Personal Finance For Dummies, 5th edition

Features

• Cover Type: Paperback with 448 pages
• Published by: Wiley
• Edition: 5th Edition September 12, 2006
• Written in: English
• ISBN 10 Number: 0470038322
• ISBN 13 Number: 978-0470038321
• Book Dimensions: 9.1 x 7.4 x 1.1 inches
• Weighs: 1.5 pounds

Product Review
Personal Finance for Dummies offers sound and practical advice for those who want to get control over their personal financial lives. Author Eric Tyson points out the most common mistakes that we all make in our approach to money and prescribes ways to save and invest for a secure future. Using worksheets, the book helps you to measure your own financial health by looking at factors such as how much debt you carry, your savings rate, as well as investment and insurance checkups. The book looks at how you should invest your retirement account, approach taxes, and provides a good overview on how to buy real estate. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

Althea Thomson, PBS Nightly Business Report
by far the best book I have read on financial planning. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

Reader Reviews
This review is from: Personal Finance for Dummies, Fourth Edition (Paperback) I work as a financial professional, counseling individuals regarding the options in their employer-sponsored retirement plans. Although the counsel I can give is limited to their retirement plan, several have asked me for advice in other areas of their financial lives. I do not hesitate to recommend this book. Whether you are starting from square one in getting your financial house in order, or your checkbook is balanced to the penny every week, there is information in this book that will benefit you. The "For Dummies" format is perfect for this subject, and Eric Tyson does an excellent job of breaking into layman's terms the most complex of finance and investing concepts. Also, an excellent section on selecting a financial planner is provided. I have often seen the devastating effects that the wrong financial advice has wrought in people's lives. The list of criteria to apply when seeking a financial advisor is one of the most valuable tools I have seen on the subject. This book is one of the most valuable resources I have ever seen in helping the average person get control of their financial lives. Applying its principles will pay immediate as well as long-lasting rewards. Comment | | (Report this)