Financially Fearless: The LearnVest Program for Taking Control of Your Money presents a solid system for money management. I liked the chapters on protecting yourself from credit card fraud and identity theft. Financial planning tends to bore people, but Alexa Von Tobel’s book deals with complex financial topics like improving your credit score and investing in stocks, bonds, mutual funds, and Exchange Traded Funds (ETFs) clearly and succinctly. I usually recommend Suze Orman’s Women & Money book to people looking for financial guidance. But Financially Fearless is more up-to-date. GRADE: B
I don’t think much of Orman’s books or advice, hopefully this is better. What are this woman’s qualifications for expertise?
Rick, Alexa Von Tobel has an MBA from Harvard, has worked in the financial industry, and now runs a company to help people navigate money management.
Ah. Then she should know of what she speaks.
By the way, who are you calling – straight up, no odds – in tomorrow’s game?
Rick, my blog post tomorrow will reveal everything.
Why the B and not an A?
Patti, FINANCIALLY FEARLESS, like many money management books, provides “exercises” for the reader to practice the advice Alexa Von Tobel provides. I’m not a fan of “exercises.”
This presupposes one has money in the first place. Books like this, and people like this, are less than useless to me.
Bob, after you collect on your Super Bowl bet, you’ll be rolling in dough!