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Serious Money, Straight Talk About Investing for Retirement

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Excellent book with practical, easy to follow advice minus the financial jargon. Mr. Ferri explains financial concepts in a simple, straightforward style and walks the reader through steps to develop a sound, well thought out financial plan. I'd highly recommend this book!

This book was well-written, easy to follow, and really helped explain how to invest your money. Although I read a lot on investing, this book provided a lot of new and enlightening information. Mr. Ferri's book is a must and will really help you invest your money profitably.

Serious Money? Seriously! Those who participate in 401K style investments experience presentations each year. In these presentations they show an index fund performance over time and quickly mention index funds cost less than managed funds. I suppose the presenters of these dog an pony shows read Richard Ferri's book "Serious Money".

You can download the PDF of the book free from Richard Ferri's website. Knowing this I still bought the hard cover because it is a well written investment book worth having. Serious Money covers investment alternatives and strategies beyond what is ever covered in the investment bankers spiel.

Ferri introduces us to the answers for true financial security. The most practical book for the retiring investor.

Remember, THEY MAKE MONEY FROM YOU, NOT FOR YOU.

I love Richard Ferri's books. This is one of them.
If you are clueless about financial investment and want to get started on it, then read this book. I also recommended

All about Index Funds, All about Asset Allocation and The ETF Book.

Unlike other books that promote sales pitch (IBD: Investor's Business Daily or even Wall Street Journal) Ferri provides sound independent studies done on investment strategies and why almost all of them will give average or below average return.

However it does not cover all the story. You still need to understand our debt-based economic structure and fractional banking monetary system to avoid heavy losses during severe recession or depression. I recommend The Creature from Jekyll Island: A Second Look at the Federal Reserve and Crash Proof: How to Profit From the Coming Economic Collapse (Lynn Sonberg Books) for that.

How can investors in stocks gain the investment knowledge needed to plan for retirement? Serious Money covers everything from considering the pros and cons of diversifying a mutual fund portfolio to developing a logical investment style based on real returns rather than dreams. Chapters outline Ferri's particular style of investing and reflect the author's background as a stock broker and financial advisor.