The savvy women of the Beardstown Ladies' Investment Club show readers some ingenious, unique ways to take minimal investments and get maximum returns--by saving money on the big expenses that gut resources. The Beardstown Ladies' latest guide tells readers exactly what they need to know and do to spend smart, avoid mistakes, save money for the future--and live the good life now! Line art (Business/Economics)
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Editorial Reviews
From Publishers Weekly
The two previous bestsellers by the "Ladies" dealt with commonsense stock-market investing. Here they tell how to economize on everything from baby cribs to cemetery plots to have more money to invest. Their no-nonsense text, sprinkled with personal anecdotes, systematically ferrets out money-saving angles on weddings (don't splurge), mortgages (don't overpay) and new-car buying (don't) and divulges income tax secrets "the rich already know." The Ladies deal sympathetically but firmly with those two super bugaboos of modern life-credit card spending and skyrocketing health care costs-and show how air travel and home-appliance buying are loaded with frugal possibilities. Finally, the far-reaching study of auto, home and life insurance, retirement planning and ways to prepare for ever-growing college costs should be particularly valuable. The budget-minded will find here all they could wish for. Author tour.
Copyright 1996 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
Copyright 1996 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
From Booklist
In order to take full advantage of their 15 minutes of media fame (which, in this case, must have been calculated cumulatively), those ladies from Beardstown have come out in quick succession with three books on investing and personal finance. The Beardstown ladies' folksy shtick has already shown signs of wearing thin among business writers, who barely concealed their disdain for the ladies' first two books. The fact is that those who choose to read the ladies' simple, practical advice trust them more than they do those who make a living offering the same advice. This time, the 14 women of the Beardstown Ladies' Investment Club show how to save money and shop smart for items in the 10 categories people spend the most money on: housing, automobiles, insurance, major appliances, health care, banking and credit, travel, utilities, taxes, and children. Nothing really new here, but consumers have shown a preference for the homespun packaging. David Rouse
--This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
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6 of 8 people found the following review helpful:
1.0 out of 5 stars
Pathetic,
By Narayanan Hari S (New Jersey, USA) - See all my reviews
This review is from: The Beardstown Ladies' Guide to Smart Spending for Big Savings: How to Save for a Rainy Day Without Sacrificing Your Lifestyle (Paperback)
OK, Now that it is official that they didn't beat the market, they have reversed gears and try to address the savings part. Nothing to differentiate this from a zillion other such books. I should grant them one thing, they know how to market their name to catch on the gullible.
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Beardstown Ladies Guide to Smart Spending for Big Savings,
By Joseph S. Maresca "Dr. Joseph S. Maresca CPA,... (Bronxville, New York USA) - See all my reviews (HALL OF FAME REVIEWER) (TOP 1000 REVIEWER) (REAL NAME)
This review is from: The Beardstown Ladies' Guide to Smart Spending for Big Savings: How to Save for a Rainy Day Without Sacrificing Your Lifestyle (Hardcover)
This book has a wealth of information on how to save money.It is directed to middle age and elderly people. For instance, the book provides car buying checklists, brand name equivalents, repair or replace decision-making criteria, insulation R value statistics and the priority pyramid . The priority pyramid ranks spending categories by order of importance. There is a section of mail order drugs and comparative pricing to local pharmacies. This book is worth the price of admission in every respect. It will help you in your personal planning and routine purchasing decisions.
0 of 1 people found the following review helpful:
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Everyday hints,
By A Customer
This review is from: The Beardstown Ladies' Guide to Smart Spending for Big Savings: How to Save for a Rainy Day Without Sacrificing Your Lifestyle (Hardcover)
This book has a lot of every day hints that are timeless.
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