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The Money Class: Learn to Create Your New American Dream
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The Money Class: Learn to Create Your New American Dream
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The Money Class: Learn to Create Your New American Dream

Written by Suze Orman

Narrated by Nancy Linari

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What does it take to create your New American Dream?

Suze Orman, the woman millions of Americans have turned to for financial advice, says it's time for a serious reconsideration of the American Dream-what promise it still holds, what aspects are in need of revision, and how it must be refashioned to fit our lives so that we can once again have faith that our hard work will pay off and that a secure and hopeful future is within our reach.

In nine electrifying chapters, Orman delivers a master class on personal finance for this pivotal moment in time. She addresses every aspect of the American Dream-home, family, career, retirement. She teaches us that in order to create lasting security we must learn to stand in our truth. We must recognize, embrace, and be honest about what is real for us today and allow that understanding to inform the choices we make.  The New American Dream is not the things we accumulate, says Orman, but the confidence that comes from knowing that which we've worked so hard for cannot be taken away from us. In The Money Class, Orman teaches us how to take control over our present-right here, right now-in order to build the future of our dreams.

Whether navigating the complicated mix of money and family, offering the most comprehensive retirement resource available today, or delivering a bracing dose of reality when it comes to recalibrating our expectations and our goals, Orman educates us with her signature no-nonsense approach and laser-like clarity. She empowers us to live a life of integrity and honesty that will create an enduring legacy for future generations-a New American Dream that lies in truth, security, financial freedom, and peace of mind.

LanguageEnglish
Release dateMar 8, 2011
ISBN9780307913197
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  • Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
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    It gave me a good deal of information (most of which I didn't know) and left me thinking. It is written in a very straight forward manner that I thought was very effective. There is so much information in the book it did get a little overwhelming at times but I'm very glad I read it and will probably be reading parts of it again just to make sure I get everything out of it.
  • Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
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    This is a rather dull cookbook affair, nothing profound or exciting. On the other hand, it provides some good sound advice on managing money. Basic living skills are best kept a bit distant from profound or exciting! Walter Willett talked about this in his book Eat, Drink, and Be Healthy. Base your diet on boring textbook science, not the latest research papers. So the fact that Orman's book is a bit dull is a good part of what makes it valuable.I think she has actually inspired me to move some money out of intermediate bond funds and into a dividend-oriented stock fund. Orman would tell me to use an ETF instead ... well, maybe!One odd thing: on page 260 she talks about building a bond ladder by buying several bonds with different maturities, i.e. a one year bond, a two year bond, a three year bond, etc. That's not how I understand bond ladders at all! A bond ladder is a collection of bonds all of the same duration but with staggered starts. So maybe I have five bonds, all with five year duration. But it takes a while to build the ladder. I could buy the first in 2014 (maturing in 2019), the second in 2015 (maturing in 2020), the third in 2016 (maturing in 2021), etc. Now, to get this going, maybe I do start off with bonds of varying maturity, so the money that is not yet in the ladder isn't just sitting idle. But the trick is, when the shorter term bonds mature, reinvest that money in the longer term bonds that form the ladder. When the ladder is complete, all the bonds in it have the same duration. Not that I am any sort of financial whiz. but I am a numbers person. I can't think of any other mistake I saw like this. For a book like this, directed at a very wide audience, it is quite a feat to maintain such a good level of accuracy.Actually I lied a bit when I said this book is not at all profound. It does have some real profundity. So much of the mindset of the marketplace and the media is that happy days are just around the corner or not much past that. Well, Orman does say that interest rates must surely rise before too long. Well, who knows. How long have they been low in Japan? Anyway they sure can't go much lower! But anyway higher interest rates might have their good side if you are living on investment income, i.e. if you are retired and have managed to save up a decent stash. But it still doesn't mean happy days and Orman doesn't hold out that dubious promise. The idea is not just that such happy days are a dream not to be counted on, but that really a different dream, a dream founded on responsibility and realism, can be the foundation of a deeply fulfilling life. That might be just about the most timely and important message for today's world! To have this message packaged in a very down-to-earth book is a real gift to us all.