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Summary: Mostly Fluff
Review: Instead of wasting your hard earned money on this, I recommend Eric Tyson's books; Investing for Dummies, Mortgages for Dummies and Personal Finance for Dummies.Ric Edlemen newest book is also a must read for solid financial advice. Tyson and Edelmen are both accomplished writers and genuine authorities in the financial field. Quinn is just a writer.
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Summary: Lot's of words--No Content..
Review: Although this book is over 1,000 pages long, the oly meat could have been summed up in 10-12 pages.Suggest Suze Ormans 'The Road to Wealth' or Eric Tysons 'Personal Finance for Dummies' for some real advice o what it takes to be financially succesful.Quinn is a good writer but is clueless on personal finance.
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Summary: Nonsense Money Advice!
Review: I'm relatively new to investing and bought this based on Quinn's presumes reputation. After reading this book, I can see why her newpaper column was cancelled.Her investment advice, besides being old, is also without basis and doesn't work. I recommend Investing for Dummies for some real advice on how to invest for profit.
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Summary: Common sense money advice!
Review: I loved this book. I am not experienced in investing or financial planning, but this book certainly makes everything easy to understand. The information about how to pick a mutual fund is invaluable and the reassuring advice on stock market investing makes you want to jump right in. This book is the perfect guide for getting your own finances in order for retirement, a college fund, or even just marriage.
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Summary: Interesting Opinion. Don't buy it!
Review: JBQ has to be the most opinionated writer of all time. Unfortunately, her opinions won't save or make you any money. If you are interested in this book, do what I did, read it at the library. Even though it is 1,000+ pages, most of that is fluff and you can get through it in a short time.Don't bother to take notes. Nothing in this book is worth writing down. It's that bad and I am being kind.
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Summary: Not the best use of your money - Yuck!
Review: The only one who makes the most out of their money if you foolishly buy this over-rated book is Quinn!Quinn's weekly newspaper column was cancelled last JANUARY due to a lack of reader interest. No one reads Quinn's material anymore. There are too many other good books out there to waste your time and money with this one.
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Summary: Didn't do anything for me
Review: I am new to personal finance but found this book pretty much a study of the obvious. More or less common sense. I am very dissapointed with this book.
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Summary: You can skip this book
Review: I have read over 75 financial books including this one by Quinn. Making the Most of Your Money is dead last in terms of quality and content.You can definitely skip this one. Not only is the few worthwhile pieces of information outdated, but most of the advice is downright misleading and can be hazardous to your wealth.Why do you suppose that the publishers of the dummies series and CNBC chose other, competent real "financial experts" instead of Quinn? Hmmmm??????Think about that!
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Summary: Not so sound advice!
Review: Unless you consider giving misleading pension advice, suggesting mutual funds that vastly underperform the market, recommending insurance advice that only makes your agent richer and home buying advice that includes buying into a toxic enviroment. Only the most naive to personal finance bought into Quinn's b.s. in the past and only a caveman would buy into it now. Terrible, terrible, terrible advice Quinn.
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Summary: Sound financial advice does NOT become outdated
Review: ... Rather, Quinn (Newsweek's financial columnist) will guide you in setting--and sticking to--a budget, obtaining adequate insurance of all types without overpaying, estate planning, building an emergency fund, finding better interest rates, buying T-bills and bonds, selecting a financial planner or broker, and many other financial activities. This is the most comprehensive financial guide on the market, and its explanation of the jargon and behavior of bonds is crystal clear.
Yes, Eric Tyson's "For Dummies" books are also good, but they are not perfect either. For example, Tyson warns against buying Treasury bills, notes, and bonds, because "they're not guaranteed, the government could default"! Honey, if the government ever defaulted, how secure would your FDIC-insured CDs be?!
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