Investing for Dummies [Abridged, Audiobook] [Audio CD]

Eric Tyson (Author, Reader)

Book Description

Series: For Dummies | Publication Date: October 20, 1999

It doesn't matter if you have $100, $10,000 or $1,000,000 to invest -- Eric Tyson's Investing For Dummies® shows you how to maximize your money. This down-to-earth reference cuts through the jargon and provides you with the tips, techniques and strategies you need to make sound investments decision.

Starting with the fundamentals, finacial whiz Tyson guides you through the ins and outs of investing in the stock market, real estate, small business, and more. With easy-to-understand explanations, helpful advice, and a lot of humor, this audio will quickly become your trusted investment counselor!

On this audio, discover how to:

•  Understand the risks and returns involved in different types of investments
•  Invest in stocks, bonds, and mutual funds with confidence
•  Purchase and invest in real estate with success
•  Start or buy your own small business

Editorial Reviews

About the Author

Eric Tyson, MBA and author of four national bestselling personal finance books, is a nationally recognized personal finance writer, counselor, and lecturer. His work has been praised and featured in Newsweek, The Los Angeles Times, Chicago Tribune, The Wall Street Journal, Kiplingers, and on PBS, ABC, the NBC Today show, CNN, CNBC, CBS, and National Public Radio.

Product Details

• Audio CD
• Publisher: HarperAudio (October 20, 1999)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0694522333
• ISBN-13: 978-0694522330
• Product Dimensions: 5.8 x 4.8 x 1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 3.2 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 2.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,870,571 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Eric Tyson is a best-selling personal finance book author and has penned five national best sellers. He is also the only author to have four of his books simultaneously on Business Week's business book bestseller list.

His Personal Finance for Dummies, a Wall Street Journal best-seller, won the Benjamin Franklin Award for Best Business Book of the Year. Eric's syndicated newspaper column is read by millions of readers weekly. He is a former columnist and award-winning journalist for the Sunday San Francisco Chronicle. His website, www.erictyson.com, rocketed into the top one percent of financial websites within its first year of operation.

Eric's work has been featured and quoted in hundreds of local and national publications and media outlets including Newsweek, The Wall Street Journal, Los Angeles Times, Chicago Tribune, Forbes, Kiplinger's Personal Finance Magazine, Money, Worth, Parenting, USA Today and on the NBC Today Show, ABC, Fox News, CNBC, PBS Nightly Business Report, CNN, and on CBS national radio, NPR's Marketplace Money and Bloomberg Business Radio. He's also been a featured speaker at a White House conference on retirement planning.

Tired of working as a management consultant to Fortune 500 financial service firms which more interested in maximizing short-term profits than in providing sound financial products and services, Eric founded in 1990 the nation's first financial counseling firm which works exclusively on an hourly basis. He started his new company with a simple mission: to provide objective, cost-effective personal financial advice, especially to non-wealthy Americans. Through family and friends, Eric had seen many otherwise intelligent people make horrendous mistakes in managing their money, in part, because the failure of our schools and colleges to teach personal finance.

In addition to his counseling work, Eric also hoped to make an impact in the writing and media fields. Much of the personal finance writing and reporting he saw and heard was biased, jargon-laden and, in some cases, filled with bad advice. For example, rather than telling people the hard truth - that one must live within one's means as a prerequisite to building wealth - many publications offer up hyped and unrealistic "get rich without making sacrifices or taking risk" type approaches.

In addition to his writing and counseling, Eric also taught the nation's most highly attended personal financial management course at the University of California. He has spoken at many corporations and non-profits. His educational background includes having earned his bachelor's degree in economics at Yale and an MBA at the Stanford Graduate School of Business.

Eric is the only best-selling personal finance author who has an extensive background as an hourly-based financial planner and who does not accept speaking fees, endorsement deals or fees of any type from companies in the financial services industry or product or service providers recommended in his articles, books and his publications.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Great beginer for all just getting introduced to investments, November 1, 1998

By A Customer

This review is from: Investing for Dummies (Audio Cassette)

Mr. Tyson has a good approach at explaining the ins and outs of the investing world without all the technical jargon. He summarizes different aspects of investments from stocks/bonds/mutual funds and real estate. He does not leave out the fact that any investing is risky, and one should do his/her homework before taking the risk. But without risk there is no reward. This is a good intro into investments when one is ready to move on to more technical novels. Definitely give it a look over.

4 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars BEST INTODUCTION TO INVESTING OUT THERE!!!, November 7, 2001

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Kalen Smith (Hill, NH United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Investing for Dummies (Audio Cassette)

If you want to know the pros and cons of any investment(Mutual Funds,franchises, bonds, stocks, real estate, money market) this is the book for you. Helps you make the investment decision that is best for you as an individual!
The best investing book I have(and I have a lot)

2 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars no substance, January 16, 2002

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Eli Lato (Ganey Tikvah, ISRAEL) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Investing for Dummies (Audio CD)

There was so little substance in this CD that I'm sorry that I bought it. Judging by the reviews I see here, I'd guess that the book teaches a lot more than the CD.