with a plethora of information tidbits. A great book for the investing novice and ideal for anyone who needs some help filling in the gaps!
Rating:
Summary: A foundation for investing.
Review: I purchased this book six years ago so that I could start down the long road of learning how to invest my money. It is far and away the best beginning level investment book that I have ever seen! THE GOOD: 1) It starts from the beginning! It begins by explaining money, the Federal Reserve, and economic cycles. From there it moves on to stocks, bonds, mutual funds and futures & options. 2) It is simple! With its colored charts, simple paragraphs and real world examples even grade school kids can understand the concepts presented here. 3) It is concise! It gives you enough information so that you completely understand the concept, yet it does it in two pages! No more wading through economic textbooks looking for the meaning of "price/earning ratio." THE BAD: 1) It starts from the beginning. If you already know about money cycles, common and preferred stock or U.S. Treasury bonds then this book may bore you. 2) It is simple. Don't go looking for too much detail here. If you want detailed information about which mutual find to buy, look elsewhere. 3) It is concise. Once it covers the basics it ends. If you already know the basics, then you could be considered a graduate of this book. OVERALL: The title really says it all: it is a guide to understanding money and understanding investing. Once you understand the concepts you can move on to more detailed books.
Rating:
Summary: very informative
Review: I thought that this book was very informative of the basics of investing. The section of bonds and funds were great
Rating:
Summary: Best Money & Investing Primer for your Buck!
Review: I wanted to learn the basics of the stock market, but this book also provided a concise refresher in the basics of College Econ, Finance, and Money & Banking courses...the meat without all the detail (which we tend to forget anyway). If you're looking for a reader-friendly explanation of the complexities of money & investing, this is DEFINITELY the book to get!
Rating: 
Summary: A young and confused reader.
Review: I'm 15 and I read this book. What I have to say is that this book is confusing. If you do not know anything about money and ivesting, do not, and I say do not, buy or read this book. Now if you want to define some financial terms, this will help, a little.
| 
