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Addressing any rational ADULTS who may be reading these reviews; I would like to point out a few obvious facts so that you don't lapse into making a poor purchase.
Each human being is an individual and leads a unique life comprised of a flowing series of unique opportunities. Each human being makes decisions about these opportunities based upon many, many factors revolving around "self" and also around external elements/circumstances. THEREFORE, it is utterly impossible ( and completely insanely ridiculous ) to try and achieve "success" by studying others. Your life is YOUR LIFE. The circumstances and ongoing flow of opportunities which make it up are not the same as the circumstances or opportunities or people or places making up the life of a Donald Trump. Obviously you cannot pattern your advance toward "success" or wealth by looking at Trump's decisions or behavior.
This book is absurd in the extreme. Who can get inside ANYONE'S MIND at any time for any reason? Are human beings robots manufactured on a factory assembly line....with the same software installed for functioning? Of course not!!! The only person who REALLY knows what Donald Trump ( or any other person - wealthy or not ) thinks, it is Trump himself....not his parents, not his kids, not any of his trophy wives, and certainly NOT THIS AUTHOR...only Trump REALLY knows Trump's thinking and reasoning!
And remember, the unique opportunities in each individual's life hang on their time in history, their location on the planet, the other people they've associated with, and so on. And in every case, all of this is totally different from one individual to the next. So, THERE IS NO "MILLIONAIRE MIND"....THERE IS NOTHING STANDARD IN HOW MILLIONAIRES THINK. In other words, don't fall for this sort of sucker bait.
If you want to get wealthy, spend a lot less money than you make and put what you save to work making more money for you. That's all that anyone can really do that is "standard procedure" to gain wealth. Everything else is a matter of what sort of opportunities come your way and what times in your life and how you do or don't uniquely deal with them.

This is a good book - reason - because you must understand that you have to be ready to have money - in order to keep monies - if you are not - it will be gone - understand what is at stake - you may not like the book based on the message because it is work - as everything is in this world -

Thanks Jan Simpson

This book was enjoyable, packed with useful information and a fast, easy read. My husband and I both read it and we are using it to change the way we think about our finances. We are also attending the authors three day FREE workshop this month in New Jersey. When you purchase the book, you get free tickets to his three day workshops that are held all over the US...pretty cool. Highly recommend this to everyone.

This book was an amazing read! With great tips on how to grow your business, your wealth and reach your goals. Learn how to make your financial blueprint work for you and watch your business grow.

Sam Khorramian
La Jolla Lending and Real Estate

Buy this book. Read it. read it again. Take notes. Use highlighter. This is a book that will help to change your life if you let it!

I liked the book and thouht it was really good, some stuff I didn't think about was menioned in this book, even though its for Dummies :-)

This book is fantastic. It covers all the basic fundamentals, provides resources to learn more about every area, and covers every broad aspect of evaluating a company. You learn about company fundamentals, accounting formulas, economic indicators, political signs, trends, and much more. Probably the best beginning book on stock trading I've read, and I have read many.

Not only that, but the author's results speak for themselves. The 1st edition was written in 2005, and he made several predictions, every one of which came true. In the book he mentioned that according to his research silver would be in very high demand in the next few years - then showed the indicators to prove it. Silver then went on to go from $7 to $17 currently, over 30% annual growth. He accurately predicted the internet stock bust in 2001, the housing bust, the rise of silver, the rise of oil, the collapse of financial service companies, and the rise of commodities.

Obviously results alone don't mean anything, but when taken with the strategies he teaches, it's very clear that this guy knows what he's doing.

Like it says, it's stock investing for dummies. Not only will you get explanations for key terms that you will encounter, you also will be taught how to look at numbers on a balance sheet, and decode what story the balance sheet is telling you. The way this book is written is very novice-friendly, you won't have to worry about being lost or not being able to understand some words. I can see how the more "advanced" investors might flip through the pages going "I already know that...." But like the title says, It's for dummies. If you know nothing about investing and want to know more, this is a great start. However, If you want to take it to the next level, I recommend a successful mentor.

This book is just what I needed. I started to be interested about the stock market but was totally clueless what it's all about. While I dont like the title,the truth of the matter is I'm a real dummy on this topic. The book really helped a lot. It explained things in a very simple manner. It really gave me the basics of what I need to know. The only thing that I want to add... Can we please pick a better title? LOL

The worst part of "Stock Investing for Dummies" is that it refers to previous sections far too often (note: you can refer to the first part of this sentence for something incredibly annoying). It's obvious the writer didn't intend for the book to be read cover-to-cover, but when you're 5 pages into a chapter and it refers you to earlier in the same chapter, it's serious overkill.

Browsing through popular stock sites such as Google/Yahoo Finance, you wind up with an alphabet soup of financial terms and ratios, such as EPS, ROA, and P/E. I was really hoping this guide would dumb-down the incredible amount of jargon, but I actually feel more confused having read this material.

This book did have one huge benefit to me: it convinced me to do a Balance Sheet and an Income Sheet for my own personal finances (after explaining what they actually were). It is so eye opening to have your expenses laid out that clear, and shows how a company is really responsible for doing the same thing, just on a larger scale.

This guy is nothing short of a genius in my opinion, I've purchased all of his books I'm pretty sure and have NEVER been dis-appointed with them. He's a 5 STAR AUTHOR all the way.

Good and informative book . It could have been written in a better structured way . Overall I would recomend it .

Wow Great book!!! Learning a lot about investing and managing money. Newly retired and happy to have time to read this interesting book. It's got lot's of good advise and it's easy to understand. Good investing is like many things in life. You have to do the homework Pete

I love the third book. The section of the new rules are fascinating. I have learned a lot.

A great book by Jim Cramer to explain some basics of how you can use some simple rules and ideas to invest in the stock market. Cramer explains in simple terms how to understand the market and use the ideas he used at his hedge fund for your benefit. It's not a "get rich quick" book, and explains that this isn't for people who have no time and little interest in stocks, companies, and business. But for those that have time and interest, this book is a great resource. My only real negative would be that there isn't a lot of in depth information about what he means by "homework" for your investments... but for that, you can read his next book "Mad Money," which does cover that topic in detail. If you have time and interest in doing your own investing, read this book and then follow it up with Mad Money.

I really liked this book. It was just as good if not better than Rich Dad, Poor Dad. I recomend it.

This book is really the "core" of beliefs that are expressed in many of the author's books.

Where this book excels is getting people out "employee" or "self employed" mentality and thinking in a "business owner" or "investor" mentality. After I read this book I really started looking at my co-workers in a strange way and decided I needed a change.

Kiyosaki recommends investing in assets that create a positive cash flow immediately. Easier said than done, but the author admits it's not easy -to get rich!

Since I've read this book, I've left the "employee" and "self-employed" mentality behind and have really focused on business owner mentality. Although my personal "cash flow" initially dropped in the process, my long term situation has definitely improved and put me on target to achieve higher levels of success.

Want to know why the rich get richer and everyone else seems to struggle? Is this an end all on the subject- NO it is not, as Robert himself would tell you the study of money if a lifetime pursuit.

However this book does an excellent job of describing the basics of why the rich get richer- and how they do it.

This book is also the first that enabled me to understand some basic accounting principles- mostly by not using numbers and formulas just some simple diagrams. Does it make you a CPA- No. But it does get a working class guy with little to no accounting knowledge the basic understanding of a personal financial statement.

Robert Kiyosaki (and his advisors) write books that make what seems to be complex money subjects seem understandable. Kind of the way AOL made the internet seem easy. Most of us have outgrown AOL a LONG, LONG time ago. And you can improve your financial literacy easily with Robert and his team.

Outstanding book. It provides the right financial wisdom that is so desperately needed by many in this country.
Oh, how I wish I could have had a book like this 20 years ago!
It will make much better sense if you read the first book in the series first though, "Rich Dad, Poor Dad", if you haven't already done so.

Like others, I do agree this book is a little repetitive. Mr. Kiyosaki does restate the same ideas he mentioned in his first book but he goes into more detail on other ideas; like how he made money on some deals. This book is meant to be a general 'coaching' and not a get rich quick seminar. So the repetitive pep talks are necessary and probably are similar in method to which his rich dad gave him. Furthermore, after a lifetime of repeating bad money habits, one needs repetition before correcting those habits. I do plan on continuing the series.

This book goes into detail about the mystical FED. It confirms things you suspect and things you have concluded, but never talked about. I enjoyed this book and think it would benefit anyone to read.

Yes, OMG! What an education. We really are a nation of financially uneducated, brainwashed, sheeple. This book makes it perfictly clear why today's world and economic events "are as they are", and where we are headed as economic surfs. This book is clear and easy to understand. It should be required reading for everyone. Buy this and read it, you will be furious at our government leaders and want to know more about how all of this very real world wide economic fraud will chage your life. Follow the Yellow Brick Road!

You will need a spare copy, and perhaps more due to the overwhelming desire you will experience to spread the message of this book upon reading it. This urge became overpowering to me in the early chapters, and still remains as my original copy is out on loan.

The truth that is exposed by Ms. Brown is beyond a call to action, or the most powerful civics lesson you will ever come across. The story here, masterfully told, lies at the very heart of the concept of freedom. Inane acceptance of the status quo will most certainly lead to the end of the freedom experiment. It is evident that our Revolution was never won, and that the powers of despotism, oligarchy, and plutocracy live on, confident that we all have become weak in our collective ability to discern truth in a world of smoke and mirrors. This weakness has been enabled by those standard human frailties; greed, self-absorption, apathy, and of course ignorance. All of these deficiencies can be reversed, some reversals more painful than others, and they must be if we are to dig ourselves out from our present state of affairs. The course of correction requires tools, and first on my list is "Web of Debt".

I feel a deep sense of gratitude to Ellen Hodgson Brown for taking on this subject. It is not the fast track to the best seller list, and there will be no invites to appear on Charlie Rose. This effort expresses a powerful desire to put light on truth, and in so doing send a line of hope to the embattled principle called freedom.

I've been interested in the general topic of this book--our flawed and corrupt money creation/banking system and the albatross on the back of our society it represents--for a while now. Until reading this book, educating myself mostly involved absorbing the doom and gloom reality of the situation.

The best part about this book, as one reviewer already mentioned, is not Ms. Brown's immaculate analysis and presentation of the profound absurdity and utterly unnecessary folly of our current predicament. It's her optimistic proposal of an excellent, rational solution to monetary reform that could ultimately get us as close as possible to a utopian society, and in any case represents the system our founding fathers truly had in mind.

This book was the lynchpin for me that completely laid bare and clarified my thoughts about our f*cked up money system as it exists today and the fundamental, structural flaw(s) it inflicts on an otherwise prosperous and benign world, and the miserable consequences of its continued existence--then shows us the way out.

This book will undoubtedly provide every rational, thinking person with a brand new window through which to view the world. Understanding our dysfunctional and corrupt monetary system and how it shapes our society connected the dots for me in a way nothing else has and created an amazingly clear "big picture" that fundamentally changed my perception of just about everything. It also made most left vs. right/liberal vs. conservative political issues and arguments irrelevant since it pretty much overarches and transcends them.

I wholeheartedly agree with the majority of the reviewers here that it's one of, if not THE most important book you'll probably ever read. Get it any way you can and feed your head. Then spread the word to anyone else who will listen. It doesn't matter whether Amazon has it in stock since you can do like I did and buy the eBook version directly from the author's website: webofdebt.com. Given the timeliness of the material and the fact that the author does an excellent job of updating/revising the text and website to reflect the current financial meltdown as it's presently unfolding, that's probably the best method of purchase anyway.

If you agree with the author's general diagnosis and especially her proposed solutions, and believe like I do that she is correct in her assertation that a financial meltdown such as the one we are currently witnessing is the best chance to implement changes, then NOW is the time to act. First step: educate yourself....

Ellen Hodgson Brown has proven herself an absolute genius! I specialized in foreign languages in university, but economics was one language I really had no interest in, until recently, when I was awakened to the mass corruption governing our world and ultimately our lives. This book explains clearly and in an easy-to-understand manner WHO controls our money supply, who and what forces are and have been responsible for or behind the rise and fall of various currencies over the past decades, and why ours is going to be next. She also shows us a way OUT of the global economic crisis we now find ourselves in and proposes a number of possible and legitimate alternatives to the corrupt fractional reserve banking system that is sinking the American people deeper and deeper into debt, impoverishment, and enslavement. There ARE other alternatives! There IS a way OUT, but it is NOT, I'm sorry to say, the gold standard that so many people, most notably Mr. Griffin, author of "Creature from Jekyll Island", are hailing as the ultimate solution to our economic woes. Gold and silver backing didn't prevent the Great Depression! Gold and silver are just as open to manipulation by the people who CONTOL it! It's the fractional reserve system and the banks creating money out of NOTHING, and then charging US for it, that are to blame!

The original money used by the colonies was NOT backed by gold, and those were times of unprecedented prosperity! We were prosperous because we printed our OWN MONEY! That's the key! Gold and silver backing will do nothing until we get rid of fractional reserve banking!

To sum up, I have learned SO much from this book! I learned more from reading this one book than I did in all my years of public school education! This is a MUST-read for ALL who are interested in securing our release from the Web of Debt that currently has entangled us all.

We ordered 4 of the workbooks for ourselves and another couple to read together. We found that the material lends itself to a group setting and hits on key issues related to finance.

Basically you have the foundation of the material once you get through Chapter 6. Then each couple can begin on the "baby step" that is relevant to their own situation.

Chapter 6 is the pivotal point of the book where you begin using a budget and practicing the principles you have learned. We found that putting the forms into Excel was really helpful for those who were struggling with organizing the budget. We would be glad to share those electronic forms (no strings attached) with anyone who is in need of them. Just email thecloins@gmail.com.

Really appreciative of this resource and will continue to utilize it in small group settings to help people get past the rat race and into a confident position in their financial life. We will cover the first 6 chapters over 5 sessions and continue to check in with the other couples on progress.

Dave Ramsey- great job on helping people improve their lives.

* Dave Ramsey explain in details on how to change our financial income from bad to good.
* There are lots of diagrams, charts and graphs for us to evaluate the current financial income that we are facing currently.
* You can be sure to sleep well at night once you have apply the strategy inside this book.
* Nobody likes to have debt but if you do, you can repair it and make it good. Dave describe this very clearly inside the book.

This book to me does not require much explanation other than READ IT and FOLLOW IT. What it teaches is simple and laid out in the book as such, but it's like that bonk on the head you need to take a look at your personal finances. READ IT!

I have read this book and got caught up in the concepts. I am now debt free and living like I never believed possible. I share this book and principle with everyone I know. I have coordinated classes using Dave's video lessons. These principles will change America. A must read

I have read both the book and own this workbook version. I would actually recommend the workbook over the book as it allows you to start the concepts quicker and put into practice into your own life much faster. The anecdotes are similiar but just condensed in this version. This version cuts to the chase with tables, suggestions, budgets, and "how to". I like the shortened version but still went back to read the full book version later. The one positive aspect of the full book versus this version is that it provided many more examples of real people using the techniques, what their outcome was, and how long it took them to get debt free. In this sense, there was more motivation there. I didn't/don't personally need that but some may need that or want that.

This book gives you the ins and outs of personal finance. Things you think are common knowledge but you actually always overlook.

If you are going to college or a recent college graduate this book is perfect for you. It gives you the information needed to stay out of financial trouble and how to fix trouble that you have made; and if you're not in trouble it will help you better your situation.

To me the most valuable parts are knowing your credit score, how to save money, how to pay down your debt, and everything you need to know about student loans.

Lastly this isn't a drab or dry book. The book is written as if Suze is talking to you. Her humor takes the edge off of these sometimes dry topics.

I highly recommend this book. I'll be referencing mine for many years.

I purchased the book for my niece who is entering her freshman year in college and she thinks it's a great book, but of course I think that everything that Suze Orman writes is fabulous.
c jones

I just graduated college and started a new job, and this book is helping me know exactly to handle my money!

Great book, answered so many questions, and has great explanations that are easy to understand. I have recommended this to all my 20-something-year-old friends!

I love this book, full of great info.
I have a copy and bought this as a gift for friends/family

I love this book. Gave it to my nephew who was content to lose money for 20 years and get into sector funds to make his riches later.

As others have mentioned, this book could be distilled down to "The only way to succeed at long term investing is to buy low-fee mutual funds that track the whole stock market". The entire rest of the book is the justification, and it's pretty hard to argue with any of it. Sure, you can beat the market sometimes, but it can't last.

As a beginning investor, I found the book informative - it helps you think about stocks and the market in ways that aren't immediately obvious to the uninformed.

The Little Book of Common Sense Investing: The Only Way to Guarantee Your Fair Share of Stock Market Returns (Little Books. Big Profits)I thought this book was very clearly written, and its advise quite compelling. It hammers home the long-term advantages of investing in index funds. Of course, the author sells them for Vanguard, but none-the-less, his advise makes sense. He points out how difficult it is to select a mutual fund which consitently beats the market average over a long time period. According to the book, the odds are stacked heavily against it. So I think his point is for me to let go of my ego, and admit how extraordinarily difficult it is to beat the averages, and just invest in index funds and let it ride. Piled with fact after fact, lots of statistics, and bare logic, the book makes its case superbly. I recoommend it to all who own or plan to own stocks or bonds.

Jack Bogle has written a book for the ages...in simple language with illustrations that are easily understood, he makes a compelling case for index investing. This is the single critical volume of knowledge that the typical investor will ever need.

I have been reading about investing since the current market down turn began, including several other books by John Bogle, founder and ex-CEO of the Vanguard Group. This slim volume makes the case once again for investing in low cost indexed mutual funds rather than trying to beat the market, which most of the professionals fail to do. This book is perfect as a refresher course, or for your significant other who is too busy (or too intimidated) to read more detailed books on investing.

Creature from Jekyll Island is a MUST READ FOR EVERY AMERICAN that cares about their country, and I mean DO NOT DELAY! PERIOD. It Needs to be top priority from 5th grade and mandated a written essay in every grade until graduating as a highschool senior. But knowing what I know now, I KNOW this will not happen unless the PRIVATE Federal Reserve aka: The Private Central Bank of America, has been abolished. STILL it would need that much attention so it never happens again.

President Andrew Jackson was the first to abolish the first "Creature" that already had control over Americas money. This one is literally a CREATURE out of control now and may have already eaten all it can!

You can also get his Recorded audio presentation from 1994 if you look around (on that other site for very litte). Im sure the book is better. I am thankful to Mr. Griffin for this research and writing. He will write you back if you email him as well.

If one finds it unbelievable (a few seem to have), it is for two rasons. 1, because you do not care about your personal money or this country at all. 2 Because you will not allow your mind to accept the truth when it is proven right before your eyes.

It is NOT difficult once you get into it. Your eyes will remain glued to find out what happened next. When you get to the end, read it again, just incase you missed something. Not sure how that would happen though.

Once you learn this hard, heart breaking truth, you need to watch the DVD... Freedom to Fascism. Next you should watch The Myths of 9-11 (DVD) by David ray Griffin (no relation I dont think). Then find the FREE Interview with Aaron Russo (its the only one that is 69 minutes long). Believe me, there are NO boring moments. Its as scary and real as this book. Then watch 'End Game' DVD. If you google End Game, you can watch it for free if you have cable. Or during FAP Free hours with satellite. Dont try to tackle it with dial up. The final two should be Bohemian Grove - Order of Death (DVD) and then "Martial Law" (DVD). There are others but with all those, you will understand more than you thought you ever knew. they are ALL documented, some is live footage. The truths behind these studies can NOT be denied as fact. Only if you do not allow your mind to let you accept it. because they are real. and time is SHORT!

All these are a must. I think that sequence I mentioned is the correct path to placing everything into the correct perspective. but the contents of THIS BOOK, the Creature from Jekyll Island, certainly MUST be known about and learned FIRST.

I hope it is not too late. If you are even CURIOUS. Please dont skip a step that I am mentioning, get this book FIRST! It is hard documented factual and undescribably scary that it has gone on this long without public awareness. It has gone on LONG enough! Kill the Creature! Before it kills you! It is hungry and does NOT stop eating until ALL IS DEVOURED.

No matter what, Now that you have read this, YOU MUST TELL EVERYONE YOU KNOW! THE SOONER THE BETTER! Form yahoo groups! something.

This book explains how the world works from a political and economic perspective. It describes the ideological battle between individualism and collectivism, giving historical examples of where and how collectivists have succeeded in eroding personal liberties in favor of centralized control of society.

This is truly the most horrifying book I have ever read, yet it is my favorite book because it has alerted me to extremely important information that is taboo in school and in the main stream media.

What does this have to do with the Federal Reserve? The Federal Reserve is the greatest scam in history and you are the victim. Read this book to learn how it was created by powerful men to ensure their economic dominance, and how it has become an powerful tool for promoting world collectivism.

this book was great. learn how the fed operates and the effects it has on our society. hard to put down.

There are few books on economics that can be called "page turners." G. Edward Griffin's book reads more like a mystery novel than an economic essay. It is wonderfully replete with historical facts about many of the players and about the actions that have led up to the present state of America and the World. Even if you don't agree with some of the author's conclusions -- and I don't -- this book is worth reading.

Some reviewers have complained that there are too many conspiracies in the book. Since the players are mostly bankers and politicians, the conspiracy theories are mostly believable. On the other hand, manipulation of public opinion (Public Relations) and manipulation of politicians (lobbies) are all too common and not restricted to money politics. I would not read too much into these conspiracy theories.

This book is wonderfully researched except where it is not. The author went to great lengths to get the story about the principal players. On the subject of money he relies heavily on John Kenneth Galbraith and his fascinating volume "Money: Whence It Came, Where It Went." But for the supposed downward moving standard of living in America there is no proof, no statistics, no references worth mentioning, just the opinion of the author. This is sad indeed because it undermines the author's thesis that the Fed is evil and that it causes hardship. It is easy to see that the average American is better off in 2008 than his counterpart was in 1913. The technological and medical advances of this century have more than made up for the damage caused by the Fed. I suppose it would be too hard a task to prove the evilness of the Fed if in reality life is better now than in 1913. One can even argue that certain bubbles have been beneficial because they have created and left behind useful infrastructure such as the railroad bubble which left us the roads and recently the telecommunications bubble which left us the optic fiber infrastructure. The big losers in these bubbles were the speculators who did not exit on time and the big winners were the users of these infrastructures, i.e. the common man. The 1929 bubble and tulipmania do not share this beneficence.

While I'm in agreement with the author on the need to curtail the Fed and the Congress, and while I agree that fractional reserve banking is a giant legalized Ponzi scheme, I do not agree with the return to a gold or silver standard. Prices are stable while the availability of money is in sync with the availability of products and services. The author states correctly that any amount of gold and silver will do because prices will adjust accordingly. What he fails to mention is that while the perceived advantage of these metals is their scarcity and constant level, the economy and the availability of goods and services is soaring, specially as the less developed nations finally take their place in the economic world. If the amount of gold and silver don't keep up with the availability of goods and services, the result must be deflation. Interestingly enough, in India people wear their money on their bodies in the form of silver ornaments. Maybe there is silver enough after all. This is another important area of research that is missing hence the conclusion that going back to a silver standard will be beneficial is not based on research but on ideological opinion.

But the above argument is incomplete because money is not a fixed amount of silver any more than a river is a fixed amount of water. If the river stops flowing it is no longer a river. For good reason money is called a circulating asset. Here is a good definition of circulating assets: "Accounts receivables, inventory, work in process, cash, etc., that are constantly flowing in and out of a firm in the normal course of its business, as cash is converted into goods and then back into cash." The faster money can change hands the less of it you need to match the availability of goods and services. It should be easy to see that in the 19th century when you had to physically exchange metal disks for merchandise the speed of money was a lot slower than in the 21st century when a click of the mouse can buy and sell the same merchandise at electronic speeds. We need a lot less metal for the same amount of goods and services now than before.

While the book does not say it explicitly, Griffin is in favor of unfettered competition and in an ideal world it would be an ideal system. But capitalists hate competition and they use all sorts of mechanism to reduce it, many of them perfectly legal such as brand names. John D. Rockefeller hated competition and anyone who dared compete would get "a good sweating." In practice this means that in addition to a government dedicated to protecting "life, liberty and property" it must also regulate commerce to some extent to protect the weak from the strong unless you are perfectly happy to let some sectors of society starve. While I do not think that people have the right to be fed and clothed, they do have the right to be protected from abuse by the wealthy.

Griffin comes out in favor of private insurance in place of government sponsored FDIC. Had his time machine lingered in 2008 he would have seen that the private insurance of bonds turned out to be a total fiasco, witness the state AMBAC, MBIA and the other insurers find themselves in. The fiasco had nothing to do with insurance being public or private but with the fact the risk was poorly estimated. The bond insurers relied on the bond rating agencies (Standard & Poors, Moody's, Fitch and Duff & Phelps) who are paid by the bond issuers. Do you see the conflict of interest? The only collective benefit of private insurance is that the tax payer might not be saddled with the losses.

At the end of the day it is not fiat money that is evil but the people who manipulate it to their own advantage as is shown page after page in Griffin's book. Proposing a gold or a silver standard does not go to the root of the problem, it simply aims to erect barriers that the evil money changers supposedly cannot overcome. A gold or a silver standard is not the solution, at best it is a palliative.

"I believe that banking institutions are more dangerous to our liberties than standing armies. If the American people ever allow private banks to control the issue of their currency, first by inflation, then by deflation, the banks and corporations that will grow up around [the banks] will deprive the people of all property until their children wake-up homeless on the continent their fathers conquered. The issuing power should be taken from the banks and restored to the people, to whom it properly belongs." Thomas Jefferson, our 3rd President

I sit before you tonight with a great deal of concern for the future of our nation. In 1913 President Woodrow Wilson passed into law the Federal Reserve, and once this banking cartel(part private bank backed by government) came into being it brought with it the seeds of misery and totalitarianism. Griffin will tell you a tale that reads better than any fiction novel about a private network of Central banks that plan to enslave the world through a one world currency and government. He documents everything he brings before the reader with congressional records, U.N. documents, and the words of the international bankers themselves. By the end of this book you will see the Federal Reserve for what it really is: A mechanism of our republics destruction, a mechanism of taxation via the hidden tax inflation, and one of the greatest threats to both our liberty and freedom. I can not put into words the impact this information has had on me. A well researched and thorough book not only of our Federal Reserve system, but of all the torment that has and will someday come with it; some of which you are starting to witness now. If you read only one book outside The Bible this year this should be it. 5 stars hands down....

"They may pass a law to issue paper money, but twenty laws will not make the people receive it. Paper money is founded upon fraud and knavery." George Mason in a letter to George Washington.

"The man who trades freedom for security does not deserve nor will he ever receive either." Benjamin Franklin.

"For the love of money is the root for all kinds of evil.: 1 Timothy 6:10A

1. The Chinese saving and investment rate exceeds 35 percent among its 1.3 billion people.

2. There is room for upward growth in Chinese industry, including power and energy, tourism and media, agriculture, infrastructure, and high tech.

3. American Depositary Receipts is a way for Americans to invest in China.

4. Changes in regulation, reduction of tariffs, and the promise of greater market access for foreign first are beginning to shape competition in fields like banking, media, and telecommunications.

5. Commodities will be a way to profit from China's expansion. Owing a piece of the things that china's hot economy simply can't do without guarantees less need to worry about governments, management, or pension funds.

6. In 2006, China attracted $70 billion in foreign investment and brought their foreign currency reserves about $1.3 trillion.

7. Do you want to profit from increased purchasing power of the biggest middle class the world has ever seen?

8. Huawei Technologies sold 1.5 million notebooks in 2006.

9. Lenovo Group (LNVGY) caters to 160 countries and 2006 revenues reached $1.3 billion

10. China Spacesat (SHA) has increased orders for smaller satellites.

11. Shanghai Aerospace Automobile Electromechanical engages in military and civilian work, makes satellite-data-receiving equipment, auto parts, battery panels, and solar battery panels.

12. 2006, there are 137 million internet user in China and 76% have high speed internet. There are eighty million bloggers. Shanda Interactive Entertainment (SNDA) claims 2.29 million active accounts.

13. China has a baseball league, the CBL, Basketball (CBA), football (CSL).

14. 2006, China had sixty million credit card owners. 2009, the banks break even and by 2013, they are $1.3 billion in the black.

15. 2006, there were 440 million mobile phone services and another 48 million expect to join by 2007. China Mobile is the largest cell phone operator with 300 million subscribers.

16. Keeping holdings in the Chinese Yuan, or renminbi, may be a relatively safe way to hitch an upward ride on China's growth.

17. It is reasonable to expect a 300 to 500 percent rise against the debt ridden US dollar over the next twenty years.

18. In 2005, there were an estimated 510,000 public disputes across China, a sign that some forms of protests are being allowed. Will the turmoil rise to the point where it would seriously affect the business and investment climate?

19. Three reason why China's economy will flourish: a. rural dwellers replenishing aging labor b. corruption is comparable to Asian tigers c. foreign companies will invest to solve China's environmental problems.

20. There are 110 million Chinese carriers of hepatitis B and C.

21. Will China float its currency freely. The yuan levels against the dollar are increasingly strong. Will the higher valuations on the yuan cripple Chinese exports? Foreign investment and Chinese innovation should sustain demand for higher quality Chinese products, a similar cycle that the Japanese import/export cycle experienced in the 70s/80s/90s.

22. Is China heading for a "hard landing" as the Chinese government struggles to control growth. China's growth may not be strongly tied to US economics. In 1997, during the Asian financial crisis, China's market soared 38 percent. In 2000, as the US internet bubble burst, China's economy surged forward 49 percent. The US imports are not the only influence in China. Much of China's growth has been internal and stimulated by domestic demand. Because China is a country with high savings, a stock crash won't have the same impact on capital for expansion. Chinese companies have plenty of places other than the stock market for cash.

23. 2006, sixty-five million investment accounts or 10 percent of the population of China, grow from nothing.

24. What are the biggest challenges facing China? Excess liquidity, balooning credit, an asset boom and over-investment in loss-making heavy industries. All factors in Japan's downturn through the 80s.

25. In 2006, China produced 50 percent of the cameras, 30 percent of the worlds air conditioners, and 40 percent of the microwaves sold in Europe.

26. In 2005, 98 percent of villages were electrified and the second largest consumer of electricity in the world. By the end of the 1990s, the Chinese central government controlled less than 50 percent of the power production. The Big five include China Datang Corp, China Power Investment Corp, China Huaneng Group, China Guodian Corp, and China Huadian Corp.

27. China needs $2 trillion in electricity infrastructure between 2001 and 2030. In China, coal accounts for 70% of the electricity capacity. In 2007, China became a net importer of Coal.

28. China will reach US oil consumption of 20 million barrels a day within twenty years. China imports 3.5 million barrel/day of oil. Chinese oil refineries are among the best-managed enterprises. Due to price control, China ranks with the US among the countries with the lowest gas prices. The Chinese governments have been will to let gas prices rise to regulate use and allow Chinese oil companies to stay profitable. Chinese oil companies boost exports of diesel to take advantage of better prices on the world market.

29. The Chinese government plans on spending $200 billion on renewable energy.

30. China ranks number one in world farm output. China has a rural population of 940 million. China's farm production remains relatively unproductive. A single US farm hand works 140 acres and is 200 times more productive than his Chinese counterpart, who works one acre. China plans on a $42 billion investment in agrarian infrastructure: more efficient irrigation systems, retail markets, and e-commerce.

31. Between 2000 and 2004, China jumped from nineth to fourth in world agricultural exports by emphasizing products they have a comparative advantage: a half pound peach, fuji apples, Chinese Walnuts, mushrooms, garlic, Christmas trees, Mandrin Oranges, and strawberries.

As a professional in the investment business I highly recommend this book. I will sum it up in a few words. A book that all CEOs, World Leaders and anyone serious about understanding the positioning of the United States in the decades to come. A fascinating book written by an intriguing person, the combination equals a must read.

Anytime someone makes you a lot of money, you tend to become a fan. And so I am a fan of Jim Rogers. I believe this man makes a lot of sense when he talks economics. I learned this by reading his earlier books about driving around the world. He admits to being a lousy trader. But he is great at looking at the big picture and investing according.

He made me money with an earlier book, Hot Commodities, which I had for four years before I invested in commodities. If I had invested when I first read the book, I would be retired 2 or 3 times over. Even though commodities have taken a huge tumble lately the bull market is not over yet and they will make me more money.

But this book is about the money that can be made in China. If you watched the 2008 Olympics you saw a new China. The reports from China are amazing. The growth, the production, the consumption, and everything about China is not just super-sized, it's gigantic-sized. With three stock exchanges, close to double digit GDP growth every year, and the largest financial reserves, there is plenty of opportunity here.

I am writing this review to help you decide if you should buy this book or not. I hope this review helps. If you want to read more of my reviews of stock trading and investment book, you can get them at www.thetradingtipster.com.

Another reviewer has already painstakingly detailed the book chapter by chapter. My takeaway is that if you are looking for places to invest, then get this book. It explains why China is growing and why it will continue to grow. This book also breaks down all the sectors of the economy. Everything from travel to agriculture to the Chinese space program is discusses and dissected in easy to understand language. Dozens of companies are also listed with brief descriptions of each. The descriptions are good because you get a sense of what if happening in China, but for the average American investor most of these companies cannot be invested in.

But even if you only focus on Chinese companies listed on NYSE and NASDAQ or get into the Chinese Market ETF (FXI) you can still make a nice long term gain. The author stresses that investing in China is a long term process with ups and many downs along the way. He does not recommend any company in the book, he only mentions them to give the reader a broad understanding.

If you want to know what's going on in China and profit from it, from a man who knows how to make money, this book is a great place to start. It opened my eyes to China when I first read it and am patiently waiting for an opportunity to invest in the largest bull market of our lifetime. The author compares China to the Wild West of America. Lots of money to be made, but you have to be careful.

By looking at the trends in the US market and what is going on around the world, it makes sense to reason that investments for the next few decades will probably get a higher return in places like China than in the US. Even if you don't agree with me on this point, you will probably agree that diversifying by investing in China is not a bad idea. And if you believe that then this book will help.

As a big Jim Rogers fan, I am amazed to find myself giving his book a 1 star rating. While his first 3 books were excellent, this book should never have been published.

The book gives a cursory rehash of the "China is the next great super power" argument (which I believe is true) and then just gives long lists of random Chinese stocks with short and shallow rambles in between stock lists.

The book makes it clear that the listed stocks are not recommended stocks, just a long list of all the Chinese stocks that the author could come up with. It's obvious that no research was done on the stocks listed and most have no more than 1 paragraph on them describing what they do.

I agree with Jim Rogers. China is way too important for investors to ignore. China is growing fast and they are here to stay and perhaps are on their way to become the next great world power. But I found Rogers' book very flimsy. If you are unfamiliar with the changes in China, there are many other better books that can help you to better understand the changes. If you already know about these changes, then this book adds hardly anything. Book is also poorly organized. One minute he can be talking about the different dynasties or the cultural revolution, the next minute he talks about the newest companies in different industries.

From an investor's perspective, it gives you some information about various companies and types of shares (ie: A shares, H shares, etc.). There is no depth though. There are lists of companies in various industries, but Rogers provides hardly any information. He also does not teach you how to find out more about these companies and regulations that might affect investors. For example there are no answers to important questions like: Does China have anything analogous to SEC, GAAP? Where can we get financial statements on companies listed in Shanghai stock exchange? What is executive compensation like? Etc.

If you are thinking about investing in China then it is important to understand their culture, politics and recent business environment and Rogers tries to provide readers with some basic material here, but the lack of depth or new insights make this book not worthwhile. Here are some other books that I recommend:

China Wakes (a little outdated but still very important)
China Road
Wild Swans