by Suze Orman
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Book Description
With her new book, Suze Orman delivers a message that once again is right on time. A book designed to help us take action and overcome the obstacle of confusion, The Road to Wealth provides us with the practical answers to the questions we have been asking - or should have been asking: sound, straightforward, fiercely honest, and easy-to-understand advice on the financial topics that most affect our lives. Here is information that points us in the right direction and erases the uncertainty that can often cost us precious time...and money.
From creating a strong, debt-free foundation to amassing assets and protecting them in periods of economic downturn; from buying a home to providing for loved ones; from investing with confidence and navigating the markets in good times and bad to securing reliable income for our later years, The Road to Wealth offers invaluable insight and information whenever we are in our lives, whatever our needs, whatever the economic climate.
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Suze Orman's face and name are more prominent on the cover of her new money guide than its title, The Road to Wealth. And why not? Orman has parlayed her popular renown as both a New York Times bestselling author and video-age financial guru into an undeniable position of respect and trust when it comes to matters of dollars and sense. This time she presents an encyclopedic guide to the various components of one's overall financial life--from managing debt and owning a home to making investments and preparing to pass it all along--and she does so in the clear and confident style to which her fans have become accustomed. "Here is what you need to know," she writes at the outset. "Answers to the questions you have been asking, as well as the questions you should have been asking, delivered in the most complete, straightforward way I know." While the concise text moves logically from "creating a strong financial foundation to amassing assets and protecting them from common mistakes and periods of economic downturn," this is not meant to be read from cover to cover. Rather, it is a ready bookshelf reference for planning and sorting out common finance concerns, like how to calculate the mortgage payment you can best afford, determine what Medicare will pay toward nursing care, decide between retirement plan options, and similar matters of personal importance. --Howard Rothman
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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:
 Thorough and Understandable, 2008-03-31
As Suze Orman indicates at the beginning of this book, "The Road to Wealth" provides practical information for people who look to Suze Orman for clear, honest financial perspectives. Overall, the book is in a question and answer format with explanations of all new terms and examples which confirm the reader's understanding of the material. The chapters may be read independently if a single subject is of concern, or in order. I started at the beginning of the book and have read straight through. I've found the presentation of value personally and have insight, as well, into issues which may be ahead for me or are impacting people whom I know. This is both a reference book and an introduction to financial planning.
6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:
Excellent revised & updated reference guide covering different aspects of personal finance, 2008-03-07
I am a fan of most of Suze Orman's financial guides and also a fan of her television show. What I like about her is that she dispenses financial advice in a very uncondescending, easy-to-understand manner. Also, as a woman, I appreciate that she is able to understand the financial concerns of many women out there.
In the latest 2008 revised and updated edition of "The Road to Wealth", Suze Orman covers a myriad of finance-related topics in the format of Q & A's. The book is divided into chapters - Managing Debt, Financial Intimacy, Home Ownership, Insurance, Paying for College, Retirement Planning, Stocks, Mutual Funds, Bonds & Bond Funds, Annuities, and Wills and Trusts. All financial jargon is explained in an easy-to-understand manner and there is an index at the end of the book that helps one navigate to topics of interest. This is like a financial encyclopedia and I don't think it's meant to be read from cover to cover though one could do that if desired. I was particularly interested in insurance and paying for college [being the mother of a young child] and so those were the topics I read first. The Q & A format works well here as you get succint answers to most financial concerns [versus some finance books that get dragged down by obscure language and wordiness].
For example, under the chapter "Paying for College", there is a question "In what kind of plan or account should I be keeping my investments for a child's education?" - Suze Orman goes on define and elaborate on the different plans/accounts such as UGMAs/UTMAs, Education IRA, prepaid tution plans, 529 savings plan, Roth IRAs etc.
This is a simple-to-understand financial guide, not to be confused with simplistic. It addresses important financial concerns and does so without condescension. Highly recommended!
2 of 15 people found the following review helpful:
 Still don't have the book I paid for, 2008-02-28
Product never arrived.
Disappointing.
I give it one star because I have to.
1 of 12 people found the following review helpful:
 Sexist, 2008-02-01
I was disappointed to find that Orman seems to think of her readers as women only. The text is in question/answer format, and whenever the gender of the questioner is made evident, it's always a woman. "I plan to marry my boyfriend...", "I don't like my boyfriend's credit card habits...", "My husband died and...", "My husband is dying and...", "My husband died a year ago and...", "My boyfriend got a new credit card and...". Doesn't Orman know that books like this should be written in a gender-neutral fashion? Worse, her preference for females shows up in her example selections--it's virtually all sisters and daughters. "I'd like to reward my daughter's trustworthiness by...", "My daughter is going off to college, and...", "My daughter would like to buy...", "My sister says her husband...", "My sister loaned me $15,000...". The (very) few instances of a son shows them in a bad financial light: "My son has been irresponsible with his credit...". I read the first couple of hundred pages, but this persistant sexism began to grate on me. For that matter, probably 80% of the personal pronouns are "she" and "her". By half-way through the book, it was clear she had some kind of agenda going on. Big turn-off. I'm really surprised that the publisher let her get away with this and didn't alternate the gender when the book was edited.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:
If I could have only 1 investment book, this would be it., 2008-01-15
I was drawn into one of Ms. Ormans's programs one night and was suprised to learn not one but several things that were news to me. So I went to the library and picked up several of her books. This one was the one I couldn't put down. It is makiing the rare move from being a book I've borrowed to a book I'll actually buy. I've done my own investing for years and at 50 am not a newbie. This book is a great resource.
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