Clements The Little Book of Main Street Money

21 Simple Truths that Help Real People Make Real Money
1. Auflage 2009
ISBN: 978-0-470-52226-4
Verlag: John Wiley & Sons
Format: EPUB
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 224 Seiten, E-Book

Reihe: Little Books. Big Profits

"A gem from one of the most brilliant minds in personalfinance."
--Ben Stein, author, actor, TV personality, and NewYork Times columnist
"Investing, as it is said, is simple but it is not easy.Jonathan Clements's fine new Little Book underscores the priceless(and price-less) value of simplicity. And his sage advice on livingthe good life and on spending well and saving wisely will surelymake it, if not easy, at least easier for us to achieve financialpeace of mind."
--John C. Bogle, founder of Vanguard and author ofEnough
"Nobody, and I mean nobody, can make the world of investing aseasy to understand as Jonathan Clements can. In this wonderfulbook, he teaches Main Street how to beat Wall Street at its owngame-and how to have fun along the way. This book does not stop atmerely making you richer and smarter; it will even help you lead abetter life."
--Jason Zweig, author of Your Money and YourBrain and editor of Benjamin Graham's The IntelligentInvestor
"Jonathan Clements is one of our wisest and finest writers inthe field of personal finance. This Little Book contains gems ofwisdom not only about investing, but also about living a full andsatisfying life."
--Burton G. Malkiel, author of A Random Walk DownWall Street
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--Charles D. Ellis, author of Winning the Loser'sGame

Autoren/Hrsg.

Clements, Jonathan

Weitere Mitwirkende

Bernstein, William J.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Foreword.
Introduction.
Let the Rebuilding Begin.
Chapter One: Our Finances Are Bigger than a BrokerageAccount.
Chapter Two: We Can't Have It All.
Chapter Three: Money Can Buy Happiness--If We Spend ItCarefully.
Chapter Four: Even the Best Investors Need to Be GreatSavers.
Chapter Five: Time Is as Valuable as Money.
Chapter Six: No Investment Is Risk-Free.
Chapter Seven: Portfolio Performance: It's All in theMix.
Chapter Eight: Stocks Are Worth Something.
Chapter Nine: To Add Wealth, We Need to Overcome theSubtractions.
Chapter Ten: Aiming for Average Is the Only Sure Way to Win.
Chapter Eleven: Wild Investments Can Tame Our Portfolios.
Chapter Twelve: Short-Term Results Matter to Long-TermInvestors.
Chapter Thirteen: A Long Life Is a Big Risk.
Chapter Fourteen: Markets May Be Rational, but WeAren't.
Chapter Fifteen: Our Homes Are a Fine Investment thatWon't Appreciate Much.
Chapter Sixteen: Paying off Debts Could Be Our Best BondInvestment.
Chapter Seventeen: Saving Taxes Can Cost Us Dearly.
Chapter Eighteen: A Tax Deferred Is Extra Money Made.
Chapter Nineteen: Insurance Won't Make Us AnyMoney--If We're Lucky.
Chapter Twenty: Even If We Have a Will, We May Not Get OurWay.
Chapter Twenty-One: Financial Success: It's About Morethan Money.
Conclusion.
Wall Street? That Isn't So Far from Main Street.
Acknowledgments.

Über Autor(innen)

Jonathan Clements is Director of Financial Guidance for myFi (www.myFi.com), a new financial service from banking giant Citicorp. Before joining myFi, he spent eighteen years at the Wall Street Journal, where he was the newspaper's award-winning personal finance columnist. He has appeared on ABC's Good Morning America, CNBC, CNN, Fox News Channel, MSNBC, NBC's Today show, and Consuelo Mack WealthTrack, and is an occasional guest on public radio.