Kathy Kristof
Author of Investing 101
About the Author
Kathy Kristof writes a twice-weekly personal finance column for the Los Angeles Times, which is nationally syndicated to more than 40 million readers in major newspapers across the country. She appears frequently on radio and television, including regular appearances on PBS's Nightly Business show more Report. And as the mother of two, she, too, is facing down the tuition tiger! show less
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Investing 101 by Kathy Kristof
This review was written for LibraryThing Early Reviewers.This is a rather basic book on investing. In the past 12 months we have re-evaluated so many assumptions about investing and finance in general - this book reads almost archaic.
This review was written for LibraryThing Early Reviewers.As the title says, this is definitely structured as a basic personal finance book, to assist those who wish to understand the incoming and outgoing process, in a very hands-on, non-technical approach. Beneficial to all as a good resource to check on various aspects of the financial jungle, as we attempt to balance our budgets - maybe the government should read this book!
It seems like a good intro. My copy was written during the dot.com build-up, but before the crash, so the chapter on tech stocks is pretty interesting historically. Most of the rest of it seems solid, though, even years later. Mine is an older edition than the one shown.
This review was written for LibraryThing Early Reviewers.Investing 101 is a great book for anyone whether just starting out or you have been investing for a while and need to refresh what you know. This book explains many different aspects of investing. The explanations are easy to follow and detailed.
there are however, a couple of drawbacks with the book. First if the book came out today in Dec 2008 the examples of the worst and best days of the stock market would be different. Secondly many of the examples deal with inflation. I wish this book would talk about how to prepare for recessions, depressions and other calamities that could hit. How can someone prepare for any impending financial crisis would be nice if only a few pages.
Finally the problem with a book like this is that the information can become dated. i imagine that if I had read this book a year ago the information would have been dead on and the example would have been great. Today one just does not know how the market will go.… (more)
there are however, a couple of drawbacks with the book. First if the book came out today in Dec 2008 the examples of the worst and best days of the stock market would be different. Secondly many of the examples deal with inflation. I wish this book would talk about how to prepare for recessions, depressions and other calamities that could hit. How can someone prepare for any impending financial crisis would be nice if only a few pages.
Finally the problem with a book like this is that the information can become dated. i imagine that if I had read this book a year ago the information would have been dead on and the example would have been great. Today one just does not know how the market will go.… (more)
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