The Complete Idiot's Guide to Investing for Women

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You're no idiot, of course. You've balanced a checkbook, paid the bills on time, and saved enough money for a nice vacation. But when it comes to dealing with stockbrokers and choosing a retiremnet plan, you feel a little like June Cleaver. Don't hide your money in a cookie jar just yet! The Complete Idiot's Guide to Investing for Women will show you how to plan a secure financial future without buying a bigger cookie jar. In this Complete Idiot's Guide, you get:

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A Title for your review........2007-01-24

I read this book because the title intrigued me. Why would I hire an idiot to invest for me? I was disappointed to discover that the text is instruction on how to do my own investing. Am I idiot enough to invest for myself? You be the judge.

Good bye loneliness........2002-08-02

I got this book from my friend Bernie who recently purchased it.

What a GREAT book! I never imagined that, in these days of political correctness, that anyone would have the nerve to address this issue publicly but here it is and all I can say is thank you it's about time.

Previous to this book I was just shoving money into my mattress hoping to have enough one day to get a woman. Not much of a plan really. Now with this book I have a structured plan and I hope to meet my objective with in the year.

Thanks Bernie!

Something for everyone (not just Women).......2002-07-26

If you have used other "Complete Idiot's" guides then you know the information is broken-down into small bites and approached with helpful hints. The book comes complete with a reference card. In the computer industry they are known as quick cards. This card gives you:

"Sixteen Basic Topics that must be evaluated"
"Five Reasons Women need to Invest Now"
"Five Important Ingredients for Stock Selection"
"Five Important Things to do Before You Begin"
"Five Common Errors to Avoid"
"Three Questions to Ask an Advisor or Broker"

I am not going through the detail as that is why you are buying the book. However the subjects covered include budgeting and lifestyle. The book can not cover everything however it discuses 401k information with not hit that there are a multitude of other investments like 403B.

Why 401K's exist and other devices to empower the individual are best explained with out all the jargon so after getting the practical from this book go for the theory. "The Capitalist Manifesto" by Louis O. Kelso

Should be called "Women's Guide to Personal Finance".......2001-03-14

I'm a woman, and this is the first book I have ever read on investing, so I guess you could say I'm the book's target audience. It covers a very broad range of topics, which surprised me at first as I was really looking for a guide on how to invest in the stock market. I did find the other chapters useful, but I found that overall, this book offers a cursory glance at many topics, rather than an in-depth guide to how to invest.

The first two chapters are a wake-up call to women. A real kick-in-the-pants is that "Of the category of Americans referred to as the elderly poor, 75% are women." In following chapters they touch on a very broad range of subjects, such as how to sort your mail (no kidding!), why to cut up your credit cards, how to buy a car, how to buy a home, why you need to write a will, etc.

The chapters that are actually on investing and retirement did give me a good introduction to understanding the basics of 401K and the different IRAs. I particularly liked the chapters on Investment Clubs and Stocks. But I found that they tried to cover so much (with not enough real-life examples), that I got rather lost in the terminology sometimes, and found myself reading the same paragraph over and over...for example, on the section about mutual bond funds, if someone can explain this sentence to me I'd be much obliged: "The fund calculates the total resale value of all the bonds then divides that large number by the number of shares in the fund to determine the price you pay for the fund and the price you can get when you sell your shares of the fund someday." Argh!

Anyway, I found this book to be a good "jumping off point" and am now on to reading more, so I would say that Sander and Boutin have accomplished their goal as far as I'm concerned. Thanks, ladies!

Instructive, readable, motivational........1999-05-15

While full of helpful, basic information about managing money, the book is fun to read. On finishing it I felt empowered! I can take charge of money-making decisions in my life. A woman is never too young or two old to learn these skills.

Complete Idiot's Guide To Investing For Women

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Something for everyone (not just Women)

Complete Idiot's Guide To Investing For Women
Jennifer Bayse Alpha Development Group Staff/Sander
Manufacturer: Alpha
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback
ASIN: B000O8T6GM

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Something for everyone (not just Women).......2007-06-25

The title is investing for women. The reality is general investment information that all can use. Like anything else something you don't know or think you do not know is scary. Of course after you have mastered it you say "No big deal"
If you have used other "Complete Idiot's" guides then you know the information is broken-down into small bites and approached with helpful hints. The book comes complete with a reference card. In the computer industry they are known as quick cards. This card gives you:

"Sixteen Basic Topics that must be evaluated"
"Five Reasons Women need to Invest Now"
"Five Important Ingredients for Stock Selection"
"Five Important Things to do Before You Begin"
"Five Common Errors to Avoid"
"Three Questions to Ask an Advisor or Broker"

I am not going through the detail as that is why you are buying the book. However the subjects covered include budgeting and lifestyle. The book can not cover everything however it discuses 401k information with not hit that there are a multitude of other investments like 403B.

Why 401K's exist and other devices to empower the individual are best explained with out all the jargon so after getting the practical from this book go for the theory. "The Capitalist Manifesto" by Louis O. Kelso

The Complete Idiot's Guide to Investing for Women

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Something for everyone (not just Women)

The Complete Idiot's Guide to Investing for Women

Manufacturer: Simon & Schuster
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Hardcover

General | Women's Studies | Nonfiction | Subjects | Books
ASIN: 002865451X

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Something for everyone (not just Women) .......2005-07-01

The title is investing for women. The reality is general investment information that all can use. Like anything else something you don't know or think you do not know is scary. Of course after you have mastered it you say "No big deal."

If you have used other "Complete Idiot's" guides then you know the information is broken-down into small bites and approached with helpful hints. The book comes complete with a reference card. In the computer industry they are known as quick cards. This card gives you:
"Sixteen Basic Topics that must be evaluated"
"Five Reasons Women need to Invest Now"
"Five Important Ingredients for Stock Selection"
"Five Important Things to do Before You Begin"
"Five Common Errors to Avoid"
"Three Questions to Ask an Advisor or Broker."

I am not going through the detail, as that is why you are buying the book. However the subjects covered include budgeting and lifestyle. The book can not cover everything however it discuses 401k information with not hit that there are a multitude of other investments like 403B.

Why 401K's exist and other devices to empower the individual are best explained with out all the jargon so after getting the practical from this book go for the theory. "The Capitalist Manifesto" by Louis O. Kelso

The Complete Idiot's Guide to Investing for Women in Canada

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The Complete Idiot's Guide to Investing for Women in Canada
Janice Biehn
Manufacturer: Pearson Education Canada
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback
ASIN: B000JE07ZK

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Mickey Z. considers work a 50-year fugue from which some people awaken to wonder what has become of their lives. In The Murdering of My Years, cabbies, waitresses, clerks, telemarketers, and an array of others tell how they balance activism and artistic production with the daily struggle to make ends meet. Contributors' essays are at once absurd and poignant; captivating and strange. Collectively, their reflections challenge the myth of the American work ethic and exhort readers to advocate for themselves in the workplace.

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solace for outsiders.......2004-03-06

The subtitle of this book is "Artists and Activists Making Ends Meet," and that is exactly what it is about-- people outside the mainstream of the 9to5 existence trying to make a living while not compromising their vision.

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This book asks the question, how could we convince or compel modern business to apply ethical standards and is it essential to the success of economy? In order to answer the question, this book examines the evolution of the activist business ethics in business, in democracies, Christianity, Judaism, Islam, Buddhism, in philosophy, psychology and psychoanalysis. The book examines international aspects, the personification of stakeholders, the predominance of values and ethics for CEOs and the inefficient safeguards of the stakeholders’ interests.

Corporate critic activist calls for ethical sanctions. (Ethics).(Brief Article): An article from: Strategic Finance

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Corporate critic activist calls for ethical sanctions. (Ethics).(Brief Article): An article from: Strategic Finance
Curtis C. Verschoor
Manufacturer: Institute of Management Accountants
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Digital

General | Business & Investing | Subjects | Books

Industry | Automotive | Nonfiction | Subjects | Books

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This digital document is an article from Strategic Finance, published by Institute of Management Accountants on March 1, 2002. The length of the article is 781 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Title: Corporate critic activist calls for ethical sanctions. (Ethics).(Brief Article)
Author: Curtis C. Verschoor
Publication: Strategic Finance (Refereed)
Date: March 1, 2002
Publisher: Institute of Management Accountants
Volume: 83 Issue: 9 Page: 20(2)

Article Type: Brief Article

Distributed by Thomson Gale

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ACTIVIST BUSINESS ETHICS
Jacques Cory
Manufacturer: NY
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback
ASIN: B000N6FAR4

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Soil survey, Guthrie County, Iowa
Robert Cone Russell
Manufacturer: U.S. Soil Conservation Service in cooperation with the Iowa Agriculture and Home Economics Experiment Station; [for sale by the Supt. of Docs., U.S. Govt. Print. Off.]
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Binding: Unknown Binding

General | Agricultural Sciences | Science | Subjects | Books
General | Agricultural Sciences | Professional Science | Professional & Technical | Subjects | Books
ASIN: B0006CI1P8

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Soil Survey, Guthrie County, Iowa

Manufacturer: USDA
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback
ASIN: B000FSB1CS

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Learning is much more than reading a textbook. That's why the 10th edition of Inquiry into Life is integrated closely with an Online Learning Center where students and professors alike will benefit. The OLC provides animations, virtual labs, online quizzing, Power Point lecture outlines, and other tools that will help make teaching a little easier and learning a lot more fun.

Inquiry into Life covers the whole field of basic biology, and emphasizes the application of this knowledge to human concerns. Along with this approach, concepts and principles are stressed, rather than detailed, high-level scientific data and terminology.

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Excellent, informative source.......1997-11-11

As a Grade 12 student in Canada, I have found this book to be excellent, informative, and concise. This book lays a solid foundation of introductory biology. I recommend this book to anyone who is interested in biology. I believe you will find this book to be useful and helpful.

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Inquiry into life, student study guide
Sylvia S Mader
Manufacturer: W.C. Brown Publishers
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Binding: Unknown Binding

Student Study Guide for Inquiry into Life

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Student Study Guide for Inquiry into Life
Sylvia S. Mader
Manufacturer: W C B/McGraw-Hill
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback

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Inquiry into Life (Student Study Guide)
Sylvia S. Mader
Manufacturer: Mcgraw-Hill College
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback
ASIN: B000OFYJ1M

Student Study Guide T/a Inquiry Into Life

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Student Study Guide T/a Inquiry Into Life
Sylvia S. Mader
Manufacturer: McGraw-Hill Science/Engineering/Math
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback
ASIN: B000OGH7A6

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The perturbation of the earth by mankind causes earthquakes in a variety of situations. This phenomenon continues to be a major concern to engineers and scientists concerned with the mitigation of the consequences of this seismicity, as well as better understanding the processes at its origin. The present volume contains twelve papers from six countries, dealing with observations of triggered and induced seismicity in four continents. The reported cases include seismicity due to hard-rock mines, coal mines, underground research facilities for nuclear waste disposal, water injections, reservoirs, acquifers and oil fields. This volume provides case studies of previously unavailable observations of this phenomenon, investigations of the cause and source mechanism of seismic events, studies of source location distributions, determinations of seismic source parameters, cases of the use of such parameters in assessing rockburst hazard in mines, and measurements of velocity an attenuation properties of rock masses. The present collection of papers provides an excellent indication of the current state of the art and new developments in this area of research.

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Einstein's theories of relativity piqued public curiosity more than any other mathematical concepts since the time of Isaac Newton. Scientists and non-scientists alike struggled, not so much to grasp as to believe the weird predictions of relativity theory--shrinking space ships, bending light beams, and the like. People all over the world watched with fascination as Einstein's predictions were relentlessly and unequivocally verified by a hundred experiments and astronomical observations.

In the last decade of the twentieth-century, another of Einstein's theories has produced results that are every bit as startling as the space-time contractions of relativity theory. This book addresses his other great theory, that of heat capacity and the Bose-Einstein condensate. In doing so, it traces the history of radiation and heat capacity theory from the mid-19th century to the present. It describes early attempts to understand heat and light radiation and proceeds through the theory of the heat capacity of solids. It arrives at the theory of superconductivity and superfluidity--the astonishing property of some liquids to crawl spontaneously up and out of their containers, and the ability of some gases to cause light to pause and take a moment's rest from its inexorable flight forward in time. Couched in the terminology of traditional physical chemistry, this book is accessible to chemists, engineers, materials scientists, mathematicians, mathematical biologists, indeed to anyone with a command of first-year calculus. In course work, it is a collateral text to third semester or advanced physical chemistry, introductory statistical mechanics, statistical thermodynamics, or introductory quantum chemistry. The book connects with mainstream physical chemistry by treating boson and fermion influences in molecular spectroscopy, statistical thermodynamics, molecular energetics, entropy, heat capacities (especially of metals), superconductivity, and superfluidity.

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Acclaimed mystery writer Sharon Kahn returns with a flavorful new crime novel set in that most unlikely of Jewish population centers, Eternal, Texas.

Ruby knows she's in for trouble when her longtime nemesis, Essie Sue, talks her into housing Essie Sue's twin cousins, Lester and Larry. The boys are in town for pre-Bar Mitzvah schooling from Rabbi Kevin Kapstein. They will be no trouble, says Essie Sue. Famous last words.

Ruby, a rabbi's widow, has never felt much sympathy for Rabbi Kevin, but that's about to change. They now have something in common: their determination to survive Lester and Larry. Whoever coined the phrase "the terrible twos" didn't know Lester and Larry, "the terrible twelves."

Kevin will teach; Ruby will house; and Essie Sue, ever the hostess, will orchestrate the grandest Bar Mitzvah feast in Temple Rita's history. And the star attraction -- besides Essie Sue, of course -- is sure to be Herman Guenther, master lox cutter, who recently moved to town from New Jersey.

But when Herman meets an untimely demise from his own slicing knife, Essie Sue's plans seem all but ruined. Not to mention Herman's. Something's strange about this murder, as Ruby is quick to discover.

Tracing the victim's roots back to Nazi-era Denmark, Ruby soon puts the lox on the platter in a chase that takes her from Eternal to Alaska to New York. She asks some poignant questions along the way and hears some shocking answers.

Sharon Kahn's witty Ruby, the Rabbi's Wife Mysteries have universal appeal, as they make us laugh at ourselves even as we watch Ruby unravel the puzzles of life. With both humor and insight, Kahn proves once again that she's at the top of her form.

Customer Reviews:

Easily the worst mystery I have EVER read.......2004-11-15

First of all, this book barely qualifies for the mystery genre. If anything, it is more a travelogue of Alaska. While interesting, not what I thought I was buying. This Alaska trip takes up the majority of the book and has only, possibly, 2 pages total that relate the purported story line of a murdered man.

Overall, the book contains maybe, maybe 30 pages of mystery. Our "detective" isn't even a detective since she doesn't solve the murder. Urg. The ending makes absolutely no logical sense, even in the world of cozies where characters are "quirky."

Contrary to what another reviewer wrote, it offers ZERO insight into the process of preparing to become a bar/bat mitzvah. There is only one training activity profiled and is certainly not representative of the training for this event.

I cannot adequately express how deeply I believe you should not buy this book.

Ruby Rules!.......2003-04-07

Kahn's 'Ruby, the Rabbi's Wife'(well, widow) series is a delight! All four mysteries are vehicles for Kahn's wicked sense of humor and sharp descriptions of the Jewish community, and they are plotted simply and entertainingly. In "Kill the Lox", Essie Sue (the Jewish princess)is planning a bar mitzvah for the terrorist twins. Kevin Kapstein, the fumbling and pompous rabbi, stumbles through the plot as well, lurching along behind Essie Sue as they plan the largest celebration Eternal, Texas has ever seen in the Temple Rita.

Plans go astray when Herman, the master lox cutter, is found sliced by his own knife, and Ruby is off on another mystery--one which takes her to Alaska and to New York. She solves the crime--actually, two crimes--with the help of the two men in her love life and her best friend and e-mail correspondent, Nan.

It's all much fun and entertainment. I do hope Sharon Kahn is hard at work on the next installment in this series!

Amusing cozy.......2002-09-18

In Eternal, Texas, Essie Sue Margolis persuades Ruby, the widow of the former rabbi, and the current rabbi Kevin Kapstein to host a Bar Mitzvah at Temple Rita for her two "lovable" third cousins, Larry and Lester Levee. Very quickly, Ruby and company find the two "terrible twelve" year olds to be monsters of the first order. However, with Essie masterminding the ceremony, the Bar Mitzvah should prove to be the social event of the season for the small congregation. To add luster, lox cutter grandmaster Herman Guenther will perform his miracle dicing and slicing.

Herman fails to show up at a meeting with Essie and Ruby so the two ladies journey to his home only to find the grandmaster murdered. While Essie bemoans the impact on the twin's Bar Mitzvah, Ruby investigates by back trailing where Herman has been to include Alaska and New Jersey. Ruby finds herself up to her gefilte fish in a lox conspiracy that dates back to the Nazi occupation of Denmark.

HOLD THE CREAM CHEESE, KILL THE LOX is an amusing cozy that provides the audience insight into pre-Bar Mitzvah training. The story line is humorous because of the actions of Essie groaning over the murder's impact on the Bar Mitzvah and the havoc caused by the non-mench twins. Though why Ruby and Essie gallivant to Alaska and New Jersey to solve the homicide seems weak, the motivation for murder is fun to follow. Sharon Kahn serves up a taste of Jewish American life with a few kibbutz to nosh on inside a cozy that is clearly not chopped liver.

Harriet Klausner

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