From Publishers Weekly
The “Your Money” syndicated columnist for the Los Angeles Times, Kristof has written a primer for novice investors, but despite her accessible prose she misses the mark here. Her opening chapter, “Exorcising Your Demons,” examines the various psychological reasons people make dumb investing decisions: for example, the “money-lover” agonizes over every penny spent and is always working for more, while the “ostrich” refuses to alter an investment strategy until …
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Investment greenhorns: Read this book – Now! Can we be any clearer? Kathy Kristof has written the ideal manual for anyone mystified by the world of finance. Her clear, fact-filled book completely dispenses with the condescending tone and soothing jabber of most books in the how-to-invest genre. In their place, Kristof has compiled an enlightening compendium of elementary investment wisdom, lucid explanations of financial terms and instruments, and educational walk-thrus of stock-valuation techniques. Simply put: If you are not investing, you must read this book. Whether it’s fear, ignorance or inertia that’s keeping you out of the markets, Investing 101 will inspire you to put your money to work by revealing, in easy-to-understand language, exactly how it all really works. We at getAbstract recommend this book as required reading for any beginner investors, or to anyone who feels intimidated by a lack of financial knowledge.
4.0 out of 5 stars
Good Introduction to Investing
This book is designed for beginners. It offers a broad introduction to investing in stocks, bonds, and mutual funds.
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Excelent book for starters
It is a book for starters. And the objective has been reached completely. The book explains in a very “down to earth” style the different investing instruments and the risk…
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A great book for beginners
An excellent starting point for anyone with questions about the basics of investing. Kristof starts off with a chapter on finding the money to invest and how to change attitudes…
As the title would suggest, this is very basic investing information. If you are a new investor, and seek a very broad overview of investing, and your options, then this is the book for you. I bought this book for my mother, who has never invested outside of a savings account. I read the book to be sure it would give her the information I was hoping for. It was exactly what I wanted, written in easy to follow terminology. If you’re an experienced investor, this book is not for you, however if you’re seeking basic investing information, give it a read.
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A good tool
I have just finished reviewing Investing 101. As the title implies, this book takes a detailed look at finances (personal) but more to the point it takes a look at what is a…
Personal finance columnist and expert Kathy Kristof’s Investing 101 is a compendium of clear, concise, practical, effective advice on getting motivated for investing, assessing financial goals for investment purposes and strategies, choosing the right types of investments based on particular needs or aspirations, finding and understanding financial information, diversifying investments, and keeping good financial records. Investing 101 is especially designed for those new to investing and will save the novice investor a great deal of time, avoid needless aggravation, and prevent unsound financial investment decisions and unacceptable risks.
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Do the Worksheets and Invest Like a Pro
This review is about the updated and expanded 2008 edition of Investing 101 by Kathy Kristof, nationally syndicated Personal Finance Columnist for the Los Angeles Times…
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Love this book
I love this book. It is excellent for beginners and easy to read. I suggest this book to anyone who wants to learn about investing – its title tells it all.
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excellent introductory investment book
This book does such a wonderful job introducing the beginners to the investing world. Different types of securities, different ways of investing … this book has them all.
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Excellent Book for a Beginner
Covers everything a beginner needs to know and filled in a couple gaps in my personal knowledge as well.
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Investors Need this Book
With humor and her usual conversational style, Kathy Kristof covers every aspect of investing right up to viatical settlements, which is so new that few investment guide books…