In Dollars & Uncommon Sense, Army veteran and Certified Financial Planner (TM) Steve Repak shows you why - and how - to use uncommon sense to get your finances on track. When you have finished this groundbreaking new book, you will think and do different things with your money by growing your wealth in ways that most people simply never do.
Local Dollars, Local Sense is a guide to creating Community Resilience. Americans' long-term savings in stocks, bonds, mutual funds, pension funds, and life insurance funds total about $30 trillion. But not even 1 percent of these savings touch local small business-even though roughly half the jobs and the output in the private economy come from them. So, how can people increasingly concerned with the poor returns from Wall Street and the devastating impact of global companies on their communities invest in Main Street? In Local Dollars, Local Sense, local economy pioneer Michael Shuman shows investors, including the nearly 99% who are unaccredited, how to put their money into building local businesses and resilient regional economies-and profit in the process. A revolutionary toolbox for social change, written with compelling personal stories, the book delivers the most thorough overview available of local investment options, explains the obstacles, and profiles investors who have paved the way. Shuman demystifies the growing realm of local investment choices-from institutional lending to investment clubs and networks, local investment funds, community ownership, direct public offerings, local stock exchanges, crowdfunding, and more. He also guides readers through the lucrative opportunities to invest locally in their homes, energy efficiency, and themselves. A rich resource for both investors and the entrepreneurs they want to support, Local Dollars, Local Sense eloquently shows how to truly protect your financial future--and your community's.
A simple guide to a smarter strategy for the individual investor A Wealth of Common Sense sheds a refreshing light on investing, and shows you how a simplicity-based framework can lead to better investment decisions. The financial market is a complex system, but that doesn't mean it requires a complex strategy; in fact, this false premise is the driving force behind many investors' market "mistakes." Information is important, but understanding and perspective are the keys to better decision-making. This book describes the proper way to view the markets and your portfolio, and show you the simple strategies that make investing more profitable, less confusing, and less time-consuming. Without the burden of short-term performance benchmarks, individual investors have the advantage of focusing on the long view, and the freedom to construct the kind of portfolio that will serve their investment goals best. This book proves how complex strategies essentially waste these advantages, and provides an alternative game plan for those ready to simplify. Complexity is often used as a mechanism for talking investors into unnecessary purchases, when all most need is a deeper understanding of conventional options. This book explains which issues you actually should pay attention to, and which ones are simply used for an illusion of intelligence and control. Keep up with—or beat—professional money managers Exploit stock market volatility to your utmost advantage Learn where advisors and consultants fit into smart strategy Build a portfolio that makes sense for your particular situation You don't have to outsmart the market if you can simply outperform it. Cut through the confusion and noise and focus on what actually matters. A Wealth of Common Sense clears the air, and gives you the insight you need to become a smarter, more successful investor.
Times are tough, and saving money is on everyone's mind. #13; Four million U.S. men and women between the ages of 27-52 are unemployed because of a collapse in the housing and banking industry. #13; #13; Jane is a 40-year-old generation X mother and wife. This is her story. Jane started working in corporate America seventeen years ago. Jane worked her way from the bottom to a senior position, putting in sixty-hour workweeks. Jane has been through a couple of economic downturns but nothing to this extreme. #13; #13; Today, Jane has no job and a family to support. Jane is one of four million displaced by this economic disaster. Despite the deep impact that the recession is, having on household income Jane can still survive and thrive. #13; #13; This book is the road map to help Jane and four million unemployed men and women discover hope in these challenging times. Common Sense Money is about providing practical everyday solutions that work. This book is a gut check guide that revives the time tested no frills money management strategy for a tough economy. Common Sense Money is part information and inspiration, it also provides the tools for Jane to manage financially and thrive
COMMON SENSE ABOUT MOMEY FROM A TO Z, is a unique and simple presentation which has been written to assist individuals in the management of their personal finances. This best selling book will provide you with the basic tools to begin building personal wealth in the handling of your personal income. People from all walks of life, without preference to age have personal financial issues. They have not been taught the basic knowledge and skills that will enable them to develop a financial plan for good money management. This book is a good source of information for anyone who would like to be free of debt and who would like to improve their personal finances. This book stresses the point that your attitude is important in creating a successful money management plan. Money is a symbol of your values and attitudes. It is a fact that more money will not necessarily give you more happiness in life and solve your financial problems. This book provides you with the solution which is the correct attitude toward money and the information that you need to manage your money. Willie J. Lewis is recognized as one of the leading personal management specialists and administrators across America. He has conducted seminars on Money Management in churches, schools and colleges across America. He has over forty years experience as an administrator and money management specialist. He was certified as a Trust Officer for the Allegheny West Conference while serving as the Director of Wills and Trust Department. He has served as pastor, educational superintendent, departmental director and president of the Allegheny West Conference that includes the territory of Ohio, West Virginia, Western Pennsylvania and Western Virginia.He graduated from Oakwood college (B.A. 1960) and Andrews University (M.A. 1961) with continuing education at the University of Cincinnati in 1974.
Financial matters are mentioned in the Bible more often than prayer, healing, or mercy. With so many people living paycheck to paycheck, struggling to build their credit and worried they will be in debt the rest of their lives, we need the Bible s words of financial wisdom more than ever. Certified Financial PlannerTM Steve Repak reveals what the Bible has to say about spending, saving, and giving in this 6-Week Money Challenge. His simple, step-by-step program is founded on biblical principles paired with a CFPTM's understanding of modern wealth-management strategies. Steve inspires and motivates readers to change their financial lives by challenging them to commit to his biblical boot camp. In just six weeks, readers will complete practical and achievable weekly challenges designed for group or individual use. Take the 6-week money challenge now and get fit for a healthy financial future.
In a world where ridiculously hyped tomes promising instant financial euphoria for ordinary citizens now vie with counsel on health and sex in every bookstore, old-fashioned common sense still takes the prize. Most of the would-be gurus, not to mention their customers, would hare been better off to read this one first." -From the foreword by Louis Rukeyser Timeless, common sense investment advice from an uncommonly sensible market observer "The small investor frequently inquires whether a particular stock represents a safe speculation. His is a fantastic quest, something like a search for dry water, or still motion." "The success magazines are seemingly developed on the theory that, if everyone works diligently enough, 110 million bank presidencies will open up." ".unless their judgment is extraordinarily discriminating, those who 'get in on the ground floor' are more than likely to end up in the basement." "To succeed fully, an individual must gain control of himself and regulate potential wayward tendencies which exist more or less in all individuals and which, if uncontrolled, lead him astray financially. Before he can obtain economic independence through his own efforts, he must first be master of his own soul.
This is the second poker book by Mormon. Following a year of playing after publishing his first, he feels that he has gained enough information and experience to warrant a second. He is a self-proclaimed lover of the game of Texas Holdem. In his own words, Im only sorry that I didnt begin playing Holdem until I was almost 60. I somewhat pessimistically calculate that this leaves me only 50 years or so to play and improve my game. Now it may be that Holdem is played in the hereafter. If it is played only in Hell, Im probably in good shape. If, on the other hand, its only played in Heaven I need to get my act together.