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Book cover image of The Motley Fool You Have More Than You Think: The Foolish Guide to Personal Finance (Motley Fool Books Series) by David Gardner

Authors: David Gardner, Tom Gardner, Neil David
ISBN-13: 9780743201742, ISBN-10: 0743201744
Format: Paperback
Publisher: Simon & Schuster Adult Publishing Group
Date Published: January 2001
Edition: Revised and Expanded Edition

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Author Biography: David Gardner

Tom and David Gardner cofounded The Motley Fool, a multi-media financial education company, in 1993. Since then they have co-authored four New York Times bestsellers, including The Motley Fool Investment Guide and The Motley Fool's Rule Breakers, Rule Makers.

Tom and David Gardner cofounded The Motley Fool, a multi-media financial education company, in 1993. Since then they have co-authored four New York Times bestsellers, including The Motley Fool Investment Guide and The Motley Fool's Rule Breakers, Rule Makers.

Book Synopsis

Would you like to balance your lifestyle aspirations with your financial realities? Do you want to get out of debt and into the stock market? With Fool.com and the Internet, you'll learn about all things financial, from buying a home to sending your children to college. Take control of your personal finances.

Table of Contents

Contents

INTRODUCTION

Our Fairy-Tale World

$20 Million Patience

Part I

YOU HAVE MORE THAN YOU THINK

You Have More Than You Think

And a Bunch of People Want What You Have

Surprise Them — Save It Instead

You Can Get and Keep More Than You Think

The Ten Most Common Financial Mistakes

Part II

INTERLUDE

Make Your Dog a Trick Dog

Part III

AN INTRODUCTION TO INVESTING

But Profit Off the Savings

Your First Investments

When Not to Invest

A Stock Primer

The First Federal Bank of Coca-Cola

Obviously Great Investments

Opening an Account

Part IV

AN INVESTING LIFE

Buy What You Are

Where Do I Fit?

Become a Partner

Getting Help Online

The Ten Most Common Investing Mistakes

Part V

BEYOND

Your First Few Months Investing

The Fourteen Things You've Learned Here

Quality of Life

Appendix I: Scribes? Meet Printers!

Appendix II: Books You Should Like

Appendix III: Open Letter to the White House

Glossary

Acknowledgments

Index

Subjects