Synopses & Reviews
Completely revised and updated for the realities of today's world, The Road to Wealth is Suze Orman's most authoritative and accessible resource for every stage of your financial life.
Millions of readers have embraced Suze Orman's New York Times_bestselling The Road to Wealth since it was originally published in 2001. But the world has changed vastly since then, and it's more important than ever for readers to have access to accurate and practical answers to every question they have about their financial futures-questions Suze answers in The Road to Wealth. Compassionate, straightforward, and easy to understand, this updated edition gives readers invaluable advice about:
- Credit cards and the new bankruptcy laws
- FICO scores
- Changes in student financial aid
- Changes in the real estate market and mortgages
- Stocks and bonds
- The latest retirement investment strategies, including the new Roth 401(k)
- Mutual funds and annuities
- Wills and trusts
- Social Security
- Life insurance
- Disability and long-term care insurance
- Identity theft (and what to do if you're a victim of it)
With her exhaustive knowledge of all aspects of personal finance and her understanding of the role that money plays in people's lives, Suze Orman has written one of the most comprehensive resources of useful financial information in print today. Whether you're starting a new job or planning for your retirement, buying your first home or investing in the stock market, the revised edition of The Road to Wealth has the information you need to ensure that you make the most of what you have.
Synopsis
Accessible, pragmatic, and comprehensive, Suze Orman's Complete Guide to Your Money imparts information critical to every stage of your financial life. Whether you are a novice investor or a veteran of the market, whether you are laying the building blocks for a rich future or seeking comfort in your retirement years, Suze Orman's Complete Guide to Your Money has the answers for you. With her unique grasp of the life of money and the role money plays in our lives, Suze Orman has compiled an invaluable resource of practical financial information in a dynamic question-and-answer format. Index.
Topics covered include:
- credit-card basics
¥ understanding credit reports
- bankruptcy
- retirement planning
- the Roth IRA
- stock options
- pension plans
- funding a college education
- investment strategies
- rating mutual funds
- index funds
- money market funds
- certificates of deposit
- deferred, immediate, and variable annuities
- health insurance
- HMOs, PPOs, and POS plans
- Medicare, Medicaid, and Medigap
- long-term care insurance
- life insurance
- finding an affordable home
- fixed-rate, variable, and adjustable-rate mortgages
- fifteen- versus thirty-year mortgages
- equity lines of credit
- refinancing
- titling assets
- community property
- joint accounts
- prenuptial agreements
- separation and divorce
- timing the market
- investing techniques
- buying and selling stocks
- choosing a financial adviser
- investing online
- bond basics
- who needs a will/trust
- hiring a lawyer
- probate
- estate taxes
- funding a trust
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Synopsis
From the author whose bestsellers have changed the way people think about their money, a complete personal financial library in one book.
About the Author
'Suze Orman is the author of six consecutive New York Times bestsellers: The 9 Steps to Financial Freedom; The Courage to Be Rich; The Road to Wealth; The Laws of Money, The Lessons of Life; The Money Book for the Young, Fabulous and Broke; and Women and Money. She has written, co-produced, and hosted six PBS specials, winning two Daytime Emmy Awards for hosting them, and is the single most successful fundraiser in the history of public television. Her award-winning Suze Orman Show airs Saturday nights on CNBC, and she appears regularly on her own Financial Freedom Hour on QVC. She is the personal finance editor for O, The Oprah Magazine, writes a biweekly column on Yahoo! Finance, and a bimonthly column for Lowe\'s Moneyworks. According to Business Week, she is the number-one female motivational speaker today.'