Women & Money: Owning the Power to Control Your Destiny

I love this book! I've always liked Suze (although I was never crazy about her presentation style) but I also thought that you had to have some money to work with before you would benefit from anything she was saying. This book is great because it gives you things to start doing today, no matter what your financial situation is, that will allow you to be in a better situation 6 months from now. She also stresses the importance for women to have their own money! You just never know what the future will hold, and there is no way that any woman should be totally dependent on her partner!

Its still suprising how many people don't realize or understand finances
this is a great book for the novice to get an easy understanding of where you should be at 20,30 or even 50!

I am learning quit a lot about my investments and chooseing the best plan for me. I feel more informed when I talk to the broker after reading this book.

Believe it or not, this book is a book about women and relationships. That is, the relationships women have with their money. In her characteristically direct, clear, and here's-what-you-need-to-know style, Suze exposes (in a no-shame/no-blame way) the dysfunctional relationship women have had with money, and then provides a step-by-step five-month plan to help set the stage for a lifetime of financial security.

Whether or not you follow all the steps now, this book provides an amazing guide to the essentials of financial planning--from setting up a checking and savings account to investing in stocks and bonds to creating wills and trusts. The overriding theme of the book is quite an empowering and inspiring one: it's time that women realize the value of what they are truly worth...and protect themselves accordingly.

A smart girlfriend sent me this book as a gift. Took me months to finally read it - but I sure am glad I did. While I was fairly familiar with a lot of Suze's advice and well on the way to her plan's steps - she offers some key advice to consider: 1) living trusts can help ease the transition if you pass away, significantly reducing paperwork and fees for your heirs; 2) Roth IRA rules will change in 2010 - so it is a good idea to fund a standard IRA now (even though for me its not tax deductible due to my tax bracket) - because standard IRAs become convertible to the Roth IRA in 2010, only paying tax on the money earned since investing! Roths are the best way to grow retirement money tax free. I loved her advice too about funding the company match 401K, then the Roth (if you qualify) and then the rest of your 401K opportunity. I've told plenty of friends to go out and buy the book - and a few have come back to thank me! I'll probably be giving it out as Christmas gifts this year even though her special offer has passed (maybe she'll get them to renew it!) When I have friends with small nest eggs talking about buying expensive cars...time to give them the wake up call!