The Everything Personal Finance in Your 20s & 30s Book: Erase Your Debt, Personalize Your Budget and Plan Now to Secure Your Future (Everything (Business & Personal Finance)) [Paperback]

Debby Fowles (Author)

Product Details

• Paperback: 304 pages
• Publisher: Adams Media Corporation (November 2003)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1580629709
• ISBN-13: 978-1580629706
• Product Dimensions: 9.3 x 8.1 x 0.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.3 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #922,609 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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73 of 79 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Best $11 Bucks I've Ever Spent!, February 13, 2004

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This review is from: The Everything Personal Finance in Your 20s & 30s Book: Erase Your Debt, Personalize Your Budget and Plan Now to Secure Your Future (Everything (Business & Personal Finance)) (Paperback)

Finally! A book on personal finance for the average person. This book is filled with easy-to-understand advice about managing your money. You can read it from cover to cover or just browse through it and pick the topics you're interested in right now. The budgeting and credit card debt chapters are great. Even though it's geared towards those of us in our 20s and 30s, most of it is good advice for anyone trying to get ahead financially. Best $11 bucks I've ever spent.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars GREAT FINANCE/MONEY BOOK for GRADUATES, February 8, 2008

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Jay Stevenson (New Franklin, MO) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Everything Personal Finance in Your 20s & 30s Book: Erase Your Debt, Personalize Your Budget and Plan Now to Secure Your Future (Everything (Business & Personal Finance)) (Paperback)

AFTER all the high tech, modernistic, ideolistic education kids receive in school, there is not much DOWN-to-EARTH education given to managing the financial basics... Assets & Debt, Credit Cards, Loans, Insurance, IRAs & 401Ks, Mortgages, Pensions, et al.

This book, although a bit dated (Note to Debby Fowles: We need an updated version), gives some of the best life style guidelines for financial issues. I HIGHLY RECOMMEND it for High School and College graduates because it gives the basics about choices and risks concerning everyday financial issues.

The book lacks some of the latest issues, like Roth 401Ks, but that should not stop a person from buying this book.

Worth every cent 'cause it makes good sense! Good book... JAS

PS: After you give your graduate(s) this book, the next book you should consider giving would be THE COMPLETE IDIOT's GUIDE to WILLS & ESTATES (Fourth Edition), especially following a wedding. Think Christmas.

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ADDENDUM on 8-14-09: There is now a 2nd Edition of this book by the author, copyrighted 2008. Have received a new copy and see my concrned have been addessed. The first edition is cheap; the second edition is more up to date. EITHER would make good additions to a young person's library (but choose the newer edition if available).

Still a 5 Star , *****, selection. Better book... JAS

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Great for 20-somethings Just Starting Out, September 20, 2007

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Joy Marks "Enginerd" - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Everything Personal Finance in Your 20s & 30s Book: Erase Your Debt, Personalize Your Budget and Plan Now to Secure Your Future (Everything (Business & Personal Finance)) (Paperback)

I bought this book for a younger sibling who has just set out on her own. I read through it at the bookstore and thought it'd be great for someone just starting out in the world - it covers a lot of the basics in an easy-to-read manner. Not great for someone who wants to learn some new personal finance tricks, as this covers most that some of us have heard over and over and over. But a great, and affordable book, for new high school/college grads trying to find their footing financially.