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Posted by on February 14, 2008, 7:38 am
Orman has come up here a couple of times and I thought
this might be of interest.
I've only actually seen her on TV once or twice for a
few minutes and I've never read any of her books.
Via this blog:
<http://www.mymoneyblog.com/archives/2008/02/free-ebook-women-amp-money-by-suze-orman.html>
(I've posted a link or two to MyMoneyBlog before. A young guy
is blogging about his financial life and his goal of building
up his net worth. He's okay and talks about things like,
recently, his decision-making re finding a mortgage, as
well as reviews of low-cost online brokers and such)
I thought it was worth sharing that, apparently at
Oprah's urging, Suze is making one of her books available
temporarily for free as a pdf. I've downloaded a copy and
will take a look through at my leisure, if for no other
reason than to be able better to respond when folks ask
about her advice. Here's the link to Oprah's page,
which has the link from which you may download the book.
I'd not be posting this before reading the book, except
that it appears they are going to be stopping the free
downloads at the end of the day today.
<http://www2.oprah.com/tows/pastshows/200802/tows_past_20080213.jhtml?promocode=HP14>
As I said, I'm not really familiar with the details of
Suze's advice. I've certainly found her tv personality
to be, well, kind of annoying. But a free copy of her
book is probably worth at least, well, what I paid for it.
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Posted by rick++ on February 14, 2008, 11:11 am
Suze's original slant was that psychological hangups interfere
with getting rid of debt and investing properly. Know yourself
and your financial siutation will improve. Theres no absolute
answer for everyone, but it depends on your psychological profile.
Its easier for her to explain this when shes does a seminar
rather than a call-in show. Her weekly TV call-in show is
more run-of-the-mill financial advice then.
She's entertaining when she gets perky. Plus we compare
ourselves to other people in financial trouble. We either say
"how could he be so stupid?" or "I'm only $100 from being in
the same trouble as her", etc.
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Posted by joetaxpayer on February 14, 2008, 1:52 pm
rick++ wrote:
> Suze's original slant was that psychological hangups interfere
> with getting rid of debt and investing properly. Know yourself
> and your financial siutation will improve. Theres no absolute
> answer for everyone, but it depends on your psychological profile.
I am guilty of being too focused on the numbers, sometimes ignoring the
'feeling/finding' questions. I was once very critical of her, and it was
pointed out to me that it was contrary to my good nature to do so, and
that taking a step back, she was more helpful to many than not. I
recently remarked on my own blog that she had a show where she was on
top of her game, criticizing VAs, pointing out hat Dave Ramsey's 'Debt
Snowball' is less than optimum, etc.
For many offering financial advice, the discussion of risk tolerance
needs to go beyond any short survey, and there's value to that 'feeling'
approach.
JOE
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Posted by whirlwind on February 16, 2008, 5:25 am
whirlwind;526364 Wrote:
> Yes, that's interesting. I once saw her online, and I kind of enjoy her
> style of practically browbeating callers into thinking about their
> decisions. Sometimes that kind of aggression is what you need to
> inspire financial wisdom.
Sorry to double-post, but I just got my Suze Orman id theft protection
kit off of QVC. I'm normally suspicious of endorsed products (George
Forman anyone?) but since I liked her style and am afraid of ID theft I
decided to take the plunge. Setup was easy, but I was wondering if
anyone else had longer experience with it. The reviews didn't seem very
enlightening, sometimes even misinformed.
--
whirlwind
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