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

by Jonathan D. Pond (Author)
Key Phrases: achieving your financial dreams, lifestyle funds, one cent more, Social Security, Wall Street, United States (more...)

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Product Description

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.

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 (December 4, 2007)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0061121401
• ISBN-13: 978-0061121401
• Product Dimensions: 8.9 x 5.9 x 1.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.4 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #277,725 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

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

By	Melissa Kaye (Texas) - See all my reviews

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!

6 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

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

By	M. Lenz "eire" (Kansas, USA) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

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.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great gift for your adult children, January 12, 2008

By	R. Saunders (Virginia) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

Before you give it as a gift, take the time to read it yourself and mark half a dozen pages that you consider are of special value to the recipient. It may stimulate them to read more. Oh yes, and don't forget to buy yourself a book also.