Crashproof Your Life : A Comprehensive, Three-Part Plan for Protecting Yourself from Financial Disasters

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Summary: Too much anecdotal advice
Review: Don't get me wrong. There is a lot of good ideas in this book. But the author, instead of sharing what works for him and letting the reader decide what is appropriate for him/her self tries the one size fits all approach in some areas. The book completely ignores the use of computers for tracking money and the investment advice in the book is very low level and shallow. All in all most of the book is just personal opinion. For those who are truly ignorant of these matters it may have some use but in general it is a paen to the author's personal methods backed up by a few horror stories. As is frequently the case in this situation much of this is wrongly interpreted and may not even be correct. In general the book relies too much on ancecdotal evidence for those areas of our lives for which objective evidence is available. Still there are some useful ideas in the book and the book is worthwhile reading. But there is just too much childish ego at work here to make the book a first rank reference. Also, virtually all of these ideas can be found elsewhere.

Rating:
Summary: Too much anecdotal advice
Review: Don't get me wrong. There is a lot of good ideas in this book. But the author, instead of sharing what works for him and letting the reader decide what is appropriate for him/her self tries the one size fits all approach in some areas. The book completely ignores the use of computers for tracking money and the investment advice in the book is very low level and shallow. All in all most of the book is just personal opinion. For those who are truly ignorant of these matters it may have some use but in general it is a paen to the author's personal methods backed up by a few horror stories. As is frequently the case in this situation much of this is wrongly interpreted and may not even be correct. In general the book relies too much on ancecdotal evidence for those areas of our lives for which objective evidence is available. Still there are some useful ideas in the book and the book is worthwhile reading. But there is just too much childish ego at work here to make the book a first rank reference. Also, virtually all of these ideas can be found elsewhere.

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Summary: Crashproof your life
Review: First, the Financial Crashproofing Checklist alone was worth the price of the book. I have already changed my car insurance deductible and added an umbrella policy...one saved me $84 per year which almost paid for the other. Easy to read and even better than his first book. Second, I recommend checking the
website...I had no trouble finding it.

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Summary: Good for someone just starting out in life...
Review: This book is most appropriate for someone who has just entered the workforce. Many of the lessons regarding behavior in the professional world are useful, but not profound. I was dissapointed in the section of the book devoted to personal matters. In general, I would not recommend to anyone with more than a passing knowledge of basic personal financial skills.

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Summary: Crashproof your life
Review: This is a great book. I will recomend this book to all my friends. The web site is great and helpful in perticular the checklist.

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Summary: Pragmatic in building portfolio allocation
Review: Very fuseful book for just become retiree as well as young people. For a japanese, there few auch a book. Most are concern about stock trading. The pragmatic meathodes suggested to built up an adequate potfile for each situation gave me a starting point.

Rating:
Summary: Pragmatic in building portfolio allocation
Review: Very fuseful book for just become retiree as well as young people. For a japanese, there few auch a book. Most are concern about stock trading. The pragmatic meathodes suggested to built up an adequate potfile for each situation gave me a starting point.