Best Personal Finance Books to Help You Now
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Lynn O'Shaughnessy
B ookstores are crowded with personal finance books, many of them not
worth your time. Here are some recently published ones that can help
you become a wiser and wealthier investor...
Smart and Simple Financial Strategies for Busy People by Jane Bryant
Quinn. This is the first book the consumer maven has written since
1997. She provides sound advice on all the major personal finance
topics. Her encouraging message: Investing doesn't have to be
difficult. $26 (Simon & Schuster).
The Only Guide to a Winning Bond Strategy You'll Ever Need: The Way
Smart Money Preserves Wealth Today by Larry E. Swedroe & Joe H.
Hempen. Surprisingly few financial books are devoted to fixed-income
investing, which makes this book even more valuable. One of the best
chapters describes how to build your own bond portfolio. $25.95
(Truman Talley).
The Smartest Investment Book You'll Ever Read: The Simple, Stress-Free
Way to Reach Your Investment Goals by Daniel R. Solin. Dividing up
your money intelligently among all your investing choices is critical
to success. This book explains how you can do just that. It also
explains how index funds might be an investor's best bet. $24.95
(Perigee).
Inside the Economist's Mind: Conversations with Eminent Economists
edited by Paul A. Samuelson & William A. Barnett. This book provides
an in-depth look at how some brilliant economists came up with the
theories that have helped shape people's views on the economy and
humanizes a topic that often is impenetrable. It is a collection of
interviews with 16 leading economists, including eight Nobel
Laureates, who represent a wide variety of viewpoints. $29.95
(Blackwell).
Bottom Line/Personal interviewed Lynn O'Shaughnessy, a syndicated
personal finance columnist based in San Diego. Her column appears in
the San Diego Union-Tribune and other publications. She also is a
contributor to BusinessWeek and the author of three investing books,
including Investing Bible (Wiley).