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"In her late twenties, Cait Flanders found herself stuck in the consumerism cycle that grips so many of us: earn more, buy more, want more, rinse, repeat. Even after she worked her way out of nearly $30,000 of consumer debt, her old habits took hold again. When she realized that nothing she was doing or buying was making her happy--only keeping her from meeting her goals--she decided to set herself a challenge:she would not shop for an entire year....
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"Ramsey offers a bold, no-nonsense approach to money matters, providing not only the how-to but also a grounded and uplifting hope for getting out of debt and achieving total financial health. Ramsey debunks the many myths of money (exposing the dangers of cash advance, rent-to-own, debt consolidation) and attacks the illusions and downright deceptions of the American dream, which encourages nothing but overspending and massive amounts of debt. "Don't...
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2022.
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The Only Investment Guide You'll Ever Need has been a favorite finance guide, earning the allegiance of more than a million readers across America.Using concise, witty, and truly understandable tips and explanations, Andrew Tobias delivers sensible advice and useful information on savings, investments, preparing for retirement, and much more. This completely updated edition will show you the best way to manage your money, no matter what your means....
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"With How to Make Your Money Last, you will learn how to turn your retirement savings into a steady paycheck that will last for life. Today, people worry that they're going to run out of money in their older age. That won't happen if you use a few tricks for squeezing higher payments from your assets--from your Social Security account (find the hidden values there), pension (monthly income or lump sum?), home equity (sell and invest the proceeds...
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"A practical guide to preparing for the next phase of the financial meltdownFrom the authors who were the first to predict Phase I of our current economic downturn-in their landmark 2006 book, America's Bubble Economy-comes their insightful sequel discussing their predictions for the next phase of the Bubble Economy.It may seem like the worst has come and gone, but it hasn't. With their proven track record of accurate predictions-which most financial...
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[2016]
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"A highly readable personal finance book that translates financial jargon and enables readers to ask the tough questions to protect their money and their financial well-being In today's unsettled financial markets, where most pension plans died out with the twentieth century and where no one's certain of the future of Social Security, hardworking people turn to financial advisors to guide them to a worry-free financial lifestyle. But do you really...
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[2016].
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"Get the most out of your retirement! If you're one of the millions of Americans without a pension plan, your retirement years might seem like a huge financial question mark. Pensionless, by U.S. News Senior Editor for Retirement Emily Brandon, addresses the retirement benefits that are available to you, how to use them correctly, and how to avoid potential pitfalls. Learn how to avoid surcharges on your Medicare benefits, how to increase Social Security...
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[2019]
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"Clever Girl Finance is an intro-level personal finance book for women, written by self-made finance guru Bola Sokunbi. Written in an accessible and entertaining tone, Clever Girl Finance teaches women how to budget, save, invest, and pay off loans. Bola tells her own story, as a self-taught investor who managed to save $100,000 in 3 years on a modest salary, and tells the stories of a few women from the Clever Girl Finance community who have also...
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Based on extensive research and one-on-one interviews with more than 50 of the most legendary financial experts in the world--from Carl Icahn and Warren Buffett to Ray Dalio and Steve Forbes--Tony Robbins has created a 7-step blueprint that readers can use to put themselves in control of their financial future. Bibliography may be found online.
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2011.
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Kiyosaki's unique style has won her friends and fans all over the world. Now she explains what it really takes to go from wherever readers are financially to where they want to be. It's a book of courage and creativeness, time-tested principles, and real-life stories of success, setbacks, and comebacks. 280 pp. 10,000 print.
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2013.
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"Tired of phony promises about getting rich quickly, promises that lead to reckless decisions (the stepping stones to the poor house)? How about trying something different? How about going for lasting wealth-and doing it the cautious way? In Get Rich Carefully, Jim Cramer uses his thirty-five years of experience as a Wall Street veteran and host of CNBC's Mad Money to create a guide to high-yield, low-risk investing. In our recovering economy, this...
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2023
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Wired for Wealth will help you discover how using neuroscience and specific, yet simple strategies to understand and improve your financial habits. The book explores the ways in which our brains can be "wired" to either hinder or help us in achieving wealth, and offers practical tools and processes to help readers overcome limiting beliefs and behaviors. By applying principles from neuroscience and psychology, the book aims to provide a comprehensive...
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Invest in your financial future with this valuable, popular, and easy-to-use guide This latest edition is infused with new and updated material to help you ramp up your portfolio today! This includes time-tested advice, updates to investing recommendations, and strategies that reflect changing market conditions. Investing may be an intimidating prospect, but this resource will serve as your primer on all aspects of the topic, including how to develop...
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2014.
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"Frequent New Yorker contributor Jake Halpern investigates the shadowy, unregulated world of consumer debt collection, focusing on an unlikely friendship between a former banking executive and former armed robber who go in search of "paper," spreadsheets of uncollected debt sold off by banks for pennies on the dollar"--
17) Women & money
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2018.
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"A whole new financial plan for 2018, for women who want short-term clarity and long-term security. Why is it that women have such a complicated, dysfunctional relationship with money? With her signature mix of insight, truth-telling, and compassion, Suze hits home with advice that is at once intuitive and pragmatic. There is still no more trusted money expert than Suze Orman--and she's making a comeback with a new, streamlined 2018 financial plan...
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Every investment plan under the sun is, at best, an informed speculation of what may happen in the future, based on a systematic extrapolation from the known past.
Same as Ever reverses the process, inviting us to identify the many things that never, ever change.
With his usual elan, Morgan Housel presents a master class on optimizing risk, seizing opportunity, and living your best life. Through a sequence of engaging stories and pithy examples,...
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2023.
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No one likes to pay taxes. And everyone hates paying more taxes than they need to. Yet, each year, Americans make billions of dollars in tax overpayments. In J.K. Lasser’s 1001 Deductions and Tax Breaks 2023: Your Complete Guide to Everything Deductible, expert attorney and small business advocate Barbara Weltman delivers a thorough and carefully researched explanation of the constantly changing tax laws as they apply to ordinary, taxpaying Americans.
The...
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[2019]
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President Trump's new tax law is fully effective, and millions are finding out about the little-known "Trump Tax Loophole." This guide explains the new loophole and how taxpayers like you can save billions in taxes. With this loophole you can slash your personal taxes by an additional 20%! That's if you qualify--and many Americans do. This guide shows you how. The Trump Tax Cut is your guidebook to the biggest tax cut in history. In plain English,...