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Your Money Matters: 21 Tips for Achieving Financial Security in the 21st Century

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My husband and I both read this book and thought it was excellent. We have children just starting their households and are sending copies to them. This is not a book for experienced investors. Excellent advice for young families. Advice includes meeting your bills, insurance, beginning investments, retirement and much more. All the basics. Good review for anyone at any age.

Call me old fashioned, but I was brought up on the principle that you get ahead by being of service to other people, not by attacking other people. With that in mind, why does this JBQ shill continue to go from one financial book to another attacking every other financial author and hawking Quinn?

Jonathan Pond has written an excellent book and unlike Quinn, is a recognized authority on investing and personal finance.

I highly recommend this excellent book by Pond. I also recommend the excellent books by Ray Linder, if you want real financial advice and not regurgitated, outmoded advice ala JBQ.

I am not a beginner investor, and still, I found in the book some good reminders, answers to some ideas that I was bouncing around and even some things I did not know. It feels a bit awkward to provide a good review after seeing mostly negative ones, but I stand behind my rating. First of all, this is not a book on how to pick a winning stock or how to make a killing on the market. It is about making general decisions about one's financial life, and then waiting for the money to accummulate in the due process. If you set your expectations correctly, the book is useful and enjoyable. Secondly, at no point I felt that I needed any services from the Pond's firm. On the contrary, he gave me some ideas on how to finetune my own handling of my finances. Finally, I believe Jonathan Pond brings a great value in educating potential investors in his PBS appearances and in the book. Even if his ideas are not earth-shattering, they are to the point and delivered with a good sense of humor.

"Your Money Matters: 21 Tips for Achieving Financial Security in the 21st Century" is a veritable Money Manual and covers every major financial situation that is likely to happen in an adults lifetime. From the beginnings of financial independence to complicated estate planning, from buying a home to saving for retirement, it's all in here.

Pond's book also reveals the secrets you'll need to know to make the most of the opportunities in the new millenium. Unlike other guides, Your Money Matters takes a humanistic approach to money, reminding us that there is no reason our financial lives have to be dull. As Jonathan Pond delights in joking, "Never take responsibility for anything that eats." But if you do, you need this book.

Jonathan Pond is a recognized personal finance authority. What a pleasure it is to read a book by a respected financial authority instead of just a "paper authority." This excellent book by Pond will get you on track financially.

Just scroll down to the "So You Want to" and "Listmania" guides and you will see the name. If this internet junkie spent half as much time marketing and offering a worthwhile product or service, it wouldn't be necessary to hawk overpriced so called self published books which only offer at best generic if not outdated advice. And of course, it wouldn't be necessary to hype over the hill authors like JBQ either.

Mr. Pond is a recognized authority. I and many others have benefitted from his advice. As I see it, there is no place for internet junkies on this website and I have reported this to amazon as well.

I realize that this book was written about 8 years ago, but I still think it is an excellent overview of all areas of personal finance. It also helps that the author shares his sense of humor throughout the book to keep things from getting too dry.

This book contains many topics I've read before such as the importance of spending less than you earn and how to get out of debt. Information that was new to me included: tax-advantage investing; importance of putting together a will, living will, living trust, etc; ways to go about estate planning; and annuities (including charitable annunities). This is the first book I've read that covers all of those areas and I learned quite a bit.

It was rather interesting to read this book several years after it was written as the author had some advice (such as not investing your 401k in company stock) that really rings true now (post-Enron!).

After reading the book I have put together a "to-do" list of actions I plan to take from things I learned. So, I think it was very, very useful. The book was not as detailed as some I've read, but it contained enough to provide useful, thought-provoking information. The author lists resources and websites where more information can be obtained, if needed. I will have to look for more recent books by this author to put on my TBR (to-be-read) list!

This book did cure my insomnia because it is dull and lifeless. But if you're looking to get your financial house in order this book is totally off the mark. Stick with solid (though not overly exciting) tried and true books, such as "The Only Investment Guide You'll Ever Need," by Andrew Tobias or "Making the Most of Your Money," by Jane Bryant Quinn.

Jonathan Pond is yet another financial planner who is only writing books as a way to lure wealthy clients for his financial planning firm. This book is less than helpful. It's tone is a mix of boring and pompous. Good luck in finding the patience to read through it. Furthermore, good luck in finding anything in it that you can implement -- without, of course, having to hire Mr. Pond and his high-priced firm.

If you're looking for trite, corny advice then this book is for you. He just rehashes information that we've been hearing for years and he doesn't even tell it in a compelling way. He describes himself as the most recognized money expert. If he wants to be accurate, he should describe himself as one of the most boring and unoriginal self-described experts. Amazon sells many personal finance books that are much better than this one.

Jonathan Pond is a great financial planner and does NOT lure wealthy clients into his financial planning firm. The reader can tell by the writing of this informational book that the author clearly knows what he is talking about. I reccommend this book to any readers looking for financial security.