Comments on: Which Personal Finance Guru Would I Recommend?

By: Dana

Dana — Tue, 19 Aug 2008 00:58:49 +0000

I like Dave Ramsey’s approach and Suze Orman’s guidance. Years ago I used a financial study from Crown Financial Ministries. Larry Burkett (CFC), now deceased and Howard Dayton (Crown) merged two financial ministries. I learned more about budgeting and tracking my expenses through their studies.

By: Randy

Randy — Mon, 18 Aug 2008 19:49:42 +0000

I don’t care much for RK, either. While he might be entertaining, his stories are a little too fluffy for my taste, and I question whether some of his recommendations are fundamentally sound.

I also have similar feelings about Jim Cramer.

By: james

james — Sun, 17 Aug 2008 21:45:59 +0000

I would take David Bach over Suze Orman or Dave Ramsey any day. Most everything is about discipline–and you just have to have the “want to” in order to use a little common sense and get your financial house in order.

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Great site.

Discipline is the key…

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By: Writer Dad

Writer Dad — Fri, 15 Aug 2008 18:13:31 +0000

I totally agree with what you said about Robert Kiyosaki. That’s why I only read his first book.

By: Bonnie

Bonnie — Fri, 15 Aug 2008 17:21:37 +0000

I listen to Dave Ramsey on the radio, but sometimes I will take month-long breaks from his show. His inability to be even a little flexible on most things gets to me after a while. But I agree he is very inspirational. I personally like Suze Orman. Not so much on TV, but her book Young, Fabulous and Broke is well-written and really helped me to kickstart my debt payment plan. I’ve read it three times!

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By: Cath Lawson

Cath Lawson — Fri, 15 Aug 2008 11:33:15 +0000

Hi Mrs M – The first one that comes to mind is One Up On Wall Street by Peter Lynch. I also like The Millionaire Next Door.

I know what you mean about Kiyosaki’s books. I’ve read them all and played the board game. And while they were inspirational, I’ve become a bit cynical about the books that tell you how to get rich that use fictional characters.

The authors are often quite vague about how they actually got rich themselves to begin with and I often wonder if the only money they really made was from the sale of all those books.

A genuine one I really liked is How To Get Rich by Felix Dennis. He really is worth hundreds of millions – gained through his own businesses. And he tells you how it is – warts and all. Plus he shares his mistakes and even says that it’s best to stop once you’re worth about $30 million, rather than go as far as he did.