29 Best books to read about money
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Money 911
- By: Jean Chatzky
- Narrator: Jean Chatzky
- Length: 12 hours 33 minutes
- Publisher: HarperAudio
- Publish date: December 29, 2009
- Language: English
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3.64(53 ratings)
3.64(53 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.0027.99 USDThe popular TODAY financial editor Jean Chatzky helps you navigate through the critical challenges and potential catastrophes of personal finance.You’ve just lost your job. You’ve got a baby on the way. Your parent has had a stroke. MostThe popular TODAY financial editor Jean Chatzky helps you navigate through the critical challenges and potential catastrophes of personal finance.You’ve just lost your job. You’ve got a baby on the way. Your parent has had a stroke. Most people seek financial help not because they’re planning for the future but because they need it . . . right now! If you have money problems or are seeking immediate help to solve a dire, unanticipated financial emergency, then you need Money 911. In this invaluable guidebook, financial expert Jean Chatzky provides answers to today’s most pressing financial questions and concerns, including: * How do I get out of debt? * How do I avoid foreclosure? * How do I set up a monthly budget? * How can I improve my credit score? * How do I get my health insurance to pay a claim? * What should I do when I lose a parent?With Money 911, you can prepare for retirement, buy or sell a home, pick up the pieces of your personal finances, and get back on your feet–and stay there!
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Money 911: Budgeting and Cutting Spending
- By: Jean Chatzky
- Narrator: Jean Chatzky
- Length: 53 minutes
- Publisher: HarperAudio
- Publish date: December 29, 2009
- Language: English
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3.6(10 ratings)
3.6(10 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.001.99 USDThe popular TODAY financial editor Jean Chatzky helps you navigate through the critical challenges and potential catastrophes of personal finance.You’ve just lost your job. You’ve got a baby on the way. Your parent has had a stroke. MostThe popular TODAY financial editor Jean Chatzky helps you navigate through the critical challenges and potential catastrophes of personal finance.You’ve just lost your job. You’ve got a baby on the way. Your parent has had a stroke. Most people seek financial help not because they’re planning for the future but because they need it . . . right now! If you have money problems or are seeking immediate help to solve a dire, unanticipated financial emergency, then you need Money 911. In this invaluable guidebook, financial expert Jean Chatzky provides answers to today’s most pressing financial questions and concerns, including: * How do I get out of debt? * How do I avoid foreclosure? * How do I set up a monthly budget? * How can I improve my credit score? * How do I get my health insurance to pay a claim? * What should I do when I lose a parent?With Money 911, you can prepare for retirement, buy or sell a home, pick up the pieces of your personal finances, and get back on your feet–and stay there!
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The Aspirational Investor
- By: Ashvin B. Chhabra
- Narrator: Brett Barry
- Length: 4 hours 42 minutes
- Publisher: HarperAudio
- Publish date: June 02, 2015
- Language: English
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3.6(131 ratings)
3.6(131 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.0015.99 USDThe Chief Investment Officer of Merrill Lynch Wealth Management explains why goals, not markets, should be the primary focus of your investment strategy–and offers a practical, innovative framework for making smarter choices about aligningThe Chief Investment Officer of Merrill Lynch Wealth Management explains why goals, not markets, should be the primary focus of your investment strategy–and offers a practical, innovative framework for making smarter choices about aligning your goals to your investment strategy.
Today all of us bear the burden of investing wisely, but too many of us are preoccupied with the wrong priorities–increasing returns at all costs, finding the next star fund manager, or beating “the market.” Unfortunately conventional portfolio theory and the grand debates in finance have offered investors only incomplete solutions. What is needed, argues Ashvin B. Chhabra, is a framework that shifts the focus of investment strategy from portfolios and markets to individuals and the objectives that really matter: things like protecting against unexpected financial crises, paying for education or retirement, and financing philanthropy and entrepreneurship.
The Aspirational Investor is a practical, innovative approach to managing wealth based on key goals and the careful allocation of risks rather than responding to the whims of the financial markets. Chhabra introduces his “Wealth Allocation Framework,” which accommodates the three seemingly incompatible objectives that must underpin every sound wealth management plan: the need for financial security in the face of known and unknowable risks; the need to maintain current living standards over time despite inflation; and the need to pursue aspirational goals for wealth creation.
Chhabra reveals some surprising facts about wealth creation, reinterprets the success formulas of investing greats like Warren Buffett, and closes the gap between theory and practice by simplifying our understanding of key asset classes and laying out a concise roadmap for identifying, prioritizing, and quantifying financial goals. Raising the bar for what we should expect from our investment portfolios–and our financial advisors–The Aspirational Investor sets us on a path to more confident and fulfilling financial lives.
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The Intelligent Investor
- By: Benjamin Graham
- Narrator: Bill McGowan
- Length: 2 hours 45 minutes
- Publisher: HarperAudio
- Publish date: June 21, 2005
- Language: English
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4.25(107378 ratings)
4.25(107378 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.0016.99 USD“By far the best book on investing ever written.” –Warren Buffett The definitive book on value investing, this hardcover edition feature’s Benjamin Graham’s original wisdom from 1949 and includes a foreword by John C.“By far the best book on investing ever written.” –Warren Buffett
The definitive book on value investing, this hardcover edition feature’s Benjamin Graham’s original wisdom from 1949 and includes a foreword by John C. Bogle, founder of The Vanguard Group
The greatest investment advisor of the twentieth century, Benjamin Graham taught and inspired people worldwide. Graham’s philosophy of “value investing”–which shields investors from substantial error and teaches them to develop long-term strategies–has made The Intelligent Investor the stock market bible ever since its original publication.
Vital and indispensable, The Intelligent Investor is the most important book you will ever read on how to reach your financial goals.
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The Intelligent Investor Rev Ed.
- By: Benjamin Graham
- Narrator: Luke Daniels
- Length: 17 hours 48 minutes
- Publisher: HarperAudio
- Publish date: July 07, 2015
- Language: English
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4.25(8 ratings)
4.25(8 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.005.99 USD“By far the best book on investing ever written.” — Warren Buffett The classic text of Benjamin Graham’s seminal The Intelligent Investor has now been revised and annotated to update the timeless wisdom for today’s“By far the best book on investing ever written.” — Warren Buffett
The classic text of Benjamin Graham’s seminal The Intelligent Investor has now been revised and annotated to update the timeless wisdom for today’s market conditions.
The greatest investment advisor of the twentieth century, Benjamin Graham, taught and inspired people worldwide. Graham’s philosophy of “value investing”–which shields investors from substantial error and teaches them to develop long-term strategies–has made The Intelligent Investor the stock market bible ever since its original publication in 1949.
Over the years, market developments have proven the wisdom of Graham’s strategies. While preserving the integrity of Graham’s original text, this revised edition includes updated commentary by noted financial journalist Jason Zweig, whose perspective incorporates the realities of today’s market, draws parallels between Graham’s examples and today’s financial headlines, and gives readers a more thorough understanding of how to apply Graham’s principles.
Vital and indispensable, this revised edition of The Intelligent Investor is the most important book you will ever read on how to reach your financial goals.
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The Total Money Makeover
- By: Dave Ramsey
- Narrator: Dave Ramsey
- Length: 3 hours 41 minutes
- Publisher: Thomas Nelson
- Publish date: June 30, 2009
- Language: English
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4.23(70448 ratings)
4.23(70448 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.0017.99 USDThe success stories speak for themselves in this audio book from money maestro Dave Ramsey. Instead of promising the normal dose of quick fixes, Ramsey offers a bold, no-nonsense approach to money matters, providing not only the how-to but also aThe success stories speak for themselves in this audio book from money maestro Dave Ramsey. Instead of promising the normal dose of quick fixes, Ramsey offers a bold, no-nonsense approach to money matters, providing not only the how-to but also a grounded and uplifting hope for getting out of debt and achieving total financial health.
Ramsey debunks the many myths of money (exposing the dangers of cash advance, rent-to-own, debt consolidation) and attacks the illusions and downright deceptions of the American dream, which encourages nothing but overspending and massive amounts of debt. “Don’t even consider keeping up with the Joneses,” Ramsey declares in his typically candid style. “They’re broke!”
The Total Money Makeover isn’t theory. It works every single time. It works because it is simple. It works because it gets to the heart of the money problems: you.
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The 4-Hour Workweek
- By: Timothy Ferriss
- Narrator: Ray Porter
- Length: 8 hours 19 minutes
- Publisher: Blackstone Publishing
- Publish date: January 01, 2007
- Language: English
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3.92(268569 ratings)
3.92(268569 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.0016.95 USDTim Ferriss is an extraordinary young man on a mission. The twenty-nine-year-old serial vagabond and successful entrepreneur has been teaching a wildly popular course at Princeton University: a how-to and why-to guide to throwing out the old methodsTim Ferriss is an extraordinary young man on a mission. The twenty-nine-year-old serial vagabond and successful entrepreneur has been teaching a wildly popular course at Princeton University: a how-to and why-to guide to throwing out the old methods for success (balancing life and work, retiring well, having a great nest egg) and replacing them with an entirely new way of living.
The 4-Hour Workweek explains what a lifestyle entrepreneur is and why you should want to become one. It teaches you how to kill your job and design a life, the 80/20 rule and how it increases productivity, how to replace your dreams with goals, and more. Listeners can lead a rich life by working only four hours a week, freeing up the rest of their time to spend it living the lives they want.
There is no reason to wait to live the life you want.
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The Little Book of Common Sense Investing
- By: John C. Bogle
- Narrator: Thom Pinto
- Length: 5 hours 7 minutes
- Publisher: Macmillan Audio
- Publish date: April 13, 2007
- Language: English
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4.16(13993 ratings)
4.16(13993 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.0019.99 USDJohn C. Bogle’s The Little Book of Index Investing is a power-packed explanation of why outperforming the market is an investor illusion. Instead, the founder of The Vanguard Group–the man who’s been called “the conscience ofJohn C. Bogle’s The Little Book of Index Investing is a power-packed explanation of why outperforming the market is an investor illusion. Instead, the founder of The Vanguard Group–the man who’s been called “the conscience of the investment industry”*–recommends a simple, time-tested investment strategy that can deliver the greatest return to the greatest number of investors: indexing. Why? Investing is a zero-sum game where transaction costs, taxes, poor investment diversification, and poor market-timing (an affliction for most investors) hurts your portfolio more than it helps. Indexing eliminates that hurt. Bottom-line, if you can’t be an index, why not invest in one? And you’ll be all the happier and richer for it.
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The Science of Getting Rich
- By: Wallace D. Wattles
- Narrator: James Boles
- Length: 2 hours 35 minutes
- Publisher: Atria Books/Beyond Words
- Publish date: January 01, 2008
- Language: English
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4.21(78 ratings)
4.21(78 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.009.95 USDWritten nearly a century ago and recently rediscovered by Rhonda Byrne, creator of The Secret Becoming rich is not a matter of environment or talents. Money and property come to us as a result of doing things in a certain way. This is a naturalWritten nearly a century ago and recently rediscovered by Rhonda Byrne, creator of The Secret
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Becoming rich is not a matter of environment or talents. Money and property come to us as a result of doing things in a certain way. This is a natural law — the Law of Attraction — that specific actions always produce like effects. As a result, anyone who learns to do things in a certain way will ultimately become prosperous.
There exists a science of getting rich — and it is an exact science, like algebra or arithmetic and The Science of Getting Rich explains obtaining wealth in a practical, mathematical, manner. Wallace D. Wattles treats gaining riches as a simple equation, and if his simple, rational steps are done in a “certain way,” the result will always equal wealth.
Updated for the twenty-first century, this exclusive revised edition of The Science of Getting Rich presents a modern version of the lessons taught in the original. Free of complicated theories and wordy philosophies, it is told in a clear-cut, easy-to-understand manner that all can comprehend and apply to theirlives. It requires only that you listen, internalize the words, and keep your thoughts on your desires. You will then obtain the wealth that is awaiting everyone. -
Accounting for Dummies 3rd Ed.
- By: John A. Tracy
- Narrator: Brett Barry
- Length: 3 hours 12 minutes
- Publisher: HarperAudio
- Publish date: November 06, 2007
- Language: English
Regular Price:Try for $0.0016.99 USDUse smart accounting to maximize profits and minimize confusion Whether you’re a small business owner or just want to understand your 401(k) statements, this new edition of Accounting For Dummies helps you get a handle on all those columns ofUse smart accounting to maximize profits and minimize confusion
Whether you’re a small business owner or just want to understand your 401(k) statements, this new edition of Accounting For Dummies helps you get a handle on all those columns of numbers. With fully up-to-date accounting basics for business and personal finances, this book helps you to balance your books and stay in the black.
Discover how to:
Make sense of bookkeeping basics
Read a financial statement
Manage budgets for a better bottom line
Analyze business strengths and weaknesses
Evaluate accounting methods and business structures
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Business Brilliant
- By: Lewis Schiff
- Narrator: John Morgan
- Length: 7 hours 32 minutes
- Publisher: HarperAudio
- Publish date: March 19, 2013
- Language: English
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4.13(166 ratings)
4.13(166 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.0021.99 USDAsk a member of the middle class what it takes to become wealthy, and she’ll tell you it takes a bold new idea. Tell that to a self-made millionaire, and he’ll vehemently disagree. What explains the difference in mind-set between theAsk a member of the middle class what it takes to become wealthy, and she’ll tell you it takes a bold new idea. Tell that to a self-made millionaire, and he’ll vehemently disagree. What explains the difference in mind-set between the self-made wealthy and the rest of us? It’s not what you think, as journalist and entrepreneur Lewis Schiff convincingly illustrates through groundbreaking research and compelling storytelling.
For decades, the middle class has believed that the road to success meant working hard and playing by rules passed down from previous generations. But as the 2008 economic crisis has made clear, the old rules no longer apply. While household net worth has declined for most, self-made business leaders–entrepreneurially minded individuals born into the middle class who have accumulated significant wealth–have prospered. What makes these have-mores financially successful while the rest of us have never felt more uncertain about our professional and financial futures?
In Business Brilliant, Lewis Schiff reveals the eye-opening findings from a national survey of middle-class workers and self-made millionaires, offering practical guidance to show the rest of us what America’s self-made rich already know. Through his research, he holds a mirror to our most commonly held beliefs about success and then reveals the truth about how wealth is really created by surveying the truly wealthy. In doing so, he explodes the conventional wisdom and identifies the distinct principles practiced by individuals who may or may not be any smarter than the rest of the population but seem to understand instinctively how money is made. They don’t employ business-as-usual practices; they adopt a “Business Brilliant” mind-set. The book illustrates how these self-made millionaires choose their careers, negotiate to win, and leverage social networks to accumulate their wealth.
Schiff argues that it is the synergy behind seven uncommon practices, not serendipity or luck, that produces success. He offers a practical four-step program anyone can follow to position themselves to succeed more often and a roadmap to compare your own Business Brilliance to the executives and entrepreneurs who have successfully navigated our rapidly changing economy. While Business Brilliant doesn’t promise to make you rich, it can help you achieve better results in your career and accumulate wealth faster.
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Secrets of the Millionaire Mind
- By: T. Harv Eker
- Narrator: Charles Constant
- Length: 5 hours 11 minutes
- Publisher: HarperAudio
- Publish date: June 14, 2016
- Language: English
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4.21(47684 ratings)
4.21(47684 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.0021.99 USDSecrets of the Millionaire Mind reveals the missing link between wanting success and achieving it! Have you ever wondered why some people seem to get rich easily, while others are destined for a life of financial struggle? Is the difference found inSecrets of the Millionaire Mind reveals the missing link between wanting success and achieving it!
Have you ever wondered why some people seem to get rich easily, while others are destined for a life of financial struggle? Is the difference found in their education, intelligence, skills, timing, work habits, contacts, luck, or their choice of jobs, businesses, or investments?
The shocking answer is: None of the above!
In his groundbreaking Secrets of the Millionaire Mind, T. Harv Eker states: “Give me five minutes, and I can predict your financial future for the rest of your life!” Eker does this by identifying your “money and success blueprint.” We all have a personal money blueprint ingrained in our subconscious minds, and it is this blueprint, more than anything, that will determine our financial lives. You can know everything about marketing, sales, negotiations, stocks, real estate, and the world of finance, but if your money blueprint is not set for a high level of success, you will never have a lot of money–and if somehow you do, you will most likely lose it! The good news is that now you can actually reset your money blueprint to create natural and automatic success.
Secrets of the Millionaire Mind is two books in one. Part I explains how your money blueprint works. Through Eker’s rare combination of street smarts, humor, and heart, you will learn how your childhood influences have shaped your financial destiny. You will also learn how to identify your own money blueprint and “revise” it to not only create success but, more important, to keep and continually grow it.
In Part II you will be introduced to seventeen “Wealth Files,” which describe exactly how rich people think and act differently than most poor and middle-class people. Each Wealth File includes action steps for you to practice in the real world in order to dramatically increase your income and accumulate wealth.
If you are not doing as well financially as you would like, you will have to change your money blueprint. Unfortunately your current money blueprint will tend to stay with you for the rest of your life, unless you identify and revise it, and that’s exactly what you will do with the help of this extraordinary book. According to T. Harv Eker, it’s simple. If you think like rich people think and do what rich people do, chances are you’ll get rich too!
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Living Well in a Down Economy for Dummies
- By: Tracy Barr
- Narrator: Brett Barry
- Length: 3 hours 30 minutes
- Publisher: HarperAudio
- Publish date: September 23, 2008
- Language: English
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2.98(47 ratings)
2.98(47 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.004.99 USDGet smart about spending and saving–and ride out a recession! Looking for practical ways to make every dollar count? This savvy guide gives you expert tips for tightening your belt and saving cash in every area of your life–from yourGet smart about spending and saving–and ride out a recession!
Looking for practical ways to make every dollar count? This savvy guide gives you expert tips for tightening your belt and saving cash in every area of your life–from your house and car to dining and entertaining to banking and managing debt. You get realistic solutions for making smarter choices and living well in this time of economic turmoil–without extraordinary sacrifice!
- Bump up your take-home pay–spiff up your resume, find a good job fast, explore telecommuting, or start a home-based business
- Get your personal finances in tip-top shape–create a budget, pay down debt, save on insurance, and protect your retirement funds
- Develop recession-proof habits–use coupons and rebates, extend the life of your wardrobe, utilize community resources, travel on a budget, and save on utilities and fuel expenses
- Decorate on a dime and entertain on a shoestring–plan parties, celebrate the holidays, and give gifts without losing your shirt
- Bounce back from bad financial situations–improve bad credit scores, and negotiate with creditors or the IRS
Open the book and find:
- 125 tips for making changes in your life that allow you to continue to live well
- Ways to stand out on paper and in an interview when looking for a job
- Tips on managing debt–from working with credit counselors and consolidating your debts to boosting your income
- Smart solutions for weathering financial emergencies, from bankruptcy to foreclosure
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Meet the Frugalwoods
- By: Elizabeth Willard Thames
- Narrator: Ann Marie Gideon
- Length: 5 hours 41 minutes
- Publisher: HarperAudio
- Publish date: March 06, 2018
- Language: English
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3.75(4886 ratings)
3.75(4886 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.005.99 USDThe deeply personal story of why award-winning personal finance blogger Elizabeth Willard Thames abandoned a successful career in the city and embraced extreme frugality in order to create a more meaningful, purpose-driven life and retire to aThe deeply personal story of why award-winning personal finance blogger Elizabeth Willard Thames abandoned a successful career in the city and embraced extreme frugality in order to create a more meaningful, purpose-driven life and retire to a homestead in the woods at age thirty-two with her husband and daughter.
In 2014, Elizabeth and Nate Thames were conventional 9-5 young urban professionals. But the couple had a dream to become modern-day homesteaders in rural Vermont. Determined to retire as early as possible in order to start living each day–as opposed to wishing time away working for the weekends–they enacted a plan to save an enormous amount of money: well over seventy percent of their joint take home pay. Dubbing themselves the Frugalwoods, Elizabeth began documenting their unconventional frugality and the resulting wholesale lifestyle transformation on their eponymous blog.
In less than three years, Elizabeth and Nate reached their goal. Today, they are financially independent and living out their dream on a sixty-six-acre homestead in the woods of rural Vermont with their young daughter. While frugality makes their lifestyle possible, it’s also what brings them peace and genuine happiness. They don’t stress out about impressing people with their material possessions, buying the latest gadgets, or keeping up with any Joneses. In the process, Elizabeth discovered the self-confidence and liberation that stems from disavowing our culture’s promise that we can buy our way to “the good life.” Elizabeth unlocked the freedom of a life no longer beholden to the clarion call to consume ever-more products at ever-higher sums.
Meet the Frugalwoods is the intriguing story of how Elizabeth and Nate realized that the mainstream path wasn’t for them, crafted a lifestyle of sustainable frugality, and reached financial independence at age thirty-two. While not everyone wants to live in the woods, or quit their jobs, many of us want to have more control over our time and money and lead more meaningful, simplified lives. Following their advice, you too can live your best life.
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The Automatic Millionaire
- By: David Bach
- Narrator: David Bach
- Length: 4 hours 58 minutes
- Publisher: Simon & Schuster Audio
- Publish date: January 01, 2004
- Language: English
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3.94(15938 ratings)
3.94(15938 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.0018.95 USDWhat’s the secret to becoming a millionaire? In The Automatic Millionaire, David Bach shares that secret. The Automatic Millionaire starts with the powerful story of an average American couple — he’s a low-level manager,What’s the secret to becoming a millionaire?
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In The Automatic Millionaire, David Bach shares that secret.
The Automatic Millionaire starts with the powerful story of an average American couple — he’s a low-level manager, she’s a beautician — whose joint income never exceeds $55,000 a year, who somehow manage to own two homes debt-free, put two kids through college, and retire at fifty-five with more than $1 Million in savings. Through their story you’ll learn the surprising fact that you cannot get rich with a budget! You must have a plan to pay yourself first that is totally automatic, a plan that will automatically secure your future and pay for your present.
What Makes The Automatic Millionaire Unique:
¬ï You don’t need to make a lot of money
¬ï You don’t need a budget
¬ï You don’t need willpower
¬ï You don’t need to be that interested in money
• You can set up the plan in an hour
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The Black Swan
- By: Nassim Nicholas Taleb
- Narrator: Nassim Nicholas Taleb
- Length: 6 hours 57 minutes
- Publisher: Recorded Books, Inc.
- Publish date: September 10, 2007
- Language: English
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3.95(89790 ratings)
3.95(89790 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.0024.99 USDMaverick thinker Nassim Nicholas Taleb had an illustrious career on Wall Street before turning his focus to his black swan theory. Not all swans are white, and not all events-no matter what the experts think-are predictable. Taleb shows that blackMaverick thinker Nassim Nicholas Taleb had an illustrious career on Wall Street before turning his focus to his black swan theory. Not all swans are white, and not all events-no matter what the experts think-are predictable. Taleb shows that black swans, like 9/11, cannot be foreseen and have an immeasurable impact on the world. “[Taleb] administers a severe thrashing to MBA- and Nobel Prize-credentialed experts who make their living from economic forecasting.”-Booklist
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Unshakeable
- By: Tony Robbins
- Narrator: Tony Robbins
- Length: 7 hours 21 minutes
- Publisher: Simon & Schuster Audio
- Publish date: January 01, 2017
- Language: English
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4.07(7070 ratings)
4.07(7070 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.0023.99 USDTransform your financial life and accelerate your path to financial freedom with this step-by-step playbook to achieving your financial goals from the #1 New York Times bestseller of Money: Master the Game, Tony Robbins.Robbins, who has coached moreTransform your financial life and accelerate your path to financial freedom with this step-by-step playbook to achieving your financial goals from the #1 New York Times bestseller of Money: Master the Game, Tony Robbins.
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Robbins, who has coached more than fifty million people from 100 countries, is the world’s #1 life and business strategist. In this book, he teams up with Peter Mallouk, the only man in history to be ranked the #1 financial advisor in the US for three consecutive years by Barron’s. Together they reveal how to become unshakeable–someone who can not only maintain true peace of mind in a world of immense uncertainty, economic volatility, and unprecedented change, but who can profit from the fear that immobilizes so many.
In these pages, through plain English and inspiring stories, you’ll discover…
-How to put together a simple, actionable plan that will deliver true financial freedom.
-Strategies from the world’s top investors on how to protect yourself and your family and maximize profit from the inevitable crashes and corrections to come.
-How a few simple steps can add a decade or more of additional retirement income by discovering what your 401(k) provider doesn’t want you to know.
-The core four principles that most of the world’s greatest financial minds utilize so that you can maximize upside and minimize downside.
-The fastest way to put money back in your pocket: uncover the hidden fees and half truths of Wall Street–how the biggest firms keep you overpaying for underperformance.
-Master the mindset of true wealth and experience the fulfillment you deserve today.
No matter your salary, your stage of life, or when you started, this book will provide the tools to help you achieve your financial goals more rapidly than you ever thought possible. -
The Root of Riches
- By: Chuck Bentley
- Narrator: Fred Berman
- Length: 4 hours 24 minutes
- Publisher: Blackstone Publishing
- Publish date: January 01, 2020
- Language: English
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3.74(14 ratings)
3.74(14 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.0014.95 USDIn a culture driven by having and getting, our definition of “riches” has become grossly distorted. For many, “being rich” could be defined simply as the accumulation of money. For others, it has become the ultimate goal ofIn a culture driven by having and getting, our definition of “riches” has become grossly distorted.
For many, “being rich” could be defined simply as the accumulation of money. For others, it has become the ultimate goal of life. CEO of Crown Financial Ministries, Chuck Bentley, writes of his own life, admitting, “the desire to be rich…grew beyond a mere financial goal; it became a status and an identity that I hungered to achieve. Although my relentless pursuit of it eventually drove me to the brink of financial ruin and beyond, I could not rest until it was mine.”
But what does God say about “riches”? If we are living on his terms, what should we be striving to accumulate?
The Root of Riches holds a mirror to the listener, encouraging an honest look into the core values of our lives. Through his honest reflection, Bentley invites listeners into his own journey, to learn from his mistakes, and to soak in Truth that God tells us about “being rich.”
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Flash Boys
- By: Michael Lewis
- Narrator: Dylan Baker
- Length: 10 hours 15 minutes
- Publisher: Simon & Schuster Audio
- Publish date: January 01, 2014
- Language: English
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4.14(46836 ratings)
4.14(46836 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.0019.99 USD2015 Audie Award Finalist for NonfictionFrom the #1 bestselling author of The Blind Side and MoneyballFour years after his #1 bestseller The Big Short, Michael Lewis returns to Wall Street to report on a high-tech predator stalking the equity2015 Audie Award Finalist for Nonfiction
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From the #1 bestselling author of The Blind Side and Moneyball
Four years after his #1 bestseller The Big Short, Michael Lewis returns to Wall Street to report on a high-tech predator stalking the equity markets.
Flash Boys is about a small group of Wall Street guys who figure out that the US stock market has been rigged for the benefit of insiders and that, post-financial crisis, the markets have become not more free but less, and more controlled by the big Wall Street banks. Working at different firms, they come to this realization separately; but after they discover each other, the flash boys band together and set out to reform the financial markets. This they do by creating an exchange in which high-frequency trading–source of the most intractable problems–will have no advantage whatsoever.
The characters in Flash Boys are fabulous, each completely different from what you think of when you think “Wall Street guy.” Several have walked away from jobs in the financial sector that paid them millions of dollars a year. From their new vantage point they investigate the big banks, the world’s stock exchanges, and high-frequency trading firms as they have never been investigated, and expose the many strange new ways that Wall Street generates profits.
The light that Lewis shines into the darkest corners of the financial world may not be good for your blood pressure, because if you have any contact with the market, even a retirement account, this story is happening to you. But in the end, Flash Boys is an uplifting story. Here are people who have somehow preserved a moral sense in an environment where you don’t get paid for that; they have perceived an institutionalized injustice and are willing to go to war to fix it. -
Alexander, Who Used to Be Rich Last Sunday
- By: Judith Viorst
- Narrator: Judith Viorst
- Length: 9 minutes
- Publisher: Recorded Books, Inc.
- Publish date: March 08, 2013
- Language: English
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4.13(6949 ratings)
4.13(6949 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.007.99 USDAlexander’s two brothers have money in their pockets. All he has are bus tokens. It isn’t fair. He had money last Sunday when his grandparents gave them each a dollar. Now it’s all gone. At first he was saving the money for aAlexander’s two brothers have money in their pockets. All he has are bus tokens. It isn’t fair. He had money last Sunday when his grandparents gave them each a dollar. Now it’s all gone. At first he was saving the money for a walkie-talkie. But saving money is hard. He bought gum with some of the money, but when it stopped tasting good, he had to buy more. Good-bye 15 cents. Then Eddie offered to rent him his snake for an hour, and he couldn’t pass up a chance like that. Betting his brother that he could hold his breath while he counted to 300 wasn’t a good idea, either. He’ll never own that walkie-talkie! Judith Viorst has a gift for getting inside a little boy’s head and making sense of what goes on there. Paired with Johnny Heller’s acting talent, the result is a good chuckle, laced with real compassion, for the child in everyone.
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The Wealth of Nations
- By: Adam Smith
- Narrator: Craig Deitschmann
- Length: 5 hours 7 minutes
- Publisher: Blackstone Publishing
- Publish date: January 01, 2012
- Language: English
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3.88(26213 ratings)
3.88(26213 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.0013.95 USDAn Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nationsis one of the most important and influential works ever published on economic theory and is the foundation of classical economics. In it, Adam Smith stresses the importance of theAn Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nationsis one of the most important and influential works ever published on economic theory and is the foundation of classical economics. In it, Adam Smith stresses the importance of the division of labor to economic progress. He criticizes the arguments for economic planning and offers a detailed theoretical and historical case for free trade.
In this masterpiece of the eighteenth-century Scottish Enlightenment, Smith develops a theory of social order arising from the unintended consequences of self-interested behavior. This self-regulating system of the free market, Smith contends, protects consumers from entrenched special interests and is usually harmed by government intervention.
Far more than just a work on economic theory,The Wealth of Nationsalso contains Smith’s views on philosophy, history, and political theory.
This program discusses Adam Smith’s general approach to philosophy and howThe Wealth of Nationsfits into that approach. It also explains Smith’s major arguments and themes. Smith’s sometimes difficult discourse is presented with the background information necessary for its comprehension.
The Giants of Political Thought series is an easy and entertaining way to broaden your mind and your awareness of great ideas.
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Economics in One Lesson
- By: Henry Hazlitt
- Narrator: Jeff Riggenbach
- Length: 6 hours 56 minutes
- Publisher: Blackstone Publishing
- Publish date: January 01, 2010
- Language: English
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4.17(15336 ratings)
4.17(15336 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.0016.95 USDA million-copy seller, Henry Hazlitt’s Economics in One Lesson is a classic economic primer. But it is also much more, having become a fundamental influence on modern “libertarian” economics of the type espoused by Ron Paul andA million-copy seller, Henry Hazlitt’s Economics in One Lesson is a classic economic primer. But it is also much more, having become a fundamental influence on modern “libertarian” economics of the type espoused by Ron Paul and others. Called by H. L. Mencken “one of the few economists in history who could really write,” Henry Hazlitt achieved lasting fame for this brilliant but concise work. In it, he explains basic truths about economics and the economic fallacies responsible for unemployment, inflation, high taxes, and recession, as well as illustrating the destructive effects of taxes, rent and price controls, inflation, trade restrictions, and minimum-wage laws.
Economics in One Lesson is deceptively prescient and far-reaching in its efforts to dissemble economic fallacies that are so prevalent they have almost become a new orthodoxy. Many current economic commentators across the political spectrum have credited Hazlitt with foreseeing the collapse of the global economy, which occurred more than fifty years after the initial publication of this seminal work. Hazlitt’s focus on non-governmental solutions, strong–and strongly reasoned–antideficit position, and general emphasis on free markets, economic liberty of individuals, and the dangers of government intervention make Economics in One Lesson every bit as relevant and valuable today as it has been since publication.
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Barbarians at the Gate
- By: Bryan Burrough
- Narrator: Bryan Burrough
- Length: 3 hours 2 minutes
- Publisher: HarperAudio
- Publish date: April 03, 2007
- Language: English
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4.26(31521 ratings)
4.26(31521 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.0016.99 USD“One of the finest, most compelling accounts of what happened to corporate America and Wall Street in the 1980’s.” —New York Times Book Review A #1 New York Times bestseller and arguably the best business narrative ever“One of the finest, most compelling accounts of what happened to corporate America and Wall Street in the 1980’s.” —New York Times Book Review
A #1 New York Times bestseller and arguably the best business narrative ever written, Barbarians at the Gate is the classic account of the fall of RJR Nabisco. An enduring masterpiece of investigative journalism by Bryan Burrough and John Helyar, it includes a new afterword by the authors that brings this remarkable story of greed and double-dealings up to date twenty years after the famed deal. The Los Angeles Times calls Barbarians at the Gate, “Superlative.” The Chicago Tribune raves, “It’s hard to imagine a better story…and it’s hard to imagine a better account.” And in an era of spectacular business crashes and federal bailouts, it still stands as a valuable cautionary tale that must be heeded.
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Citizen Reporters
- By: Stephanie Gorton
- Narrator: Maggi-Meg Reed
- Length: 11 hours 37 minutes
- Publisher: HarperAudio
- Publish date: February 18, 2020
- Language: English
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4.08(150 ratings)
4.08(150 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.0026.99 USDA fascinating history of the rise and fall of influential Gilded Age magazine McClure’s and the two unlikely outsiders at its helm–as well as a timely, full-throated defense of investigative journalism in America. The president of theA fascinating history of the rise and fall of influential Gilded Age magazine McClure’s and the two unlikely outsiders at its helm–as well as a timely, full-throated defense of investigative journalism in America.
The president of the United States made headlines around the world when he publicly attacked the press, denouncing reporters who threatened his reputation as “muckrakers” and “forces for evil.” The year was 1906, the president was Theodore Roosevelt–and the publication that provoked his fury was McClure’s magazine.
One of the most influential magazines in American history, McClure’s drew over 400,000 readers and published the groundbreaking stories that defined the Gilded Age, including the investigation of Standard Oil that toppled the Rockefeller monopoly. Driving this revolutionary publication were two improbable newcomers united by single-minded ambition. S. S. McClure was an Irish immigrant, who, despite bouts of mania, overthrew his impoverished upbringing and bent the New York media world to his will. His steadying hand and star reporter was Ida Tarbell, a woman who defied gender expectations and became a notoriously fearless journalist.
The scrappy, bold McClure’s group–Tarbell, McClure, and their reporters Ray Stannard Baker and Lincoln Steffens–cemented investigative journalism’s crucial role in democracy. From reporting on labor unrest and lynching, to their exposes of municipal corruption, their reporting brought their readers face to face with a nation mired in dysfunction. They also introduced Americans to the voices of Willa Cather, Arthur Conan Doyle, Robert Louis Stevenson, Joseph Conrad, and many others.
Tracing McClure’s from its meteoric rise to its spectacularly swift and dramatic combustion, Citizen Reporters is a thrillingly told, deeply researched biography of a powerhouse magazine that forever changed American life. It’s also a timely case study that demonstrates the crucial importance of journalists who are unafraid to speak truth to power.
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Reminiscences of a Stock Operator
- By: Edwin Lefevre
- Narrator: Edwin Lefevre
- Length: 9 hours 54 minutes
- Publisher: Recorded Books, Inc.
- Publish date: January 29, 2007
- Language: English
Regular Price:Try for $0.0024.99 USDFirst published in 1923, this fictional biography of Jesse Livermore, one of the greatest market speculators ever, is widely regarded as one of best investment books of all time. Reminiscences of a Stock Operator is the resource that generations ofFirst published in 1923, this fictional biography of Jesse Livermore, one of the greatest market speculators ever, is widely regarded as one of best investment books of all time. Reminiscences of a Stock Operator is the resource that generations of investors have turned to when they needed deeper insight into their own investing habits and those of others. Listen to this work, featuring narrator Rick Rohan, and you’ll soon discover your portfolio growing in new and unexpected ways!
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Beating the Street
- By: Peter Lynch
- Narrator: Peter Lynch
- Length: 3 hours 1 minutes
- Publisher: Simon & Schuster Audio
- Publish date: January 01, 1993
- Language: English
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4.08(7426 ratings)
4.08(7426 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.0010.95 USDLegendary money manager Peter Lynch explains his own strategies for investing and offers advice for how to pick stocks and mutual funds to assemble a successful investment portfolio.Develop a Winning Investment Strategy—with Expert Advice fromLegendary money manager Peter Lynch explains his own strategies for investing and offers advice for how to pick stocks and mutual funds to assemble a successful investment portfolio.
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Develop a Winning Investment Strategy—with Expert Advice from “The Nation’s #1 Money Manager.” Peter Lynch’s “invest in what you know” strategy has made him a household name with investors both big and small.
An important key to investing, Lynch says, is to remember that stocks are not lottery tickets. There’s a company behind every stock and a reason companies—and their stocks—perform the way they do. In this book, Peter Lynch shows you how you can become an expert in a company and how you can build a profitable investment portfolio, based on your own experience and insights and on straightforward do-it-yourself research.
In Beating the Street, Lynch for the first time explains how to devise a mutual fund strategy, shows his step-by-step strategies for picking stock, and describes how the individual investor can improve his or her investment performance to rival that of the experts.
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A Chair for My Mother
- By: Vera B. Williams
- Narrator: Martha Plimpton
- Length: 7 minutes
- Publisher: Greenwillow Books
- Publish date: May 12, 2009
- Language: English
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4.21(25465 ratings)
4.21(25465 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.002.99 USDThis classic and award-winning picture book was written and illustrated by the celebrated Vera B. Williams and was named a Caldecott Honor Book by the American Library Association. “A tender knockout . . . it’s rare to find muchThis classic and award-winning picture book was written and illustrated by the celebrated Vera B. Williams and was named a Caldecott Honor Book by the American Library Association. “A tender knockout . . . it’s rare to find much vitality, spontaneity, and depth of feeling in such a simple, young book.”–Kirkus Reviews
After their home is destroyed by a fire, Rosa, her mother, and grandmother save their coins to buy a really comfortable chair for all to enjoy. A Chair for My Mother has sold more than a million copies and is an ideal choice for reading and sharing at home and in the classroom. “A superbly conceived picture book expressing the joyful spirit of a loving family.”–The Horn Book
Supports the Common Core State Standards
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SuperFreakonomics
- By: Steven D. Levitt
- Narrator: Stephen J. Dubner
- Length: 7 hours 28 minutes
- Publisher: HarperAudio
- Publish date: October 20, 2009
- Language: English
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4(113371 ratings)
4(113371 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.0023.99 USDFreakonomics lived on the New York Times bestseller list for an astonishing two years. Now authors Steven D. Levitt and Stephen J. Dubner return with more iconoclastic insights and observations in SuperFreakonomics–the long awaited follow-upFreakonomics lived on the New York Times bestseller list for an astonishing two years. Now authors Steven D. Levitt and Stephen J. Dubner return with more iconoclastic insights and observations in SuperFreakonomics–the long awaited follow-up to their New York Times Notable blockbuster. Based on revolutionary research and original studies SuperFreakonomics promises to once again challenge our view of the way the world really works.
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Meet the Frugalwoods
- By: Elizabeth Willard Thames
- Narrator: Ann Marie Gideon
- Length: 5 hours 41 minutes
- Publisher: HarperAudio
- Publish date: March 06, 2018
- Language: English
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3.75(4886 ratings)
3.75(4886 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.005.99 USDThe deeply personal story of why award-winning personal finance blogger Elizabeth Willard Thames abandoned a successful career in the city and embraced extreme frugality in order to create a more meaningful, purpose-driven life and retire to aThe deeply personal story of why award-winning personal finance blogger Elizabeth Willard Thames abandoned a successful career in the city and embraced extreme frugality in order to create a more meaningful, purpose-driven life and retire to a homestead in the woods at age thirty-two with her husband and daughter.
In 2014, Elizabeth and Nate Thames were conventional 9-5 young urban professionals. But the couple had a dream to become modern-day homesteaders in rural Vermont. Determined to retire as early as possible in order to start living each day–as opposed to wishing time away working for the weekends–they enacted a plan to save an enormous amount of money: well over seventy percent of their joint take home pay. Dubbing themselves the Frugalwoods, Elizabeth began documenting their unconventional frugality and the resulting wholesale lifestyle transformation on their eponymous blog.
In less than three years, Elizabeth and Nate reached their goal. Today, they are financially independent and living out their dream on a sixty-six-acre homestead in the woods of rural Vermont with their young daughter. While frugality makes their lifestyle possible, it’s also what brings them peace and genuine happiness. They don’t stress out about impressing people with their material possessions, buying the latest gadgets, or keeping up with any Joneses. In the process, Elizabeth discovered the self-confidence and liberation that stems from disavowing our culture’s promise that we can buy our way to “the good life.” Elizabeth unlocked the freedom of a life no longer beholden to the clarion call to consume ever-more products at ever-higher sums.
Meet the Frugalwoods is the intriguing story of how Elizabeth and Nate realized that the mainstream path wasn’t for them, crafted a lifestyle of sustainable frugality, and reached financial independence at age thirty-two. While not everyone wants to live in the woods, or quit their jobs, many of us want to have more control over our time and money and lead more meaningful, simplified lives. Following their advice, you too can live your best life.
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