tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-157647352011-04-21T11:36:09.052-07:00My reviews of personal finance and investing books.Scottnoreply@blogger.comBlogger31100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15764735.post-1126658352530648922005-09-13T17:33:00.000-07:002005-09-13T18:22:23.356-07:00

Dave Ramsey is a well known radio personality, hosting a three-hour personal financial advice show broadcast throughout the country. Dave's message is simple and can be described by the following tenets:Maintain a written budget - spend every dollar on paper before the month beginsPersonal finance is 80% behavior and only 20% math. Debt is bad (there's no such thing as "good" debt)Your income is

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Rich Dad's Prophecy is yet another book from self-made millionaire Robert T. Kiyosaki, who authored the popular book Rich Dad, Poor Dad. Prophecy talks about Rich Dad's prediction, made back in the 1970s, that the stock market would face a major crash sometime around or after 2012. In short, Rich Dad's prediction was made due to the passing of ERISA in 1974. ERISA is the Employee

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The Wealthy Barber, by David Chilton, discusses issues personal finance, retirement, savings, and insurance in a "novel" way. Rather than dispensing with advice like most personal finance books, Chilton's slim 224-page book is told through as a story.The book is narrated through the eyes of Dave, a married school teacher probably in his late 20s. With the upcoming birth of his first child, Dave

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