Charles Schwab's Guide to Financial Independence: Simple Solutions for Busy People
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Charles Schwab's Guide to Financial Independence: Simple Solutions for Busy People
Charles Schwab
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Release Date: 1998-12-29

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Charles Schwab's Guide to Financial Independence: Simple Solutions for Busy People, by the founder of the pioneering discount brokerage firm that bears his name, is a nuts-and-bolts handbook for people who recognize the importance of investing, but know little, or nothing, about how to do it. Charts that illustrate complex financial concepts and worksheets that help readers prepare individual fiscal agendas keep the focus on making proper choices and developing workable plans. Utilizing his 40 years of financial experience, and relying completely on his admitted bias for stocks, Schwab explains the ins and outs of planning an investment, choosing the components and bracing for taxes, putting the plan into action, and preparing for future developments.

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When it comes to investing, most of us know where we'd like to be but not how to get there. We'd like nothing better than to sit down with an experienced professional who can guide us through the bewildering array of choices. Reading this easy-to-understand book is like having the founder and CEO of a $350 billion brokerage firm sit at your kitchen table and distill his 40-plus years of accumulated wisdom in a one-on-one session with you. You will learn how to:
Define and set investment goals
Prepare an investment plan, put the plan into action, and update the plan regularly
Plan for your children's education or your own retirement
Cope effectively with the ups and downs of the market
Make sure you'll have enough for a comfortable retirement

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4 out of 5 stars maybe more stars, maybe less but I can't really say...........2002-03-23

Being one of the "super novice beginners" targeted by the book (read other reviews) I found it very interesting and enlightening.

What got me started was kiyosaki's rich dad (worth reading with reservations) but this was a very good second book to read. Since then I've been reading/researching (7 books, 4 magazines, 3 weeks) before I pull the trigger to actually dropping cash.

I'm not sure what an experienced investor would say but what the hell, from one beginner to the next, read it.

4 out of 5 stars "Fire and forget" method for investing.......2001-08-23

If you want to secure your financial future with minimum hassle, don't want to become a stock-market expert, or spend any more time and money on the Wall Street stuff than is absolutely necessary, then this is the book for you. It tells you a very simple, but extremely efficient method for investing your money. It also tells you why and how to do it.

It does not cover everything there is to investing, hey it doesn't even cover 10% about it. But it covers enough to have a "fire and forget" way with investments. You can trust that the money you invest with this advice will keep up with the better half of the smart investors. And you can go on living and enjoying your life without too many financial worries.

An excellent book for the target audience.

5 out of 5 stars Worth every penny and much, much more.......2001-04-26

Buy this book. I can't say enough good things about it. First, the book is extremely well written, and targets a specific audience, that many of us are in.

If you are not professional investor, and want to learn more about the basics of investing and about the different products out there, then read this book.

Charles Schwab takes your through a good squence of explaining different investment philosophies, tools, tricks, etc. He proves that you don't have to beat the market to make money, you just have to match it. Now, I have heard this before in other books, but the overall presentation and support for this, is much well represented in this book.

If you are starting out, or attempting to re-organize your finances, before you get a money manager or financial advisor, get this book. It will definitely save and make you money. You will learn how to invest within your comfort level, and by the end of the book, the stock market and investing will be demystified.

You will regret not reading this book. I think this would also make a good gift.

4 out of 5 stars A Simple Introduction to Investing in Financial Assets.......2001-02-16

This book is an almost ideal introduction for the person who doesn't want to think very much about investments, but would like do better than with a certificate of deposit in a bank.

The book favors financial assets (not too surprising, given that Mr. Schwab's company is the leading discount broker), but he offers a number of time- and trouble-saving reasons for that. The book is supported by a number of quantitative analyses, questionnaires, model portfolios, and personal examples from Mr. and Mrs. Schwab's experience. The book is well written and clear.

The book is in three major parts. In part one, he argues in favor of why the growth potential of stocks gives them long-term advantages over many other asset classes, and takes you into setting your goals. In part two, he explores which types of investments will work best for what you want to accomplish. Using your goals, he helps you adapt the assets you buy to fit your circumstances. In part three, he describes how to get started and maintain your strategy.

The best part of the book comes in the way it uses questionnaires to help you develop your financial goals, risk preferences, and financial time frame. Then the book gives you financial portfolios (based on historical studies described in Stocks for the Long Run) to match up with your situation. You could easily spend quite a bit of money with a financial advisor to do this for you without getting a much different result.

I also liked the way the book directly takes on the problem of market fluctuations and the emotional tendency to buy high and sell low into account. For those with shorter timeframes and lower risk tolerances, Mr. Schwab recommends buffering the fluctuations by having an asset allocation into less volatile securities (although those that will earn lower returns).

But still, the book could use more advice on how to overcome emotion. Telling you to "learn to keep a tight rein on your emotions" will not be enough for many people. This problem will be compounded by Mr. Schwab's insistence that "timing is a very minor player in the larger scheme of investing." Tell yourself that if you had just bought a lot of technology and dot com stocks in March 2000 and held them until now.

I think that timing (even if you are going to buy and hold indexed mutual funds -- something that is highly recommended here) is important. If you buy into an index (or stocks or other financial assets) at a relatively low price, you will spend less time being upset about the volatility of your investment. Since the average asset class is highly volatile on an annual basis, you can at least try to get in near the low of the last 12 months.

That will have a big impact on your psychology as you get started. As Mr. Schwab points out, the biggest mistake is not investing at all. Concern about lack of time and feeling intimidated about making a mistake keep people from getting started. Setbacks cause people to retreat from investing. He encourages a minimum five-year buy-and-hold period to allow growth to bail out any near-term losses.

I think that Mr. Schwab writes off investing in your own business or in real estate much too quickly. My suggestion is that you read "Rich Dad, Poor Dad" to get the opposite point of view on those investment classes.

For a better look at using indexed mutual funds, I recommend John Bogle's Common Sense About Mutual Funds, which is more thorough than this book. You may decide to avoid picking individual stocks when you know more about the track record of trying to find mutual fund managers and stocks that outperform the indices.

A good lesson from this book is that we must pay attention to important subjects, or face the consequences. Where else in your life are you paying too little attention? How can you get the information to overcome your stalled thinking and behavior?

May your life be filled with riches from the attention you place on making good decisions!

5 out of 5 stars A superb introduction to investing.......2000-08-09

Schwab, of discount brokerage fame, has written an easy to read introductory guide to savings and investment. None of his material is unique or new - it is similar to that presented by Suzie Orman and the Dummies guides. Nonetheless, Schwab's book is probably better for new investors because he uses plenty of charts, graphs and personal examples, and presents it all in a very user-friendly format. The theme is basically not to jump in with both feet, but to do as much as you can. There are a few gratuitous plugs for his brokerage firm, but the book is definitely not one big advertisement. This book is well recommended for first-time investors and recent college graduates about to start their first job (good graduation gift). It is not recommended for people who are already in the stock market or who already own mutual funds and regularly invest - you already know what is in this book.
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            5 out of 5 stars How Space Exploration began at the Amateur Level!.......2002-07-19

            This book lays out in some detail the contributions of early amateur astonomers. This book is an excellent source for information on a very interesting subject that almost every can enjoy because of its shear excitment. It is like the gold rush in America where everyone made an attempt at fame. This book digs deep aiming at the bottom of the iceberg where often most research looks only at the tip of the iceberg. You come to understand exactly the situation faced by "earlier eyes". It is a wonderful book on a subject that draws you closer by its clear presentation and well defined thought. It is a true testament to a modern genius and rennassiance man...

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                Originations of life from volcanoes and petroleum: A scientific theory opposed to evolution
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                  5 out of 5 stars The French Genius - Voltaire.......2007-07-14

                  Incorporating the Philosophical Dictionary into this paperback along with the standards Candide,Zadig,and Micromegas makes this a must for any small library. The "Dictionary" portrays Voltaire's intellectual genius and writing flair in no uncertain terms.This is a marvelous reference item.

                  3 out of 5 stars Voltaire's ideas are good but this is heavy going for a modern audience.......2007-06-16

                  (****) for the presentation but (**) for the contents.

                  If you love Voltaire then this is an excellent volume gathering together many of the highlights of his writing.

                  One can see why the major work in this volume "Candide" was a stunner in its time but as an entertainment for today it is woefully inadequate.
                  Voltaire makes his point about the "Best of all Possible Worlds" early on but then bores us silly with an idiotic plot about Candide's journey in which characters disappear, reappear, die, come back to life, etc. The book is "oh-so-clever but we don't feel that Candide has made any kind of personal journey by the end.

                  I bought this volume because I am a great admirer of Voltaire's ideas but like many of the "great works" the IDEAS are compelling but wading through the actual source material is heavy-going indeed.

                  "Candide" was turned into a opera by Leonard Bernstein in the 1950s who identified with Voltaire's humanist philosophy in reaction to the paranoia of the McCarthy era. This opera was a failure - not due to the music which is often magnificent - but due to the silly plot. Trying to turn this into an opera was ill-conceived from the start.

                  Judging from the other (generally glowing) reviews of "Candide" I know I am going to be vilified but I think people need to be warned that they may be in for disappointment.

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                  3 out of 5 stars Voltaire, or a tale of pessimism.......2006-07-10

                  It is said that Voltaire never lost an argument. It is strange to note, therefore, that this brilliant author and scholar, this celebrated sceptic, philosopher, and wag, reknowned throughout the world for his views and regarded still today as one of the principal leaders of ''the age of reason'', was a prejudiced and spiteful man, a nihilist and atheist whose most barbaric and sinister attacks were often directed against those who least deserved them: specifically, the Jews.
                  Anti-semitism, or at least some semblance of it, was not uncommon in Voltaire's age, even among the more educated and cultured members of the elite upper class of French, as well as world, society. Voltaire's contemporary, Historian Jules Michelet, wrote ''There is no better, more docile, more intelligent slave'', than the Jew. And ''intellectual'' writer Pierre-Joseph Proudhom asserted ''The Jew is the enemy of mankind''. Yet Voltaire himself was certainly among the most vocal of anti-semites, referring to his enemies as:

                  An ignorant and barbarous people, who have long united the most sordid avarice with the most detestable superstition, and the most invincible hatred for every people by whom they are tolerated and enriched...still, we ought not to burn them.''

                  The outrageous irony, hypocrisy, and sheer imbecility of this statement are glaring: even more astonishing to note is the manner in which this splendid thinker, this savant who supposedly never lost an argument, could allow his hatred and xenophobia to stand so firmly in the way of reason, going so far as to accuse the Jews of ''barbarism'' and ''superstition'' while simultaneously overlooking the trials and witch burnings that had taken place in America only a century earlier, and which, needless to say, were perpetuated by gentiles. In describing the Jews as ''ignorant and barbarous'', Voltaire seems only to be describing himself and his fellows, giving voice to his own despicable hatred and fear towards that which he did not understand and of which he was ignorant.
                  Voltaire's enmity towards the Jews could perhaps be overlooked, however, were it not for the fact that it consituted such a blemish, as well as such a determining factor, in his art.
                  In ''Candide'', for example, one of Voltaire's sharpest satires and best known writings, the author's anti-semitism and ignorance concerning all things Jewish is given stark expression in the character of one ''Don Issachar'', a repulsive old man who is regarded as one of the principal forces of evil in the world, and who attempts to rape the heroine as part of his ''Sabbath rights''.
                  ''Candide'', on it's simplest level the tale of an optimist who in his pursuit of happiness is confronted with the randomness of life and the ugliness and barbarity of human nature, is a brilliant and scathing, if broadly painted, self-righteous and exaggeratedly pessimistic critique of human hypocrisy, a case against the existence of God and the way in which human happiness is blunted by it's own flaws. On yet another level, ''Candide'' is essentially a catalogue of man's ills. How ironic then, that Voltaire's own íntolerance and racial bigotry make their appearance so frequently (another racially slurred moment occurs in the depiction of an evil black pirate) within his story, yet are, unsurprisingly, excluded from the number of diseases that plague mankind!
                  One part of ''Candide''s episodic narrative involves the accidental discovery of El-Dorado by the titular character. ''El-Dorado'' is essentially a vaguely defined utopia, a magical and beautiful dream-land in which the citizens are compassionate and gentle (though none, of course, are applied with any specific racial characteristics), the streets are paved with gold, and each day is a cheerful pleasure-fest. Needless to say, Candide benefits from this situation immensely. There is a catch, however: for Voltaire states that, once one deserts it, the magical paradise of El-Dorado can never be regained. What he overlooked, though, was that the land of ''El-Dorado'' is possible to regain, granted one sows one's life with the seeds of love, tolerance, and most importantly, racial acceptance.

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                                      From the supplier: Chapter 9 of the bankruptcy code allows certain government entities to restructure their debt while providing essential services to their constituencies. The principle underlying Chapter 9 is the same as in Chapter 11 for nongovernmental entities, which is to relieve debt collection pressures from creditors while an entity tries to formulate a repayment plan. However, Chapter 9 is essentially different from bankruptcy reorganization under Chapter 11, as one of its main goals is to reconcile federal constitutional requirements regarding the obligation of states to fulfill their contracts with the laws on state sovereignty.

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                                      Title: Municipal debt adjustment under the bankruptcy court.
                                      Author: David S. Kupetz
                                      Publication: Government Finance Review (Magazine/Journal)
                                      Date: June 1, 1995
                                      Publisher: Government Finance Officers Association
                                      Volume: v11 Issue: n3 Page: p27(3)

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                                      Municipal Debt Finance Law
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                                        Municipal Debt Finance Law
                                        Robert S. Amdursky
                                        Manufacturer: Aspen Publishers
                                        ProductGroup: Book
                                        Binding: Hardcover

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                                        Municipal Debt Finance Law: Theory and Practice. (book reviews): An article from: Government Finance Review
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                                          Municipal Debt Finance Law: Theory and Practice. (book reviews): An article from: Government Finance Review
                                          Betsy Dotson
                                          Manufacturer: Government Finance Officers Association
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                                          Release Date: 2005-07-28

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                                          This digital document is an article from Government Finance Review, published by Government Finance Officers Association on December 1, 1992. The length of the article is 726 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.

                                          Citation Details
                                          Title: Municipal Debt Finance Law: Theory and Practice. (book reviews)
                                          Author: Betsy Dotson
                                          Publication: Government Finance Review (Magazine/Journal)
                                          Date: December 1, 1992
                                          Publisher: Government Finance Officers Association
                                          Volume: v8 Issue: n6 Page: p44(1)

                                          Article Type: Book Review

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                                          Municipal Debt Finance Law
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                                            Municipal Debt Finance Law

                                            Manufacturer: Aspen Publishers
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                                            ASIN: 073553053X
                                            Winning Legal Strategies for Public Finance Lawyers: Leading Lawyers on Government Debt, State Law, and Federal Tax (Inside the Minds)
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                                              Winning Legal Strategies for Public Finance Lawyers: Leading Lawyers on Government Debt, State Law, and Federal Tax (Inside the Minds)
                                              Aspatore Books
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                                              Binding: Paperback

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                                              ASIN: 1596220937
                                              Release Date: 2005-08-15

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                                              Winning Legal Strategies for Public Finance Lawyers is an authoritative, insider's perspective on the issues surrounding public finance law, the characteristics and capabilities of the successful practitioner, and the future of this practice area on a global scale. Featuring department heads, group chairs, and leading partners, all representing some of the nation's top firms, this book provides a broad, yet comprehensive overview of the practice of public finance law, discussing the current shape and future state of public finance, from the founding doctrines to the pivotal cases of today. From the steps involved in working with governments and issuers to the roles of public finance attorneys in transactions, these authors articulate the finer points around public finance now and what will hold true in the future. Providing legal strategies gained from firsthand experience, along with a wealth of sample documents included in the appendix, this book proves to be a valuable resource for legal professionals looking for insight within this complex practice area. About Inside the Minds: Inside the Minds provides readers with proven business intelligence from C-Level executives (Chairman, CEO, CFO, CMO, Partner) from the world's most respected companies nationwide, rather than third-party accounts from unknown authors and analysts. Each chapter is comparable to an essay/thought leadership piece and is a future-oriented look at where an industry, profession or topic is headed and the most important issues for the future. Through an exhaustive selection process, each author was hand-picked by the Inside the Minds editorial board to author a chapter for this book.
                                              The finance and law relating to local authorities' loans & borrowing powers, (Local government series of financial text-books)
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                                                The finance and law relating to local authorities' loans & borrowing powers, (Local government series of financial text-books)
                                                J. R Johnson
                                                Manufacturer: Accountancy and Secretarial Training Institute, Ltd
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                                                ASIN: B0008C4IEE
                                                Municipal Debt Finance Law, 2001
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                                                  Municipal Debt Finance Law, 2001
                                                  Amdursky , and Gillette
                                                  Manufacturer: Aspen Pub
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                                                  Net debt limitation of Minnesota cities, counties, and townships
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                                                    Net debt limitation of Minnesota cities, counties, and townships
                                                    Joel Michael
                                                    Manufacturer: Research Dept., Minnesota House of Representatives
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                                                    Pennsylvania's new approach to debt limits (Special bulletin - Municipal Finance Officers Association of the United States and Canada ; 1969D)
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                                                      Pennsylvania's new approach to debt limits (Special bulletin - Municipal Finance Officers Association of the United States and Canada ; 1969D)
                                                      Charles F LeeDecker
                                                      Manufacturer: Municipal Finance Officers Association of the United States and Canada
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