Million Dollar Car & $250,000 Pizza

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Summary: A Million Dollar Book!!!!
Review: Allyson Lewis' book is a definite must read for anyone wanting to get ahead financially. If you want your money to work for you, rather than you working for it, this is the book for you. Her book contains easy to read charts and graphs, compelling and motivating real-life stories, and handy worksheets. A financial book that is a great read? Definitely!!! I don't just like this book, I LOVE it!!!

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Summary: Pass this one along to your friends
Review: Allyson writes a very practical book about financial planning that is very educational and helpful. I've recommended this book to engaged couples, college graduates, and my collegues. It is a great resource for understanding your personal finances. As Allyson says: "Your finances are your responsiblity." The more you know the better you are in planning for the future.

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Summary: the million dollar car & $250,000 Pizza
Review: an ideal book to help just about any reader understand thefinancial consequeces of how each dollar spent today impacts yourfinancial health tomorrow. Ms Lewis doesn't say you can't have fun, but rather do it within your means and reap the rewards of your self dicipline to insure your financial future. Not only informative but fun to read as well.

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Summary: A "MUST READ" for every investor
Review: For the young person who is just starting out on a life of investing, Allyson Lewis spells out the steps with such clarity, it would be simple to create an investment plan and be confident with that plan. For the older person, like myself, she explains how to evaluate and protect our investments. She provides all of the figures and tables to support everything she says. The case studies are particularly interesting since the financial strategies for people of all ages are discussed and analyzed. It is the most comprehensive and easy to read book on investing that I have read.

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Summary: The Million Dollar Car and $250,000 Pizza
Review: I have recommended Allyson Lewis's book to several of my collegues and have encourage them to share or purchase a copy of it for their kids in Graduate School, College, as well as High School. This book is a roadmap for a successful financial future.

Allyson Lewis clearly demonstrates general and complex financial planning strategies via story telling. A most effective way to deliver her message- This is a text on how to build wealth and see the true value in the hard earned dollars we all take home each pay period.

I was about to play catch-up with "The Jones Family" when I read your thoughtful words and know in 5 years time I'll have an extra $75k in my investment portfolio! Thanks for the sound advice- it could not have come at a better time.

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Summary: The Million Dollar Car and $250,000 Pizza
Review: I have recommended Allyson Lewis's book to several of my collegues and have encourage them to share or purchase a copy of it for their kids in Graduate School, College, as well as High School. This book is a roadmap for a successful financial future.

Allyson Lewis clearly demonstrates general and complex financial planning strategies via story telling. A most effective way to deliver her message- This is a text on how to build wealth and see the true value in the hard earned dollars we all take home each pay period.

I was about to play catch-up with "The Jones Family" when I read your thoughtful words and know in 5 years time I'll have an extra $75k in my investment portfolio! Thanks for the sound advice- it could not have come at a better time.

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Summary: A Million Dollar Book!!!!
Review: I have to admit this book was pretty lame. A lot of common sense, pretty charts and diagrams, but overall pretty shallow. Seems to be a poor compilation of material better covered elsewhere. Get's kinda preachy over a WRITTEN financial plan. I don't necessarily agree. Seems to answer most people's financial problems by saying, "Cut your expenses to the bone, deprive yourself and your family for a brief 25 years, save your money, get an 8% annual return and you'll be financially set someday. And if you're not saving enough, just cut more out of your budget!" Naive. Far better treatment of the material in "Richest Man in Babylon". Also, Mary Hunt's "Debt Proof Living" gives real practical "how-to's" as opposed to this drivel. On the flip side, there is a little merit to this book if you can discover some of the better nuggets of wisdom amidst the fluff. Pass.

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Summary: Good information---Pass it along!
Review: This is a wonderful book! Allyson Lewis takes an intimidating subject like personal finance and breaks it down into chunks that are so much simpler for the average person to understand and relate to. The book is easy to read and offers charts, examples and good visuals to help the reader take in the information. The book doesn't talk down to you, but offers clear, concise examples that most people can really apply to their own financial lives. I'm going to give copies to my friends, and one to my mother!

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Summary: Good information---Pass it along!
Review: This is a wonderful book! Allyson Lewis takes an intimidating subject like personal finance and breaks it down into chunks that are so much simpler for the average person to understand and relate to. The book is easy to read and offers charts, examples and good visuals to help the reader take in the information. The book doesn't talk down to you, but offers clear, concise examples that most people can really apply to their own financial lives. I'm going to give copies to my friends, and one to my mother!

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Summary: As Good as it Gets for Someone Like Me
Review: This is an excellent resource for someone like me, who knows absolutely nothing about investment. You could call this "investing for dummies" but without the cutsie, condescending attitude of those kind of books, and with actually quite a lot more depth. That, I think, is the real strength of this book, its depth. You can use it as a powerful intro primer on investing (the perfect gift for a teenager or young couple) and you can use it to look deeper and learn a LOT more about something that is extremely important to all of us.

I think the most important thing about this book is how the humanity and decency of the author shines thru. The "greed is good" guys rightfully scare the daylights out of most of us, and to see someone functioning with an obvious level of integrity makes the book almost like having your dad or mom, (who just happens to be one of the leading experts in investing) available to give you advice on how to get rich without selling your soul.