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Title: The Complete Idiot's Guide to Investing for Women by Jennifer Basye Sander, Alpha Group, Anne Boutin, Jim Brown, Alpha Development Group, Jennifer Baysep Sander, Ann Boutin, Jennifer Bayse Sander ISBN: 0-02-862942-6 Publisher: Alpha Books Pub. Date: 30 December, 1998 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $18.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.25 (4 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: Good bye loneliness.
Comment: I got this book from my friend Bernie who recently purchased it.
What a GREAT book! I never imagined that, in these days of political correctness, that anyone would have the nerve to address this issue publicly but here it is and all I can say is thank you it's about time.
Previous to this book I was just shoving money into my mattress hoping to have enough one day to get a woman. Not much of a plan really. Now with this book I have a structured plan and I hope to meet my objective with in the year.
Thanks Bernie!
Rating: 4
Summary: Something for everyone (not just Women)
Comment: The title is investing for women. The reality is general investment information that all can use. Like anything else something you don't know or think you do not know is scary. Of course after you have mastered it you say "No big deal"
If you have used other "Complete Idiot's" guides then you know the information is broken-down into small bites and approached with helpful hints. The book comes complete with a reference card. In the computer industry they are known as quick cards. This card gives you:
"Sixteen Basic Topics that must be evaluated"
"Five Reasons Women need to Invest Now"
"Five Important Ingredients for Stock Selection"
"Five Important Things to do Before You Begin"
"Five Common Errors to Avoid"
"Three Questions to Ask an Advisor or Broker"
I am not going through the detail as that is why you are buying the book. However the subjects covered include budgeting and lifestyle. The book can not cover everything however it discuses 401k information with not hit that there are a multitude of other investments like 403B.
Why 401K's exist and other devices to empower the individual are best explained with out all the jargon so after getting the practical from this book go for the theory. "The Capitalist Manifesto" by Louis O. Kelso
Rating: 3
Summary: Should be called "Women's Guide to Personal Finance"
Comment: I'm a woman, and this is the first book I have ever read on investing, so I guess you could say I'm the book's target audience. It covers a very broad range of topics, which surprised me at first as I was really looking for a guide on how to invest in the stock market. I did find the other chapters useful, but I found that overall, this book offers a cursory glance at many topics, rather than an in-depth guide to how to invest.
The first two chapters are a wake-up call to women. A real kick-in-the-pants is that "Of the category of Americans referred to as the elderly poor, 75% are women." In following chapters they touch on a very broad range of subjects, such as how to sort your mail (no kidding!), why to cut up your credit cards, how to buy a car, how to buy a home, why you need to write a will, etc.
The chapters that are actually on investing and retirement did give me a good introduction to understanding the basics of 401K and the different IRAs. I particularly liked the chapters on Investment Clubs and Stocks. But I found that they tried to cover so much (with not enough real-life examples), that I got rather lost in the terminology sometimes, and found myself reading the same paragraph over and over...for example, on the section about mutual bond funds, if someone can explain this sentence to me I'd be much obliged: "The fund calculates the total resale value of all the bonds then divides that large number by the number of shares in the fund to determine the price you pay for the fund and the price you can get when you sell your shares of the fund someday." Argh!
Anyway, I found this book to be a good "jumping off point" and am now on to reading more, so I would say that Sander and Boutin have accomplished their goal as far as I'm concerned. Thanks, ladies!
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Title: Ernst & Young's Financial Planning for Women : A Woman's Guide to Money for All of Life's Major Events by Ernst & Young LLP, Elda Di Re, Andrea S. Markezin, Sylvia Pozarnsky, Barbara J. Raasch, Freida Kavouras, Paula Boyer Kennedy, Jacqueline Hornstein ISBN: 0471316458 Publisher: John Wiley & Sons Pub. Date: 18 December, 1998 List Price(USD): $16.95 |
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Title: The Complete Idiot's Guide To Personal Finance in Your 20s and 30s (2nd Edition) by Sarah Young Fisher, Susan Shelly, Grace W. Weinstein ISBN: 0028643747 Publisher: Alpha Books Pub. Date: 10 April, 2002 List Price(USD): $19.95 |
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Title: Investing for Dummies, Second Edition by Eric Tyson ISBN: 0764551620 Publisher: For Dummies Pub. Date: August, 1999 List Price(USD): $21.99 |
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Title: Wall Street Journal Guide to Understanding Money and Investing by Kenneth M. Morris ISBN: 0684869020 Publisher: Fireside Pub. Date: 02 August, 1999 List Price(USD): $15.95 |
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