Terry Savage Talks Money : The Common-Sense Guide to Money Matters

Covers budgets, bank accounts, investments, credit, mortgages, life insurance, loans, real estate, annuities, taxes, estate planning, and savings for college or retirement

This primer is brimming with useful, sensible advice on how to manage your money successfully. Financial television reporter and columnist Savage has a knack for explaining even the most abstruse concepts in plain language. She covers investing in annuities, bonds, IRAs, stocks, mutual funds, gold, buying a home or a car, commodities trading, life insurance, and much more. The section on the stock market is particularly insightful. Savage cautions against get-rich-quick schemes: if it's too good to be true, then expect to lose your shirt. The book may not turn a reader into a Bernard Baruch or J. P. Morgan overnight, but novice investors will profit by reading this comprehensive and accessible investment guide. 50,000 first printing; $50,000 ad/promo; author tour.
Copyright 1990 Reed Business Information, Inc.

There are nearly as many books on personal financial management as there are investment options. This all-purpose guide by financial reporter Savage is basic without being condescending and detailed without being tedious. Its unbiased coverage of subjects, including taxes, wills, the stock market, insurance, bonds, credit, commodities, and pensions, makes this title a useful companion to standard references such as John Downes and Jordan Goodman's Barron's Finance and Investment Handbook ( LJ 9/1/86); and it is more appealing than many books which push particular investment products. Recommended for all libraries with personal finance collections.
- Joan Pedzich, Harris, Beach, & Wilcox Lib., Rochester, N.Y.
Copyright 1990 Reed Business Information, Inc.