Publisher Comments:
In these turbulent economic times, everyone is asking the same question: What should I do with my money now?
With their trademark irreverence and plainspokenness, David and Tom Gardner, bestselling authors and cofounders of The Motley Fool, answer this critical question and recommend ten important yet quick steps readers can take to survive economic uncertainty, secure their personal finances, and fortify their portfolios. Along the way, they address such important issues as:
1.Is this the time to snatch up stock market bargains?
2.Are any mutual funds sure bets?
3.Is short-term debt dangerous?
4.Bonds, T-bills, CDs, savings accounts — does it make sense to be conservative?
5.Why you should believe in America now more than ever.
The Gardners offer a snapshot view of business and the financial markets at the dawn of the world's new economic reality — all while looking ahead to the future with some timely and timeless guidance for investors.
No matter your age or level of investing experience, The Motley Fool's What to Do with Your Money Now is an indispensable survival manual for our unpredictable economic times.
Synopsis:
In their trademark amusing style, David and Tom Gardner tackle this critical question and recommend a dozen quick steps readers can take to survive the storm, secure their personal finances, sandbag their portfolios... and make sure they don't get left in the debris when the skies inevitably clear and the economy rebounds. Along the way, they address such important questions as:
1.What should you do about debt in the short term?
2.Is this the time to snatch up stock market bargains?
3.Does it make sense to be conservative?
4.Are any mutual funds sure bets?
5.Why should you believe in America now more than ever? No matter what life stage you are in or your level of investing expertise, The Motley Fool's What to Do with Your Money Now offers invaluable investment advice.
Synopsis:
The national bestselling new Motley Fool reference serves up all the know-how, wit, and comprehensive information needed to survive--and thrive--in periods of financial uncertainty and market turbulence.
From Amazon.com
Go back in time for a minute, when the Motley Fool's last big investment book was first published in January 1999. The NASDAQ was hovering at around 2300, stocks like Cisco and Microsoft were leading the markets up, and the Motley Fool had four books on Amazon's bestseller lists, including Rule Breakers, Rule Makers, which for that month was listed at No. 3. Since then, the stock market has boomed and crashed, the economy has sunk in and out of recession, and millions of investors (including the Fools) have watched their stock portfolios shrink. In What to Do with Your Money Now, the Gardner brothers draw lessons from the mistakes that lead to the bust and offer a plethora of advice aimed at guiding investors in this more sober economic environment. Much of what they recommend echoes the practical advice offered in their earlier books (e.g., create a financial plan, get out of debt), while other prescriptions offer a truer reflection of the times (e.g., consider CDs, invest in high-dividend stocks as well as bond and index funds). While the events of the last few years have humbled the Fools somewhat, they've lost none of their trademark humor, and fans and newcomers alike should find lots to latch onto in this book. --Harry C. Edwards
From Publishers Weekly
The year 2001 was a rough one by many measures. David and Tom Gardner (founders of the financial Web site Fool.com) address the economic difficulties it brought and what to do about them in The Motley Fool's What to Do with Your Money Now: Thriving in the New Economic Reality. They explore the factors leading up to the economic crunch, emphasizing learning from mistakes, and give specific pointers for what to do now, covering dealing with debt, making a will, refinancing and more. Younger readers unsure about how to handle their money in a recession will surely gain from the Gardners' advice.
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这本书的章节结构设计得极其具有逻辑性,它遵循了一个由宏观到微观,再由策略到执行的完美路径。开篇即建立对“时间价值”的深刻理解,随后过渡到如何根据个人生命周期来定制投资策略,这一点处理得非常细腻。例如,作者为“二十多岁”、“三十至四十岁”和“退休前夕”的三种不同人生阶段,提供了清晰的资产配置建议框架,这些建议并非僵硬的公式,而是基于风险敞口和时间维度的弹性指南。我尤其欣赏作者在讨论退休规划时所展现出的对“长寿风险”的重视,这在很多理财书中是被轻描淡写的。书中详细分析了如何通过年金产品和多元化的收入流来对冲活得太久的风险,这种前瞻性的思考让我对自己的未来规划有了更深层次的审视。此外,书中关于心态管理的篇章,并没有流于空洞的说教,而是通过几个真实投资者的“情绪失控”案例,直观地展示了情绪对回报的侵蚀作用,并给出了具体的“情绪防火墙”设置方法。总而言之,这本书的阅读体验是层层递进的,它不仅是一个工具箱,更像是一套完整的财务操作系统,帮助读者从根本上优化其财富管理的操作系统,使其能够应对未来任何未知的市场挑战,让人感觉非常踏实和被赋能。
评分这本书的价值,坦白说,远超其定价。我阅读了市面上不少同类型的理财书籍,它们往往要么过于聚焦于宏观经济的预测,结果时效性极短,要么就是陷入了特定投资工具的深度解析,对新手极不友好。然而,这本书的独特之处在于它构建了一个全面的“心智模型”,即在当前这个快速迭代、信息爆炸的金融环境中,我们应该如何重塑自己的决策框架。作者非常巧妙地穿插了一些历史案例,这些案例不是为了炫耀过去的成功,而是为了揭示在不同时代背景下,哪些人性弱点是投资的大敌。例如,书中对“羊群效应”的剖析,简直是教科书级别的——它没有停留在心理学定义上,而是具体指出在社交媒体驱动的投资狂潮中,我们的大脑是如何被欺骗的,并提供了一套实用的“延迟满足”训练方法。阅读体验上,这本书的排版非常友好,大量的图表和信息图被用来辅助解释复杂的概念,这对于我这种偏好视觉化学习的人来说,简直是如虎添翼。更让我印象深刻的是,作者对“风险承受能力”的讨论,这部分内容被提升到了一个哲学高度,它不是简单地问你愿意亏损多少钱,而是探讨你的生活目标与投资目标之间的契合度,这使得投资决策不再是冰冷的数字游戏,而是与个人价值体系紧密相连的严肃课题。读完之后,我重新审视了我过去几年的一些投资决定,发现许多失误都源于未能建立起这套坚实的底层思维结构。
评分这本书的叙事风格,非常具有美国西海岸那种乐观却又不失批判性的科技创业精神。它不推崇一步登天的神话,而是强调迭代、快速失败、并从中学习的实战精神。我特别喜欢其中关于“资产负债表思维”的讨论,作者用一种近乎“打破砂锅问到底”的口吻,引导读者审视自己家庭的真实财务状况,区分“好负债”与“坏负债”。与市面上许多只关注“如何赚钱”的书籍不同,这本书花了大篇幅来讨论“如何保护已经赚到的钱”,这一点在我看来,是真正成熟的理财观的体现。它详细阐述了如何建立有效的“紧急储备金”体系,不仅仅是金额上的储备,更是在心理上构建起应对突发事件的缓冲区。这种对基础建设的强调,对于那些容易被短期市场波动带跑的投资者来说,是极其宝贵的“定心丸”。文字的选词上,作者偏爱使用动词和具体的行动指令,使得整本书读起来充满了前进的动力,而不是停留在理论的空中楼阁。读完后,我发现自己对那些财经新闻的解读方式也发生了潜移默化的改变,不再轻易被耸动的标题所左右,而是习惯性地去追问“这对底层资产配置意味着什么?”这种思维方式的升级,才是这本书最深远的馈赠。
评分这本书的封面设计初见之下,便散发着一种务实而又略带挑衅的意味,如同作者直接在你耳边低语,告诉你现在是采取行动的关键时刻。我翻开目录时,立刻被其中那种直击痛点的标题所吸引,它们没有故弄玄虚的金融术语,而是用最日常的语言描述了我们每个普通人在面对市场波动时最真实焦虑的写照。比如,其中关于“如何区分市场噪音和真正信号”的那一章节,作者没有抛出那些高深莫测的经济模型,而是提供了一套非常接地气的过滤机制,让我这种对传统金融分析感到畏惧的读者也能迅速掌握要领。我特别欣赏作者在阐述投资哲学时所展现出的那种不屈不挠的精神,它不是教你如何一夜暴富,而是强调构建一套能够抵御长期不确定性的投资组合的必要性。阅读过程中,我感觉自己像是在和一位经验丰富、但又毫不倨傲的导师对话,他既能理解你的困惑,又能用清晰的步骤引导你走出迷雾。特别是关于再平衡策略的那部分,作者用一个非常形象的比喻,将复杂的资产配置动态过程描述得如同园丁修剪枝丫一般,充满了生活气息和可操作性,这极大地增强了我对后续实践的信心。整本书的行文节奏把握得恰到好处,既有深入的理论支撑,又不失轻松幽默的笔触,让人在学习知识的同时,也能感受到一种精神上的鼓舞,仿佛手中握着的不再是一本枯燥的指南,而是一份通往财务自主的行动蓝图。
评分如果用一个词来形容这本书给我的感受,那一定是“解耦”。它成功地将“理财”从那些充斥着焦虑和 FOMO(害怕错过)情绪的日常噪音中剥离出来,展示了一个更加冷静、更具结构性的真相。作者在谈及通货膨胀和利率变化的影响时,没有采用那种耸人听闻的笔调,而是非常冷静地分析了历史数据,并展示了在不同宏观环境下,不同资产类别(如房地产、债券、股票)之间的动态关系如何变化。尤其让我眼前一亮的是,书中对“现金为王”这一说法的多维度解读。在许多人看来,持有大量现金意味着机会成本的损失,但作者却提出了一个非常精辟的观点:在市场极度不确定时,现金是未来选择权的“期权费”,合理配置的现金流是市场回调时的“子弹”。这种视角的转换,极大地拓宽了我的财务视野。此外,书中对税务优化和遗产规划的讨论虽然没有深入到具体的法律细节,但它清晰地勾勒出了一个完整的财富管理蓝图,提醒读者投资的终局远不止于资产增值本身。阅读这本书的过程,仿佛是进行了一次全面的财务体检,那些隐藏在盲区里的隐患被一一指出,让人感到既警醒又踏实。它教会我的不是买哪只股票,而是如何构建一个能自我修正、持续优化的财务系统。
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