The Savage Truth on Money - Softcover

Savage, Terry

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9780471416289: The Savage Truth on Money

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0471416282 ISBN 13: 9780471416289

Publisher: John Wiley & Sons, 2001

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Does the thought of saving for retirement, investing online, coping with debt, or paying for college leave you fearful and frazzled? Are you confused and intimidated by "expert financial advice" you can't understand? You need The Savage Truth On Money-from the cash in your pocket to the world of online investing.

The candid and up-front advice in The Savage Truth On Money is aimed at your mind, your heart and your balance sheet. Whether you're just starting out or well on your way, Terry Savage will empower you to make informed money decisions and evaluate the advice that the growing money industry sends your way. Her expertise comes from her vast experience as a stock trader, stock broker, investment advisor, television market analyst, and bestselling personal finance author.

Step by step and dollar by dollar, The Savage Truth On Money empowers you to manage your money by freeing yourself from debt, creating a budget you can live with, and investing wisely-even on a modest paycheck-to build equity and wealth. Savage helps you harness the power of the Web by using money management software to develop and track your financial plan.

There's a Savage side to investing today. Find out what it is and how it could impact your 401(k) choices and IRA decisions. Discover how to harness the twin emotions that destroy financial plans: fear and greed. Learn how to invest for retirement; insure for long-term care; create a college education fund; use life insurance and annuities; and make a smart estate plan so that your hard-earned wealth isn't confiscated by taxes. Terry Savage will show you how.

The Savage Truth On Money will give you the facts, resources, and confidence you need to take charge of your finances today-and give you a secure future for tomorrow.

Terry Savage is a nationally recognized financial authority and winner of the National Press Club Award for Outstanding Consumer Journalism. The author of two bestselling books, Terry Savage's New Money Strategies for the '90s and Terry Savage Talks Money, she writes a weekly syndicated column on personal finance for the Chicago-Sun Times, is the personal finance columnist for Barron's Online, and is a featured expert on Microsoft's Money Central web site. Savage is a regular commentator on PBS' Nightly Business Report, and has been featured on CNN and Oprah. She appeared daily on Chicago's CBS television station for over twelve years. Savage started her career as a stockbroker and became a founding member and the first woman trader on the Chicago Board Options Exchange. She serves on the Board of Directors at McDonald's Corporation.

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Review:

Whether it's the invisible chat room jockey pumping penny stocks or the silver-haired Peter Lynch hawking Fidelity Investments, finding financial advice these days is pretty easy, and for most of us the real problem is not getting advice, it's getting good advice. Which is something that Terry Savage dispenses in good measure in The Savage Truth on Money.

It's not that Savage has found a new way to get rich. She hasn't. What makes this book work is her commonsense approach to attaining financial security. At the heart of Savage's advice is the notion that getting ahead is a matter of "self-discipline," which "means making knowledgeable decisions based on a rational assessment of likely results and then sticking to your decisions in the face of emotional upheaval." Forget about sticking your head in the sand--for Savage, knowledge is power, and knowledge begins when you examine your own relationship to money. She encourages getting online as way to manage your finances, educate yourself, and seek out new opportunities. The book is filled with insights on topics such as risk management, investing in mutual funds, saving for college, and buying insurance.

Savage's experience as a financial journalist (print, television, online), stockbroker, the first woman member of the Chicago Board Options Exchange, as well as her service on the Board of Directors of McDonald's and Devon Energy Corporation brings a air of credibility that's hard to find in books of this ilk. The Savage Truth on Money is for people who think seriously about their money, no matter how smart they think they are. --Harry C. Edwards

From the Back Cover:

IT’S A SAVAGE WORLD OF MONEY!

The Savage Truth: If it were that easy to make money in the markets, we’d all be rich!

The Savage Truths about investing, mutual funds, retirement plans, life insurance, college savings, estate planning, and coping with debt are designed to help you gain control over your financial future–no matter what the direction of the stock market. Whether you’re just starting out or have learned by experience, the Savage Truths will keep you on track to reach your long-term goals of financial independence.

Learn about money from an award-winning consumer journalist whose expertise comes from experience. Savage was a founding member and the first woman trader on the Chicago Board Options Exchange. A regular commentator on PBS’s Nightly Business Report, Chicago Sun-Times columnist, and money expert at MSN’s moneycentral.com and Barron’s Online–and a frequent guest on shows ranging from CNN to Oprah–Terry Savage explains money matters in a voice you’ll recognize and understand.

The Savage Truths are distilled from Terry’s years of experience with money and the markets. But Terry’s advice helps you into the future, using technology to empower your financial decision-making. She directs you to Web sites that give you financial planning tools and calculators and shows you how to bank online and track your investments.

Don’t be overwhelmed by money decisions, or ruled by fear and greed. The Savage Truth on Money will set you free to enjoy the present and feel secure about your future.

"Today’s independent investors who get their financial information from the Internet will find Ms. Savage’s book an excellent supplement to their online research. "–Charles R. Schwab

"This down-to-earth money guide takes a savage cut worthy of a machete through the morass of information and myth that is offered to investors by most other financial books today. Enjoy it!"–John C. Bogle, founder and Senior Chairman, The Vanguard Group, Inc.

Always get the latest from Terry at her own Web site, www.terrysavage.com, where you can read her columns, link to her favorite Web sites, and e-mail your questions.

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