Making the Most of Your Money
by Jane Bryant Quinn
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"The right choices in risky times. Jane Bryant Quinn knows how to find them, as readers of her personal finance columns--in Newsweek, Woman's Day and newspapers nationwide--can confirm. She's smart, doesn't skirt the tough questions, and doesn't bore you to death with complicated theories or formulas. She steers you away from financial schemes that promise you the moon. But she's not timid about investing. She urges you to take intelligent action, to seize opportunities in both good times show more and bad." "In Making the Most of Your Money, Quinn does on paper what good financial planners should do in person. She guides you toward organizing your financial life--without fuss or pain and in a way that is right for you. She shows you how to set sensible goals; critiques the expanding range of financial products (what's good and what's bad in mutual fnnds, stocks, bonds, real estate, fixed-income savings, and Wall Street's dubious exotica); and offers common-sense advice in all areas of personal finance-borrowing, saving, insuring, investing, and much more. Making the Most of Your Money tells you exactly what you need to know to stay on top of a changing economy." "Quinn's particular strength is to take you beyond the outworn assumptions of the past 20 years, to lay out the new money strategies that will dominate the 1990s. From this book you learn how to compensate for the downturn in incomes and property values; how to borrow intelligently in an era when loans are harder to get; how to earn more money by making wise investment choices; how to prepare for a future where Social Security won't be worth as much as it is right now. Here, you'll find all of her personal systems for balancing safety with prudent risk, explained in her clear and witty prose." "From building financial safety nets to choosing the right mortgage, from finding a better credit card to planning for college and retirement, Quinn shows you what works--and what doesn't. Families, couples, singles--in fact, all Americans who want to handle their money better--will find Making the Most of Your Money the single best financial guide to the decade ahead."--BOOK JACKET.Title Summary field provided by Blackwell North America, Inc. All Rights Reserved show lessTags
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It is interesting reading a book like this when you are almost 75. Most of the suggestions in the book do not apply because you have already accomplished them. I could have done well to have taken the premarital checklist....would have sa ved me a lot of grief. Postmarital ? Did not do this either. New baby checklist ? I did not plan, just took things as they came. I took on the day-care checklist at age 22 and worked through these issues.in what turned out to be good solutions for me at the time.
What the book is good for now is my grandchildren and even greatgrandchild. It is not outdated, old as it is.
What the book is good for now is my grandchildren and even greatgrandchild. It is not outdated, old as it is.
A decent primer on investment and savings. Newer editions are available.
-I got most of my financial advice from books. This was one of the best.
I kept checking this book out of the library and finally bought my own copy, which I still refer to on a regular basis.
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An excellent book for a generation used to spending money before they’ve earned it. Whether you are trying to go further on a small income or planning for the future by putting some money aside, Jane Bryant Quinn succeeds in showing that those who plan ahead often save. Furthermore, you don’t have to read the book from cover to cover to benefit, it works well as a reference to which you show more can return as it suits you. show less
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Jane Bryant Quinn was born February 5, 1939. She is a recognized as one of the nation's leading financial strategists. She has written columns in magazines such as Newsweek, The New York Daily News and Good Housekeeping. Her books "Making the Most of Your Money" and "Everyon's Money Book" were Book of the Month selections. She has contributed to show more the development of the financial software, Quicken which is a personalized financial planning guide. She has also appeared on CBS Morning News and Good Morning America. She is the recipient of an Emmy Award and the Gerald Loeb Award for a Lifetime Achievement and for Distinguished Business and Financial Journalism. 030 . show less
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