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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))

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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.

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

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.

Bought this for a graduation gift in which the receiver was upset that she didn't receive cash. In the long run, the book set out to do what it was meant to do, enlighten people about finances.

This book did not help at all. I thought it was kind of worthless.