Suze Orman Book
Monday, February 18th, 2008I was at Barnes and Noble earlier today when I came across a “new” book written by Suze Orman. Now when I say that the book is new, I mean that it is new to me. The book has actually been out since March of 2005, so it is actually about three years old. Nevertheless, the information that is inside does not really change from year to year. For those of us who do not know who Suze Orman is, she writes articles for Yahoo! Finance and also has her own show on CNBC called the Suze Orman Show. Her specialty is personal finance.The book that I found was called The Money Book for the Young, Fabulous & Broke. The book is geared towards the younger generation who is in their twenties up until their early thirties. It is most directed to those who have accumulated a pile of debt going through college, and now that they are out they are struggling to make ends meet with a low paying job, high cost of living and endless debt. Even if you aren’t hopelessly in debt, a younger person can find this book to be especially beneficial. In this book, Suze covers a variety of topics over the course of 10 chapters and 360 pages.
Here is a summary of the table of contents:
- Know the score (Credit scores)
- Career moves
- Give yourself credit (Get the most out of credit cards)
- Making the grade on student debt
- Save up
- Retirement rules
- Investing made easy
- Big ticket purchase: Car
- Big ticket purchase: Home
- Love and money
The thing that I really liked about this book when I was browsing through it was how simple the author makes things seem. Suze puts all her points into really simple terms that people can relate to and understand, even if they have never taken a finance class before. If you or someone you know is going through a financial rough patch, this could be really helpful to get them to understand where the best places would be to put their money. Currently you can buy this book for only $6.25 at Abebooks.com
