Archive for the ‘Book Reviews’ Category

Review of Questions and Answers on Life Insurance

Monday, November 1st, 2010

I was fortunate to receive an evaluation copy of Tony Steuer's Questions and Answers on Life Insurance: The Life Insurance Toolbook. This 368-page book contains just what it says it contains: 134 common questions on the topic of life insurance, along with answers in plain English. Mr. Steuer's goal was "to ...

Here’s the skinny on The Skinny On

Wednesday, October 13th, 2010

I received a whole bunch of books, compliments of Jim Randel and friends, from The Skinny On series. I've read a few of them, not because I'm a particularly fast reader but because they're super-quick reads.  Truth in advertising: it even says so on the spines.  The ones I've read so ...

Review of Gregory Karp’s The 1-2-3 Money Plan

Friday, June 25th, 2010

(Thanks to Suburban Dollar for including this post in the Carnival of Personal Finance!) Well, my Bargaineering Bucks were burning a virtual hole in my electronic pseudo bank account, so I bid on Gregory Karp's The 1-2-3 Money Plan: The Three Most Important Steps to Saving and Spending Smart, ...

Review: Why Are We So Clueless about the Stock Market?

Saturday, May 22nd, 2010

A few months back I received a complimentary review copy of Mariusz Skonieczny's Why Are We So Clueless about the Stock Market? which claims to help you "[l]earn how to invest your money, how to pick stocks, and how to make money in the stock market. This book was a very ...