Ambika Raghavan, Senior Reference Librarian, National Library
Wed, Aug 06, 2008
AsiaOne
Picks from the library: Personal finance
Handbook for Stock Investors
Authors: Goh, Kheng Chuan.
Publisher: Singapore : Rank Books, 2008.
Call Number: RSING 332.6322095957 GOH
Available at National Library
Keen on knowing how to buy and sell shares?
This bestseller, Handbook for Stock Investors by Goh Kheng Chuan, lists all that you need to know. It shows successful strategies for selecting and investing in stocks and shares, timing investments and also reading annual reports to make the most of their investments. This is. It shows how investors can read annual reports and use the internet as an avenue for improving their investments.
As this is targeted at the new and small investors in Singapore, author, Goh Kheng Chuan, also the Publishing Manager of Rank Books wrote his book in a very simple manner.
Financial Bliss: a Couple's Guide To Merging Money Styles And Building a Rich Life Together
Author: Holzer, Bambi.
Publisher: New York : AMACOM, American Management Association, 2007.
Call Number: RBUS 332.024008655 HOL
Available at National Library
Couples always have issue with money. This has to do with paying bills, balancing cheque books, and most importantly about spending and saving for the future,
In fact, money is the prime reason cited for couples splitting up in most places.
This inspirational book, Financial Bliss, is a guide which helps couples to plan and prepare for major milestones like buying a house, starting a family, financing their children's education, and building their retirement nest.
Using real life examples, author Bambi Holzer counsel couples to get the most out of their lives by understanding each other?s financial tendencies, communicating effectively, and planning for the future.
Bambi Holzer is the President of Bambi Holzer Financial Group and also author of Retire Rich and Set for Life.
Lifelines for Money Misfortunes : How To Overcome Life's Greatest Challenges
Author: Pollan, Stephen M.
Publisher: Hoboken, N.J. : John Wiley & Sons, 2008.
Call Number: RBUS 332.024 POL
Available at National Library
This book, Lifelines for Money Misfortunes, helps you to prepare financially to overcome unexpected events in life like accidents, disasters, or other crises such losing a job, being disabled, insufficient savings, and so on. Being financially sufficient is the only way to manage crises
Nobody understands this better than author Stephen Pollan. Over the past thirty years, he has helped many people to cope with their careers, money, and other issues. Tapping on his legal and financial expertise, he puts forth a coping plan to empower people to take charge of their lives to bring it back to equilibrium.
Each chapter focuses on a different crisis and presents a "Lifeline" for coping with it.
Save Now or Die Trying : Achieving Long-Term Wealth In Your 20s and 30s
Author: Bruno, Mark
Publisher: Hoboken, N.J. : John Wiley, 2007.
Call Number: RBUS 332.02401 BRU
Available at National Library
This book is targeted at the younger working generation to overcome financial crisis and prepare early for retirement.
Retirement expert Mark Bruno, addresses some of the recent developments in money management that could help this generation to have more secure retirement than their parents or grandparents. Some of his advice include; how to get free money for retirement, how to increase savings and how to balance saving for retirement with more immediate financial responsibilities
Mark Bruno (New York, NY) is a reporter for Crain's Pensions & Investments and has served as both a writer and editor for a wide range of investment and industry financial newspapers and magazines.
As Prices Rise, So Can Your Returns
Source: Straits Times. 20 Jul 2008 Summary: Reports that with the continued rise in the cost of goods and services, inflation has eroded the value of money. Inflation-linked bond funds are the latest breed of products targeted at investors who are looking for a way to beat inflation.
Retrieved from Factiva,com. Available at the Lee Kong Chian Reference Library, National Library.
Personal Wealth: Tycoons Who Aim To Keep It In The Family Author: Lau, Justin.
Source: F.T. com London. 29 Jun 2008
Summary: Rich families in corporate Asia are controlling two thirds of the region's 1,000 biggest companies. In Hong Kong, the 10 richest families have a total estimated net worth of more than US$120bn, as calculated by Forbes.
Retrieved from Factiva,com. Available at the Lee Kong Chian Reference Library, National Library.
