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"Our fast-paced world prioritizes the productive busybody—financial security alwaysseems to rule over the insatiable hankering for a Friday night splurge. However, Jamila Souffrant argues that you can in fact spend and save responsibly, all while enjoying that extra side of guacamole. In this book, Jamila will teach you how to: Determine which of the 5 “Journeyer” stages you fall into and how you should be evaluating your spending and saving...

"A highly readable personal finance book that translates financial jargon and enables readers to ask the tough questions to protect their money and their financial well-being In today's unsettled financial markets, where most pension plans died out withthe twentieth century and where no one's certain of the future of Social Security, hardworking people turn to financial advisors to guide them to a worry-free financial lifestyle. But do you really...

According to Wall Street Journal investing columnist Spencer Jakab, most of us have no idea how much money we're leaving on the table--or that the average saver doesn't come anywhere close to earning the “average” returns touted in those glossy brochures. We're handicapped not only by psychological biases and a fear of missing out, but by an industry with multimillion-dollar marketing budgets and an eye on its own bottom line, not yours. Unless...

Cómo las mentiras están haciendo a los pobres y a la clase media más pobres. «En 1983, leí Grunch of Giants, escrito por el Dr. R. Buckminster Fuller. Grunch es el acrónimo de GRoss UNiversal Cash Heist que significa "el flagrante atraco universal del efectivo". Grunch of Giants trata sobre cómo los ultrarricos roban el mundo. Falso habla de lo que descubrí sobre los gigantes. Falso es sobre cómo, tú y yo no tenemos que ser víctimas de...