Girl, Make Your Money Grow!: A Sister's Guide to Protecting Your Future and Enriching Your Life - Hardcover

Bridgforth, Glinda; Perry-Mason, Gail

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0767914015 ISBN 13: 9780767914017

Publisher: Broadway, 2003

Synopsis

Are you tired of living paycheck to paycheck, working long hours at a JOB that stands for “Just Over Broke”? Do you dream about retiring early to spend more time with your loved ones—or finally owning a house in your favorite part of town? If you’re ready to take charge of your finances and move beyond your salary to create new wealth, then come on, girl – it’s time to make your money grow!

These days the stock market can make anyone flinch—but as the money-wise Glinda Bridgforth knows, it’s more important than ever to plan for the future and secure your lifestyle. In this timely follow-up to her bestselling Girl, Get Your Money Straight!, Bridgforth teams up with investment expert and stockbroker Gail Perry-Mason to deliver power-packed, sister-to-sister advice on how to master the stock market, grow your income, and start investing in your biggest asset—you.

Beginning with simple, engaging exercises to help you assess your finances and transform any negative money beliefs that hold you back, Bridgforth and Perry-Mason then present their step-by-step program for becoming acquainted with investing and making your money work for you, 24-7. You will learn how to:

• Clear away debt and clear the deck—for investing
• Create new streams of income by using your own special talents
• Develop an investment mission statement
• Map out a personalized plan for retirement and take advantage of the best retirement options: 401(k)s, IRAs, and more
• Own your own piece of the rock: buying prime real estate
• Take the mystery out of the market and build an investment portfolio that’s right for you
• Use bonds, mutual funds, and blue chip stocks to lower your risk without sacrificing profits
• Read the market for winners and losers—and get the knowledge you need to protect your assets

Filled with Bridgforth’s warm-hearted wisdom and advice, and complete with worksheets, exercises, affirmations, and inspiring stories of African American women who’ve successfully grown their money tree, Girl, Make Your Money Grow! is a fresh, fun, and eminently practical guide to achieving the next level of financial security and to funding the future of your dreams.

About this title

About the Author

The author of Girl, Get Your Money Straight!, Glinda Bridgforth is the founder of Bridgforth Financial Management Group, a financial management company that emphasizes holistic counseling, and a regular contributor to Essence. Gail Perry-Mason is First Vice President of Financial Services at Oppenheimer & Co., Inc., an investment firm. Both speak to thousands of African American women each year about the importance of good money management and investing in their futures. They live in Detroit.

From the Back Cover

High Praise for Girl, Get Your Money Straight!

“Thoughtful, holistic, heartfelt advice.”—USA Today

“Girl, Get Your Money Straight! speaks to the heart and soul of sisters everywhere, and gives us the practical tools we need to not only conquer our money fears, but to lift our spirits and achieve our wildest dreams!”—Cheryl D. Broussard, author of Sister CEO and The Black Woman's Guide To Financial Independence

“Girl, Get Your Money Straight! is a must-have guide for any woman who wants to have power over her money. Glinda Bridgforth cares deeply about her readers, and her warmth, energy, and financial savvy radiate from every page. ” —David Bach, bestselling author of Smart Women Finish Rich, and The Automatic Millionaire

“The Bible says that a fool and their money will easily part. For years, Glinda Bridgforth has been teaching us to be fools no more. This book is a must for every wise woman and her household.”—Dr. Bertice Berry, author of Redemption Song and I’m on My Way but Your Foot Is on My Head

“Glinda Bridgforth has written a great book that is insightful, heartfelt, humorous and easy to understand. Sisters will find it usable and practical in ways rarely found in money management books. I highly recommend that black women read this book cover to cover.”—George C. Fraser, author of Success Runs in Our Race and Race for Success

“A motivating guide to claiming financial health and success [that] speaks to the unique money challenges of Black women and offers empowering steps to healing.”—Ebony

From the Inside Flap

Are you tired of living paycheck to paycheck, working long hours at a JOB that stands for ?Just Over Broke?? Do you dream about retiring early to spend more time with your loved ones?or finally owning a house in your favorite part of town? If you?re ready to take charge of your finances and move beyond your salary to create new wealth, then come on, girl ? it?s time to make your money grow!

These days the stock market can make anyone flinch?but as the money-wise Glinda Bridgforth knows, it?s more important than ever to plan for the future and secure your lifestyle. In this timely follow-up to her bestselling Girl, Get Your Money Straight!, Bridgforth teams up with investment expert and stockbroker Gail Perry-Mason to deliver power-packed, sister-to-sister advice on how to master the stock market, grow your income, and start investing in your biggest asset?you.

Beginning with simple, engaging exercises to help you assess your finances and transform any negative money beliefs that hold you back, Bridgforth and Perry-Mason then present their step-by-step program for becoming acquainted with investing and making your money work for you, 24-7. You will learn how to:
Clear away debt and clear the deck?for investing
Create new streams of income by using your own special talents
Develop an investment mission statement
Map out a personalized plan for retirement and take advantage of the best retirement options: 401(k)s, IRAs, and more
Own your own piece of the rock: buying prime real estate
Take the mystery out of the market and build an investment portfolio that?s right for you
Use bonds, mutual funds, and blue chip stocks to lower your risk without sacrificing profits
Read the market for winners and losers?and get the knowledge you need to protect your assets

Filled with Bridgforth?s warm-hearted wisdom and advice, and complete with worksheets, exercises, affirmations, and inspiring stories of African American women who?ve successfully grown their money tree, Girl, Make Your Money Grow! is a fresh, fun, and eminently practical guide to achieving the next level of financial security and to funding the future of your dreams.

Reviews

Compound interest. Bear and bull markets. Debt consolidation. Heard all those money terms before, from the likes of Suze Orman and other financial celebrities? Bridgforth (Girl, Get Your Money Straight! 2000) and money expert Perry-Mason enjoy a monopoly on a different angle of the money game: appealing to African American women, who now earn and spend ever-increasing billions of dollars each year. The authors' unique selling proposition? One, great personal and client anecdotes that speak to a variety of life situations, whether it's a divorced mom caring for three children or an older couple nearing retirement. Two, exercises at the end of each chapter that involve more than a calculator, such as an activity that painlessly eases readers into stock market research by using Yahoo! to look up names of familiar brands. And three, content directly targeted to spiritual and emotional needs, such as how to develop a mission statement. All that's missing? A workbook for practice--and a recording that shouts, "You go, girl!" Barbara Jacobs
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Edition details

• Publisher: Broadway
• Publication date: 2003
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0767914015
• ISBN 13: 9780767914017
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 272