Customer Reviews

Mutual Funds: Your Money, Your Choice ... Take Control Now and Build Wealth Wisely

5 star:		(4)
4 star:		(0)
3 star:		(1)
2 star:		(0)
1 star:		(0)

 

 

I was asked to review an early draft of this book. I'm really glad I did! Like many other people, I'm recently retired, need to stay tuned to the stcok market so that I can keep my "nest egg" wisely invested, but would much rather be outside playing golf, tennis, etc. I want to enjoy every minute of of each day, and the last thing I want to do is study and play the stock market! So, I don't, or at least not nearly as much as I should.

This book was exactly what I needed. I learned a lot more about mutual funds than I had expected to learn and it was written so that I could easily understand it. Subsequently, I'm making changes that will simplify and improve my investment strategies and will allow me to play golf without that little voice in the back of my head telling me that instead, I should be sitting at my desk studying the "market"!

If this all sounds familiar and you can relate to what I'm saying, then read it! You'll be glad you did!

This book is great and I felt that Dr. Jones had written it just for me. He is right, it is my money and my choice to make good investment decisions. After reading the book, I feel like I am ready to avoid the pitfalls and invest in mutual funds. Thank you Dr. Jones for writing a book that even I can understand.

I agree with what the other 5 star reviewers said about how useful and easily understandable this book is.
However, I am rating it at 3 stars first to compensate for the unreserved enthusiasm of the others, and also because it is obvious to me that there was a blatant attempt to fleshen the book up, by any means, to reach a number of pages.
Instead of more information -more footnotes, for example- regrettably the method used to attain that goal was the incessant repetition of the same ideas, which is not only fatiguing but also conveys the image of disorder, as identical concepts pop up in supposedly totally different chapters.
Many pictures are unnecessary and most are obvious. At one point, after informing that mutual funds represent 20% of retirement funds, Jones wastes one page displaying two amateurish looking pie charts to show us, dumbass readers, what 20% visually represents.
The titles of some chapters -for instance "Why should I be concerned?", or "Why inverstors can have problems...", or "Be aware of. . ." or "Think carefully. . ." clearly indicate that the contents of all them are going to be about the same subject -warnings- or at least they will overlap greatly. They do.
What was said in this book -again, admittedly very useful for laypersons such as me- could have been said in 100 pages less, should the author avoided his chaotic repetitions.

This book is fabulous! Clear and precise, it answered all my questions. Since I am just getting in the investment game, I was pleasantly surprised to find a book so easy to follow for the novice. Kudos to the author! I am really looking forward to Dr. Jones's next book!

I really don't know much about investing. I even avoided those type of courses in college (majored in the life sciences). But I realize that now that I'm a home-owner and making money I need to do something about my future. I'm not a big fan (at all) of the "For Dummies" series of books, so I wanted something a little more informative but personal. While browsing the books I came across this book and found the layout appealing. With chapter names like "Understanding Mutual Funds: The Nitty-Gritty Details" and "Seduced by the Dark Side" I thought this would hold my attention. Upon browsing the first few pages of some of the chapters I also realized that the author took care to write for a varied audience, which I appreciate since this subject somewhat scares me. All in all: job well done! I have read the book from cover to cover and I even made notes in the margins and bookmarked some of the pages. I'm ready to start investing, and I'm much more confident now! Thanks!!