Gimme My Money Back: Your Guide to Beating the Financial Crisis

by Ali Velshi

Book Overview

One way or another, you lost money as a direct result of the financial crisis. Now you have to start making it back, and you can do that by reading this book. This book shows how the markets work and... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0981453562
• ISBN13: 9780981453569
• Release Date: January 2009
• Publisher: Sterling & Ross Publishers, Inc.
• Length: 156 Pages
• Weight: 0.46 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.4" x 7.8"

Customer Reviews

A Must-Read!

I am a terrible investor. I'm befuddled by the concepts and terminology and, therefore, haven't done much other than invest in my 401(k) and a few CD's. I finished reading Ali Velshi's book, "Gimme My Money Back", while sitting in a waiting room and before I knew it I was explaining the how to's and what for's of investing to the woman sitting next to me. I will never be a fund manager, but now I can confidently go to a financial planner, examine investment strategies, assess my risk, and make knowledgeable decisions about my financial future. This is a quick empowering read and a must for anyone who uncertain about how to go about investing.

A great book for people who are looking to start investing.

In the next year or two improving your families' financial situation is going to be very difficult. A lot of people are going to need this book to help them make more informed decisions. He discusses important topics like risk-tolerance and debt in a way anyone can understand. Most people are intimidated when they think about their financial future -- house, college, retirement. Ali's book is going to make a lot of people into better, more knowledgeable, investors.

Great read for ANYONE today!

Without much (if any) prior knowledge of financial markets, this book was like having a face-to-face tutor. Velshi's explanations are an easy read, and I didn't need a dictionary or business degree to understand anything that he wrote. Also extremely helpful were the risk-tolerance questionnaire as well as the pie charts showing how my investments are divvied up. He was very straight-forward in his brief history of the financial crisis and how we got into it, and his analogies brought it all home for me. Definitely one of the best holiday gifts I received this year!

This is a great book

What a great book! Trying to figure out how to invest in this environment is nearly impossible, but I found the book to be helfpul in explaining the options. I watch Ali on CNN all the time, and the book reads the way he speaks: clearly and to the point. I highly recommend it anyone looking for help on how to invest in 2009.

Fantastic Read

Fantastic Read! Velshi does a terrific job of demystifing the economic crisis and why it should matter to me. He writes just like he reports, making it very easy to understand complicated financial matters as well as ideas on how to begin investing. As a successful woman in my mid-thirties, I would recommend this to ANYONE looking for a friendly, easy-to-read guide to these current financial times.