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How to Really Ruin Your Financial Life and Portfolio by Ben Stein
3.0
I have always really liked Ben Stein. I love his dry sense of humor. I find it very funny. Many people are familiar with Ben Stein the professor from "Ferris Bueller" or the Ben Stein from the "Clear Eyes" eyedrop commercials but Ben Stein in real life is actually a pretty smart guy (but maybe we knew that from Comedy Central's "Win Ben Stein's Money"). In all seriousness, he is a smart guy. He was a speech writer for President Nixon back in the day and has a litany of other credits to his name. It's sort of an interesting jump from politics to comedy!
In this fairly slim book, his sense of humor is on display. This book is all about exactly what you should not do in order to be financially successful through your investments. The investments that Ben Stein focuses on are mostly stock market investments. This is a satire. Do not take Ben Stein's bad advice. The book is fairly straight forward and may be of interest both to those who already have a lot of investments and those who have not really dipped their toes into the magical world of the stock market.
With the holidays coming up, I could see this being a great gift book with wide appeal. This isn't really an investment primer but it is a good read nonetheless.
Bottom line: This book makes investment both fun and funny!
In this fairly slim book, his sense of humor is on display. This book is all about exactly what you should not do in order to be financially successful through your investments. The investments that Ben Stein focuses on are mostly stock market investments. This is a satire. Do not take Ben Stein's bad advice. The book is fairly straight forward and may be of interest both to those who already have a lot of investments and those who have not really dipped their toes into the magical world of the stock market.
With the holidays coming up, I could see this being a great gift book with wide appeal. This isn't really an investment primer but it is a good read nonetheless.
Bottom line: This book makes investment both fun and funny!