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Bad Money: Reckless Finance, Failed Politics, and the Global Crisis of American Capitalism 52 reviews
Kevin Phillips
Viking Adult, 2008
We must act quickly
+ Wow
+ Too Tough for Most, Here is Short Version and Links
+ Great book if you have some knowledge of economics & securitization
+ Not Perfect But Still Very Worthwhile
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Killing Sacred Cows: Overcoming the Financial Myths That Are Destroying Your Prosperity 40 reviews
Garrett B. Gunderson
Greenleaf Book Group LLC, 2008
Killing Sacred Cows is New, Refreshing, and Counter Intuitive
+ Taking Inspiration from an Investing Book
+ Personal Responsibility & Your Finances!
I can summarize the reasons to buy this book:
(1) Financial Institutions, the media, family, friends, and financial advisors hype myths for their own benefit.
(2) You can't recognize a myth (a Sacred Cow) when you are in it until it's too late.
(3) The book covers 9 broad-based myths with ...
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How to Win Friends and Influence People625 reviews
Old LandMark Publishing, 2008
Life Changing
+ The ultimate system
+ Great book
+ How to Win Friends and Influence People: review by Jon Gillespie-Brown, Author "So you want to be an entrepreneur"
+ Read this and make a million bucks
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The Automatic Millionaire : A Powerful One-Step Plan to Live and Finish Rich294 reviews
David Bach
Broadway, 2004
David Bach is the greatest financial expert
+ A helpful guide on how to retire rich
+ Simple as it gets for financial/spiritual freedom.
+ A life changing book!!
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Bookkeeping For Dummies (For Dummies (Business & Personal Finance))8 reviews
Lita, MBA Epstein
For Dummies, 2006
Good to start
+ Great book
+ Very Pleased
This is a very good book to start understanding the subject of accounting and bookkeeping.
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The Richest Man in Babylon403 reviews
George S. Clason
Signet, 2002
Richest Woman in Bakersfield
+ Babylon sounds a lot like Bakersfield
+ Seemingly obvious advice, but often overlooked
+ Concepts of wealth
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The Richest Man in Babylon403 reviews
George S. Clason
Penguin Books USA, Inc., 1989
Richest Woman in Bakersfield
+ Babylon sounds a lot like Bakersfield
+ Seemingly obvious advice, but often overlooked
+ Concepts of wealth
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Your Money or Your Life: Transforming Your Relationship with Money and Achieving Financial Independence197 reviews
Joe Dominguez, Vicki Robin
Penguin (Non-Classics), 1999
How to be financially independant
+ Wish I'd followed this book's advice
+ I loved this book!
I have read over 50 books by all the most popular financial authors today, and I believe this classic from the early 90's is by far the best if your goal is to be financially independent from your job once and for all. The author himself actually became independent in his early thirties and ...
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Freakonomics - A Rogue Economist Explores The Hidden Side Of Everything, Revised and Expanded Edition1569 reviews
Steven D.; Dubner, Stephen J. Levitt
William Morrow, 2006
Freakonomics
+ SPNG vs CVKG
This is an entertaining look at economics and gave valid views on how our systems works.
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Credit After Bankruptcy: A Step-By-Step Action Plan to Quick and Lasting Recovery after Personal Bankruptcy170 reviews
Stephen Snyder
Bellwether Publications, 2005
Steven Snyder's system was very helpful for me
I declared in 2002 and was devastated. I'm sure everyone is but my morale and my sense of security were rotten. I had just moved to a new city on the other coast and strolling through unusually small bookshops, I came across the first edition of this book. It was illuminating to me, someone who had ...
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Personal Financial Planning9 reviews
G. Victor Hallman, Jerry S. Rosenbloom
McGraw-Hill Trade, 2000
Very thorough book.
+ Great Introduction to Personal Finance
+ Good book but there are better ones.
+ Excellent Book
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Jim Cramer's Stay Mad for Life: Get Rich, Stay Rich (Make Your Kids Even Richer)54 reviews
Cliff Mason, James J. Cramer
Simon & Schuster, 2007
MAD MAD WORLD
+ Still Great
+ Boo Yah!
+ 95.63% profits since March 20th trading the etf pro-shares
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Personal Finance for Dummies121 reviews
HarperAudio, 1999
Great tool for personal purposes.
+ Personal Finance for Dummies
+ Very informative and helpful; odd section on saving money
+ a must-have for kids on their way to college
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Fooled by Randomness: The Hidden Role of Chance in Life and in the Markets381 reviews
Nassim Nicholas Taleb
Random House, 2008
Methods of thinking and mental models worth learning
+ one of the "bestest" book ever
+ An insightful view of life
+ An Insightful Rant
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Rule #1: The Simple Strategy for Successful Investing--in Only 15 Minutes a Week!152 reviews
Random House Audio, 2006
Everybody even a fund manger should read it once
+ Rule #1 finally makes sense of it all
+ Great Investment Advice and an Easy Read
I just finished reading this book.
Everybody who does not have time to read and understand Warren Buffet's methodly for investing should read this once.
I would call this as 101 in investing.
I have several years of experience in trading.
When I started reading this I marked the interesting ...
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Rich Dad's Guide to Investing: What the Rich Invest in, That the Poor and the Middle Class Do Not! 195 reviews
Robert T. Kiyosaki, Sharon L. Lechter
Time Warner Books, 2000
Excellent Book
+ Robert Kiyosaki is the Columbus of the business world
+ Good Book! Very informative and interesting
+ Kiyosaki oppened my eyes
+ Guide to Investing: What the Rich Invest In, That the Poor and Middle Class Do Not!
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Rich Dad, Poor Dad: What the Rich Teach Their Kids About Money--That the Poor and Middle Class Do Not!2186 reviews
Robert T. Kiyosaki, Sharon L. Lechter
Business Plus, 2000
Rich in other ways too!
+ Tip Of The Iceberg
+ APPLY THIS TO YOUR LIFE!
+ A gift for you and your kids!
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The Total Money Makeover: A Proven Plan for Financial Fitness372 reviews
Dave Ramsey
Thomas Nelson, 2007
Best book ever
+ The king of financial fitness...
+ Excellent
+ Boot Camp for Your Finances
+ A review of the bookk Total Money Makeover
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Good To Great CD703 reviews
James Collins
Audiobooks, 2005
Worth for its price
+ A good look at what companies can do to manage talent
+ Good to Great
+ Good to Great review
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The Money Book for the Young, Fabulous & Broke236 reviews
Suze Orman
Riverhead Trade, 2007
Very Helpful!
+ Fantastic Book
+ the money book for the young, fabulous and broke
+ Awesome for recent grads!
+ Suze Orman money book
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