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Summary: Easy to read and understand, two thumbs up!
Review: KISS - Keep it simple and stupid. This is one of the best personal finance books that I've ever read. I managed to finish it over the last weekend. Excellent for beginners like me!
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Summary: Very good; spring for this one - it's worth it
Review: I laughed my head off reading this one, but I also learned a lot. The deal is, he knows what the real world is like, so he knows where ordinary investors might get side-tracked. I read this book so many times that I literally broke the spine of the book (it was a paperback).
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Summary: Indeed The Only investment guide you will ever need
Review: This is a must buy if your are interested in getting your finacial future heading in the right direction. It includes very useful information on every thing from the basics, like insurance needs to helpful tips on getting started in the market. I for one am very glad to have read this book and suggest you do the same.
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Summary: Free money -- Just read the book!
Review: I am a young, starting out investor and this book is excellent. All investment concepts are clearly explained and all points to be made are direct and to the point. Besides offering the reader strategies on investing for the future, it also talks about how to save money now by offering practical, consumer-sided knowledge that would be helpful to anyone looking to make their fortune. All concepts which were once foreign to me (bonds,t-bills,money markets, IRA's, 401K's,etc) were clearly explained along with when to invest in these securities, and the advantages and disadvantages of investing in them. For the price, the knowledge contained in this book will pay for itself many times over.
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Summary: The secret is out: Money grows, but not on trees!
Review: Andrew Tobias presents a valid introduction to investing in this book, much of which I am fortunate to have learned from my parents. He has helped me to clarify many of their investing actions. The mechanisms for "growing money" have worked for my parents; now, they are now working for me. Money may not grow on trees but, with the thoughtful investing practices discussed, it does grow. Thanks, Andy, for confirming many of my investment philosophies. Although if people start living "by the book", I may not be able to keep ahead of the game.
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Summary: Useful and very interesting
Review: Reading this book is a bit like listening to
Andrew Tobias prattle on about this and that
for a few hours. Fortunately, his prattling
is interesting, entertaining, and laden with
good advice for the potential investor.
The book covers a range of personal finance
and investment topics, and is filled with
interesting anecdotes that drive his points home.
While not as complete a guide as "Personal
Finance for Dummies", it goes into
slightly more depth on some investment subjects,
and the informal structure may appeal to those
turned off by guides that resemble textbooks.
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Summary: Read this book now. Keep it. You will want to read it again.
Review: One of the best investment book I have ever read. Reads fast and easy and reminds us of things we sometimes forget about. Helps to put us back on track. Gave a copy to my dad for Christmas last year. We both said we will reread it before the year 2000. One of the few I recommend
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Summary: The best personal finance book I've ever read.
Review: Entertaining, humorous, easy to understand, and thoroughly logical. I read the first version about 10 years ago, followed the advice, and saved a bundle. I only wish I'd discovered it sooner. I read the new
version a few months ago and it's even better. Not only that, but once you start reading it, you'll WANT to finish reading it, which is more than I can say for the other 50 or 100 financial-self-help books I've read.
By the way, Tobias writes a free daily column on the Web that's
almost always worth checking out: http://www.ceres.com
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Summary: listen up kiddos, don't get too greedy
Review: Andrew Tobias weaves through the dizzy world of T-bills, municipal bonds, alternative minimum taxes, and a host of esoteric personal finance topics. But the bottom line he preaches is simple: be happy living on less than you make, and save the rest in safe no load mutual funds, diversifying between domestic and international stocks. Tobias tries to assure most of us average Joes that we are a fool if we think we can outsmart the Warren Buffetts of the world, so don't go crazy speculating on individual stocks. At best, you will make a broker happy. At worst, you will lose your shirt. There now - I just saved you $14 you can add to your no load mutual fund account (lol).
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Summary: Great book to learn more about finance
Review: It is really the only investment book you will ever need. It covers lots of basic materials. When I first read the book, I thought it lacked details. However, it gave you enough information so that you can dive deeper into other topics on your own. If you are a beginner to investment, that is the best book you will find. Another comparable book would be "The Motley Fool Investment Guide : How The Fool Beats Wall Streets Wise Men And How You Can Too"
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