Grow Your Money!: 101 Easy Tips to Plan, Save, and Invest [Hardcover]

Jonathan D. Pond (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: December 4, 2007

Money manager Jonathan D. Pond has taught countless Americans in his series of bestselling books and PBS specials how to do the seemingly impossible: grow their money while still living the life they'd like to have.

Whether planning for children, trying to afford the ones you've already got, buying a house, investing for retirement, or just learning not to live from paycheck to paycheck, Jonathan's energetic, warm, and no-nonsense financial advice has made him a regular on The Today Show and CNN as well as on PBS. In Grow Your Money, Jonathan unpacks the best of his decades of financial advice to create a cornerstone compendium. Includes:

• Using debt to your advantage
• Why collecting Social Security early is (usually) a mistake
• Dual-income homes: does that second paycheck help as much as you think?
• Getting rich slowly
• Give Uncle Sam his due at tax time—but not one penny more

Whether you're working on your third million—or your third year out of college—take advantage of this all-time best collection of financial tools and tips from one of America's most-loved money managers and advisers.

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About the Author

Jonathan D. Pond's pioneering work in educating the public on financial matters and bringing low-cost, personalized money guidance to Americans has been far-reaching and widely recognized. His prime-time public television specials have been critically acclaimed, including winning an Emmy Award, and his books have sold more than 1 million copies. He lives near Boston with his family.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 400 pages
• Publisher: HarperBusiness; First Edition edition (December 4, 2007)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0061121401
• ISBN-13: 978-0061121401
• Product Dimensions: 6 x 1.2 x 9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.4 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 3.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #481,419 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A Comprehensive Finance Book Everyone Can Use!, February 10, 2008

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Melissa Kaye (Texas) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Grow Your Money!: 101 Easy Tips to Plan, Save, and Invest (Hardcover)

This is a wonderful educational book on numerous areas of personal finance. It includes topics such as:

Buying and Maintaining a Home
Profiting from a Fabulous Career
Reducing Taxes
Investing in Stocks, Bonds and Real Estate
Retirement Planning
Estate Planning and Insurance
Educating Children about Money and Personal Finance

This is the most comprehensive finance book I've read and it's easy to read with some humor thrown in here and there. The author uses numerous detailed examples to illustrate his points which really help the reader understand the ideas. The book also has a companion website where the reader can go for more information or more up-to-date information as this book ages.

This is not a book that has to be read cover-to-cover. I did that, but if you want to find topics relevant to you, the author includes an age-based checklist in the front. I also really like that the end of the book includes a checklist by month of the things you should be doing throughout the year. It makes keeping up with your finances look less daunting!

The author made it easy for me to come away from the book with my own "To-Do" list, so I definitely got something out of reading this book! I also gained some new perspectives on certain areas - for example, it's a good idea to plan for early retirement because some people plan to retire later, but end up having to retire early. (You don't want to run out of money) I think the author has good insight and great ideas and I agree with his financial strategies.

Great book for all to read!

7 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Great tips, December 19, 2007

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M. Lenz "eire" (Kansas, USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Grow Your Money!: 101 Easy Tips to Plan, Save, and Invest (Hardcover)

I really like the tips in this book. They work for all ages from someone just getting into learning about money to retirement. It is easy to read and you can skip around as you need to. I only give it a 4 because I wish a few tips had some more detail or at least suggestions of where to get more detail.

5 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars GROW YOUR MONEY BY JONATHAN D POND MAKES GOOD SENSE AND MORE DOLLARS, April 2, 2008

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J. M. Beckman "Judy Beckman" (Toledo, OH) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Grow Your Money!: 101 Easy Tips to Plan, Save, and Invest (Hardcover)

At last, there is a book for the nonfinancially astute that discusses money matters in such a clear, understandable way that it motivates people to apply some of the 101 tips to their own situations and look forward to a richer future. In GROW YOUR MONEY 101 EASY TIPS TO PLAN, SAVE, and INVEST, Jonathan D. Pond covers every aspect of handling income from first allowances to honoring heirs in estate planning. The book is a fluent reading of investment topics sprinkled with humor and illustrated with basic arithmetic. Points are well formulated, inarguable, and easy to implement. They give hope to everyone, no matter what stage in life nor how many resources to squeeze for more value. Besides the book itself, the author maintains a website for readers to get most up-to-date information for individual needs.

Everyone has to think about how they will manage money, but it is difficult to find uncomplicated material for advice. And, as the author points out, financial experts give confusing explanations that can be biased in a way that will "grow more money" for themselves from fees, sales, and/or commissions. Best objective advice is in this book. I was particularly impressed with advantageous tax savings I can take and would not have known about. I also was relieved to learn how to make affordable sound investments with a limited budget and without the risk or difficulty I previously imagined.

This is a book that will benefit everyone. It is a "must have" for every household, basic for a secure financial future.