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| The Road to Wealth, Revised Edition | 
 enlarge | Author: Suze Orman
Publisher: Riverhead Hardcover
Category: Book
List Price: $29.95
Buy New: $14.97
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Avg. Customer Rating:  78 reviews
Sales Rank: 20129
Media: Hardcover
Edition: Rev Upd
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 608
Shipping Weight (lbs): 2.3
Dimensions (in): 9.4 x 7.5 x 2
ISBN: 1594489823
Dewey Decimal Number: 332.024
EAN: 9781594489822
ASIN: 1594489823
Publication Date: February 28, 2008
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
Condition: Brand New. 100% money back guarantee. All books shipped from Strand Bookstore, New York City, USA.
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| Customer Reviews:
 Thorough and Understandable March 31, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
As Suze Orman indicates at the beginning of this book, "The Road to Wealth" provides practical information for people who look to Suze Orman for clear, honest financial perspectives. Overall, the book is in a question and answer format with explanations of all new terms and examples which confirm the reader's understanding of the material. The chapters may be read independently if a single subject is of concern, or in order. I started at the beginning of the book and have read straight through. I've found the presentation of value personally and have insight, as well, into issues which may be ahead for me or are impacting people whom I know. This is both a reference book and an introduction to financial planning.
Excellent revised & updated reference guide covering different aspects of personal finance March 7, 2008
5 out of 5 found this review helpful
I am a fan of most of Suze Orman's financial guides and also a fan of her television show. What I like about her is that she dispenses financial advice in a very uncondescending, easy-to-understand manner. Also, as a woman, I appreciate that she is able to understand the financial concerns of many women out there.
In the latest 2008 revised and updated edition of "The Road to Wealth", Suze Orman covers a myriad of finance-related topics in the format of Q & A's. The book is divided into chapters - Managing Debt, Financial Intimacy, Home Ownership, Insurance, Paying for College, Retirement Planning, Stocks, Mutual Funds, Bonds & Bond Funds, Annuities, and Wills and Trusts. All financial jargon is explained in an easy-to-understand manner and there is an index at the end of the book that helps one navigate to topics of interest. This is like a financial encyclopedia and I don't think it's meant to be read from cover to cover though one could do that if desired. I was particularly interested in insurance and paying for college [being the mother of a young child] and so those were the topics I read first. The Q & A format works well here as you get succint answers to most financial concerns [versus some finance books that get dragged down by obscure language and wordiness].
For example, under the chapter "Paying for College", there is a question "In what kind of plan or account should I be keeping my investments for a child's education?" - Suze Orman goes on define and elaborate on the different plans/accounts such as UGMAs/UTMAs, Education IRA, prepaid tution plans, 529 savings plan, Roth IRAs etc.
This is a simple-to-understand financial guide, not to be confused with simplistic. It addresses important financial concerns and does so without condescension. Highly recommended!
 Still don't have the book I paid for February 28, 2008
1 out of 16 found this review helpful
Product never arrived.
Disappointing.
I give it one star because I have to.
 Sexist February 1, 2008
1 out of 12 found this review helpful
I was disappointed to find that Orman seems to think of her readers as women only. The text is in question/answer format, and whenever the gender of the questioner is made evident, it's always a woman. "I plan to marry my boyfriend...", "I don't like my boyfriend's credit card habits...", "My husband died and...", "My husband is dying and...", "My husband died a year ago and...", "My boyfriend got a new credit card and...". Doesn't Orman know that books like this should be written in a gender-neutral fashion? Worse, her preference for females shows up in her example selections--it's virtually all sisters and daughters. "I'd like to reward my daughter's trustworthiness by...", "My daughter is going off to college, and...", "My daughter would like to buy...", "My sister says her husband...", "My sister loaned me $15,000...". The (very) few instances of a son shows them in a bad financial light: "My son has been irresponsible with his credit...". I read the first couple of hundred pages, but this persistant sexism began to grate on me. For that matter, probably 80% of the personal pronouns are "she" and "her". By half-way through the book, it was clear she had some kind of agenda going on. Big turn-off. I'm really surprised that the publisher let her get away with this and didn't alternate the gender when the book was edited.
If I could have only 1 investment book, this would be it. January 15, 2008
I was drawn into one of Ms. Ormans's programs one night and was suprised to learn not one but several things that were news to me. So I went to the library and picked up several of her books. This one was the one I couldn't put down. It is makiing the rare move from being a book I've borrowed to a book I'll actually buy. I've done my own investing for years and at 50 am not a newbie. This book is a great resource.
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