Growing Your Money

Reviewed by: Ann Marie Townsend - South Berwick Public Library, South Berwick, Southern Maine Library District

Review Date: November 17, 2015

Review

Basic information about investing money. Includes chapters on investments, growing money with interest, stocks and bonds, and other investments. Also Top ten things to know, glossary, learn more about money and index. This has good basic information in an age appropriate manner, however, it leaves out mutual funds which are much safer. Stressed are single stocks which are very risky. Also missing is the concept of buy and hold. It doesn't talk about stocks going up and down over time,and sometimes if you sell in panic when it goes down, you also lose the profit or taking into account the time frame of when you will need the money and can you afford to take risk. Illustrated with photographs and charts that are well labeled. An appealing format, but more explanations that seem to steer toward single stocks and makes purchasing gold look appealing rather than risky. Good for definitions.

Overall Book Score: fair