Women's Finance and Investing Books
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Investment Books for Savvy Women...
Single women's portfolios earn 2.3% more than single men. |
Before investing, women spend 40% more time researching a mutual fund than men do. |
Women's Portfolios earn 1.4% more than men's, on average. |
The Road to Wealth: A Comprehensive Guide to Your Money--Everything You Need
to Know in Good and Bad Times
by
Suze Orman
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One of the best-known personal finance authors gives us six hours of questions
and answers on managing money. The program is less about investing than it is
about getting the basics under control: eliminating credit card debt, reducing
spending, minimizing taxes, and borrowing wisely.
Other titles by Suze:
Use
the News : How to Separate the Noise
from the Investment Nuggets
and Make Money in Any Economy
by Maria Bortoromo
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Maria Bartiromo, CNBC's featured market journalist on CNBC's
Squawk Box, tells you how to use the news to make your profits grow. Maria explains
how to sift thorugh the data, eliminate the noise, and extract the meaningful
news within. Maria shares with you the experence and ideas from
The Street's top anaysts, managers and money people. In her clear, consise
prose, Maria gives you the scoop to gather the power house investment knowledge
that top investors use. Written for average investors, this is one book
you won't want to miss.
Hardcover - 336 pages
Savvy Investing
for Women : Strategies from a Self-Made Wall Street Millionaire
Marlene Jupiter, Elizabeth Tuttle/ Paperback Published 1999
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Although women manage much of America's money, they often do so without specific knowledge of the world of investments and the know-how to build wealth. This book presents easy-to-follow examples, real-life anecdotes, interviews, advice from Wall Street pros, and rarely acknowledged information about investment con artists who prey on women.
A Girl Needs Cash,
Banish the White Knight Myth
and Take Charge of Your Financial Life
Joan A. Perry and Dolores A. Barclay/ Hardcover/ 1998
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Many women neglect their financial lives, assuming that a "White Knight"--a husband, broker, or Uncle Sam--will safeguard their future. In A GIRL NEEDS CASH, expert financial adviser Joan Perry addresses the psychology of women where money is concerned, teaches them how to take control of their finances, and invest successfully.
Money
Makeovers : How Women Can Control Their Financial Destiny
Christopher L. Hayes and Kate Kelly/ Paperback/ 1999
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In a book that is at once a wake-up call and a practical guide, Dr. Christopher Hayes, founder and CEO of the National Center for Women and Retirement Research, teaches women to understand their own "financial personality profile", overcome gender-based resistance, and take charge of their economic security.
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Charming Isn't Coming : How Women Get Smart About Money
Barbara Stanny/ Hard Cover/ 1998
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A guide for women, it explains how to get smart about money by sharing the practical advice and insights that financially successful women use to get ahead.
Reader Comments:
"A Useful and Engaging Guide"
The key strength of Stanny's book is that it empowers women of all means to
take control of their financial destinies and does so in an engaging and personal
style. It offers the right skills and attitudes for women to adopt in a way
that is a pleasure to read. The heart of the book is her Seven Realizations
of Financial Enlightenment, which provide a path to financial empowerment, but
you'll enjoy reading about her personal journey from financial ignorance to
financial strength. There is a quiz in the book that is very useful in determining
your personal financial situation. This is a well written book and you'll come
away liking the author - her compassion shines through her clear prose.
The
Women's Estate Planning Guide :
Techniques for Protecting Yourself and Your Family
Zoe M. Hicks/ Paperback/ 1998
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A one-stop resource covering the gamut of unique issues women face when planning their estates, this comprehensive and up-to-date estate planning guide for women covers such topics as planning for second marriages, giving to charity, planning for retirement, handling the needs of children and aging parents. It also includes sample wills, contracts, forms, and planning sheets.
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