It's Your Money, Honey: A Girl's Guide to Saving, Investing, and Building Wealth at Every Age and Life Stage

by Laura J. McDonald, Susan L. Misner

Turning smart girls golden; the women's guide to personal finance Rebranding finance with a feminine spin, It's Your Money, Honey is designed to encourage women of all ages to take a greater interest—and play a greater role—in the financial issues that affect their everyday lives and financial futures. Conversational, irreverent, and intelligent, this guide to wealth creation, wealth management, and financial protection as it relates to women and their families provides exactly the kind of advice that smart women today need to know in order to take charge of their finances.

Organized by decade and the events—from childrearing to retirement—that need to be planned for, presently enjoyed, or recovered from, It's Your Money, Honey is packed with expert information in the no-nonsense style of a girlfriend who knows her stuff. Finances aren't that hard, you just have to deal with them yourself.

Finally, a book that understand that every woman needs to make time for a personal finance education Highly accessible, the book is designed to be read whenever you find yourself with a spare second, providing important information in bite sized chunks Helps women prepare for major life events with the help of real life stories, helpful checklists, and easy-to-apply Golden Rules Born out of the notion that too many smart women let their financial situations be ignored, swept under the rug, or dictated by others, It's Your Money, Honey is everything you need to know about money but were too busy to ask.

www.goldengirlfinance.ca

Genres: Nonfiction, Personal Finance, Finance, Money

306 pages, Kindle Edition

First published January 3, 2012

Reviews

[Penelope · Rating 1 out of 5]

I'm sure there are some good tips buried in this book but I couldn't get past the awful tongue in cheek commentary which basically comes down to this: we all secretly pay too much for manicures every week but totally deserve it and here's how to manage your money so you can get those manicures, girl.

Ew.

[Britt · Rating 1 out of 5]

I hate to rip into obviously intelligent women trying to make other women more financially independent and savvy, but I couldn’t get over the stereotypes and dumb gender norms in the book. The pink wallet on the cover gives you a clue that there is going to be a lot of talk of Botox, manicures, Prosecco, and other garbage women apparently need. It sounds like the “cool moms” from Orange County trying to give their daughters financial advice. The tips were fine and on point, but the valley girl outdated tone drove me nuts.

[Nila Pal · Rating 1 out of 5]

DNF. Helpful in theory but heavily outdated. Built for someone to go back to at every stage in their life so at this point maybe 20 pages apply to me and they basically said to pay off ur credit card in full every month. Not sure who’s keeping this on their bookshelf to revisit every 5-10 years for some bullet point notes. That all said, if you really don’t know where to start with finances this could provide some basic insight.

[Joyana Peters · Rating 3 out of 5]

Helpful

A lot of info! It definitely didn’t all apply to me at this point in my life, but it did give me valuable food for thought and ideas for the future.

[Jennifer · Rating 1 out of 5]

If you Took even one business class in college. You could’ve figured this all out for yourself.

[Piritta]

After about tenth of the book I just gave up, as this is a very, very US oriented and other countries like Finland just function in a different way.

[Natalie · Rating 3 out of 5]

A simple light read to introduce some basic financial concepts. I liked how it was divided into specific stages in your life and offered concrete, practical tips. If you already have that basic knowledge, though, than this book doesn't offer much. I also found the fact that the authors are Canadian to be a shortcoming. I didn't know that going in and it does impact some of the discussions. Retirement, higher education, and health care are areas where there are major differences between countries and it's hard to know how the tips apply to you if you at under the US system rather than the Canadian one. Overal, I think this would have been a much better read in high school or early college years but now that I'm a 30-something homeowner with a graduate degree, I've already completed some of the phases and have learned the lessons on my own (often the hard way!)

[Alison · Rating 3 out of 5]

This is a good overall reference book, but not much more than that. Didn't appreciate the references to Lulumon yoga pants--seemed a little condescending, but lots of good advice nonetheless.

[Carey · Rating 3 out of 5]

MEH. It was okay. I've been listening to a lot of Dave Ramsey lately, and that's probably why this book seemed so-so to me. It just didn't click with me the way that Ramsey's work does.

[Max · Rating 3 out of 5]

A solid introduction to personal finance aimed specifically at women.

The authors have a good tone to their writing and some good advice.

[February Four · Rating 4 out of 5]

I'd probably give this to young women (high-school or college kids) needing to start out re: personal finances who haven't got a clue. (That does define my baby sister right now...)

[Joe Williams-Nelson · Rating 5 out of 5]

So far so good. It has a very refreshing approach which makes one want to begin again in their relationship with their money, and that is key to a good financial read.

[Chelsea · Rating 1 out of 5]

AWFUL.