"Amazon.com Review

Suze Orman's face and name are more prominent on the cover of her new money guide than its title, The Road to Wealth. And why not? Orman has parlayed her popular renown as both a New York Times bestselling author and video-age financial guru into an undeniable position of respect and trust when it comes to matters of dollars and sense. This time she presents an encyclopedic guide to the various components of one's overall financial life--from managing debt and owning a home to making investments and preparing to pass it all along--and she does so in the clear and confident style to which her fans have become accustomed. "Here is what you need to know," she writes at the outset. "Answers to the questions you have been asking, as well as the questions you should have been asking, delivered in the most complete, straightforward way I know." While the concise text moves logically from "creating a strong financial foundation to amassing assets and protecting them from common mistakes and periods of economic downturn," this is not meant to be read from cover to cover. Rather, it is a ready bookshelf reference for planning and sorting out common finance concerns, like how to calculate the mortgage payment you can best afford, determine what Medicare will pay toward nursing care, decide between retirement plan options, and similar matters of personal importance. --Howard Rothman

 

Product Description

A definitive and comprehensive reference on personal finance utilizes a dynamic question-and-answer format to provide information and practical advice on credit cards, retirement planning, stock options, pension plans, mutual funds, investment strategies, health and life insurance, mortgages, prenuptial agreements, wills, taxes, and more. 400,000 first printing.

 

From Library Journal"

 "The queen of money advice tells you how to get out of debt, plan your retirement, buy stocks, and much, much more.

Copyright 2001 Reed Business Information, Inc.

 

From the Publisher

Bonus: Suze Orman is giving each purchaser of The Road to Wealth a subscription to her bimonthly online newsletter, which offers regularly updated information on the stock and bond markets; Suze's stock and mutual fund picks; articles and projections from various economic experts; rates on money market funds, CDs, and credit cards; and all kinds of good, sound financial advice. The Road to Wealth and the Suze Orman E-Newsletter together are a truly interactive package and an indispensable reference tool for every financial library.

 

About the Author

Suze Orman is the author of three consecutive New York Times bestsellers, The Road to Wealth, The Courage to Be Rich, and The 9 Steps to Financial Freedom.

 

Hitting The New York Times bestseller list after just one week on sale, The Road to Wealth (Riverhead Books; July 2001), currently has more than a half-million copies in print and was among USA Today's Top 10 Business bestsellers for 2001. The book appeared simultaneously on The Wall Street Journal's hardcover nonfiction and Business bestseller lists, made USA Today's Business bestseller list, and held positions on the bestseller lists of Publishers Weekly, the Los Angeles Times, the Washington Post, the San Francisco Chronicle, and the Chicago Tribune, as well.

 

The Courage to Be Rich (Riverhead Books), which was an instant #1 New York Times bestseller, currently has more than one million copies in print and was among the top ten nonfiction bestsellers on Publishers Weekly's 1999 hardcover list. It was also #1 on the Business bestseller lists of The New York Times, USA Today, and The Wall Street Journal, where it simultaneously appeared on the Journal's hardcover nonfiction bestseller list. In addition, it made Business Week's bestseller list, reached the #1 position on the Los Angeles Times list, and held spots on the bestseller lists of USA Today, the Washington Post, the San Francisco Chronicle, the Chicago Tribune, and the Boston Globe. The trade paperback version of The Courage to Be Rich was released by Riverhead Trade Paperback in January 2002.

 

Suze Orman's other #1 New York Times bestseller, The 9 Steps to Financial Freedom (Crown Publishers), was released in April 1997. The hardcover book currently has close to 2.2 million copies in print and remained on the New York Times list for over eleven months. The #1 nonfiction bestseller on Publishers Weekly's 1998 hardcover list, the book has been in the #1 position on the bestseller lists of many major publications nationwide, including The Wall Street Journal, USA Today, Business Week, the Washington Post, the San Francisco Chronicle, and the Chicago Tribune. It is currently available in six countries worldwide."