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Making the Most of Your Money Now: The Classic Bestseller Completely Revised for the New Economy

This book provides practical advice on saving, investing, and making smart financial decisions, tailored to the changing economic landscape. more

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Jane Bryant Quinn
Jane Bryant Quinn

Jane Bryant Quinn is an American journalist born on February 5, 1939. She is renowned for her reporting on personal finance and consumer news, serving as a columnist for 'U.S. News & World Report' and contributing articles to various publications. more

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“Quinn's First Law of Investing is never to buy anything whose price you can't follow in the newspapers. An investment without a public marketplace attracts the fabulists the way picnics attract ants. Stock brokers and financial planners can tell you anything they want, because no one really knows what's true. The First Corollary to Quinn's First Law states that, even when the price is in the newspapers, you shouldn't buy anything too complex to explain to the average 12-year-old.”

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“You don't date an annuity, you marry it. An annuity isn't a mutual fund that you buy today and sell tomorrow. Nor is it a certificate of deposit, ready for any new use at maturity. When you buy an annuity, you are making (or ought to be making) a 15- or 20-year commitment, at least.”

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“For all the huffing and puffing of the doubters, a home of our own is still the rock on which our hopes are built. Price appreciation aside (and most houses will appreciate, eventually), homeownership is a state of mind. It's your piece of the earth. It's where a family's toes grow roots. It's where the flowers are yours, not God's.”

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