Money 911: Your Most Pressing Money Questions Answered, Your Money Emergencies Solved

by Jean Chatzky

Overview

Jean Chatzky, the popular Today Show financial editor and Oprah contributor, shows readers how to navigate the critical challenges and universal conundrums of personal finance in Money 911. A lifesaver in difficult economic times, Money 911 answers the tough financial questions about how to manage your money in  the face of life-altering events. Like popular personal finance guru Suze Orman, Chatzky offers clear, optimistic, timely, and intelligent advice for any recession victim who might be suffering the slings and arrows of unanticipated economic misfortune.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780061798696
Publisher:	HarperCollins
Publication date:	12/29/2009
Pages:	463
Product dimensions:	5.20(w) x 7.90(h) x 1.20(d)

About the Author

Jean Chatzky is the author of numerous bestselling books, including Pay It Down!; Make Money, Not Excuses; and The Difference. She's the financial editor for NBC's TODAY, a contributing editor for More magazine, a columnist for the New York Daily News, and a contributor to The Oprah Winfrey Show.

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Editorial Reviews

Clear-cut, straightforward, highly-informative self-help... the jargon-free text is simple to comprehend but complex enough to be actually useful.” — Publishers Weekly

From the Publisher

Veteran editor, columnist and personal finance author Chatzky (Talking Money) produces another clear-cut, straightforward, highly-informative self-help, this one meant to quell distress over the recent financial crisis by increasing readers' understanding of banking, saving, investing and managing money. Using a Q&A format, the jargon-free text is simple to comprehend but complex enough to be actually useful; readers deciding whether to lease or buy a car, for instance, are given main points to consider ("what will the car be used for?"), a list of pros and cons for each choice ("no worry about maintenance," "extra charges for any damage"), a "watch out" section on leasing contracts, and a series of follow-up Q&As (helpfully titled "I Also Need to Know"). Also included are resource guides like "A Quick Guide to Common College Savings Tools" and practical worksheets. In addition to the typical topics that readers expect from a book on personal finances (budgets, planning for college, investing, insurance), Chatzky includes chapters on keeping your family safe online, identity theft and scams, marriage, work and generational milestones.
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Publishers Weekly

The author's latest money management guide is a no-frills 130-question reference work. Organized into categories like credit, taxes, marriage, retirement, and real estate, the questions have practical urgency and cover cradle-to-grave issues that almost every individual faces. Chatzky's friendly speaking style invites engagement, and her straightforward tone is a good vehicle for the practicality of her ideas. She outlines financial choices and makes clear recommendations with no personal judgments. An encyclopedic guide like this is difficult to navigate as a lengthy MP3, which, unlike the CD edition, sends listeners to a Web site to print the documents she references. But as an audio lesson on life's major money challenges, this could not be more comprehensive and easy to hear. T.W. © AudioFile 2010, Portland, Maine

APRIL 2010 - AudioFile

The author's latest money management guide is a no-frills 130-question reference work. Organized into categories like credit, taxes, marriage, retirement, and real estate, the questions have practical urgency and cover cradle-to-grave issues that almost every individual faces. Chatzky's friendly speaking style invites engagement, and her straightforward tone is a good vehicle for the practicality of her ideas. She outlines financial choices and makes clear recommendations with no personal judgments. An encyclopedic guide like this is difficult to navigate as a lengthy MP3, which, unlike the CD edition, sends listeners to a Web site to print the documents she references. But as an audio lesson on life's major money challenges, this could not be more comprehensive and easy to hear. T.W. © AudioFile 2010, Portland, Maine

APRIL 2010 - AudioFile