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Smart Couples Finish Rich: 9 Steps to Creating a Rich Future for You and Your Partner [CANADIAN EDITION] (Paperback)

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Paperback: 288 pages
Publisher: Doubleday Canada; 1 edition (Jan 21 2003)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0385659660
ISBN-13: 978-0385659666
Product Dimensions: 22.9 x 15.2 x 2.3 cm
Shipping Weight: 341 g

Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars See all reviews (41 customer reviews)

Amazon.ca Sales Rank: #29,578 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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Smart Couples Finish Rich is about more than the basics of investing. It's also about the basics of life planning, and author David Bach teaches couples how to chart a course together. The principles set out in Bach's bestselling Smart Women Finish Rich can work for couples too--and perhaps help a few fractious marriages along the way. The author urges readers to examine their values and put what matters in their lives first. He then offers simple techniques for setting out specific, detailed goals that will help readers achieve security, a comfortable retirement, and perhaps the realization of a dream such as owning a vacation home or having time to participate in charity work.

Bach acknowledges that life's tribulations can be difficult. But he points out that it's still worth the effort to try to overcome those challenges: "It takes just as much effort to have a 'bad life,' in which you don't get what you want, as it does to have a 'good life,' where you do. So, given the choice, why not go for the good life?" Bach's style is conversational and his text comes alive with anecdotes about couples who have transformed their lives. Many who read it are likely to find the tools and inspiration to do the same. --Carolyn Leitch

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Bach, author of the bestselling Smart Women Finish Rich and host of a popular PBS series, offers his advice on how couples can keep their financial lives in sync. Familiar financial strategies on routine concerns, such as investments, retirement and insurance, form the bulk of the book. However, Bach's work does distinguish itself in one critical area: Bach believes that all couples (gay and straight, married and unmarried) need to identify values as well as goals as their first step toward achieving financial security. As he explains, values have to do with "being" (e.g., security, health, spirituality, fun), while goals are related to "doing" and "having" (e.g., playing golf regularly, taking frequent vacations, retiring with a million dollars). Moreover, he avers, not only is money management an issue that couples should plan and work on together, it is one that they should talk about, in a positive way, all the time. For example, Bach firmly believes that all couples need to be aware of their spending (what he calls the "latt‚ factor," or being more conscious of the regular little purchases they make each day) in order to make positive changes in their financial lives. Agent, Jan Miller. (On-sale date: Mar. 6)Forecast: Given Bach's previous success and the support of a five-city author tour and 22-city radio satellite tour, this book will quickly move toward bestseller lists, though its ho-hum approach doesn't mark it as a future evergreen paperback.

--This text refers to the Hardcover edition.

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4.0 out of 5 stars Good for what it does, Jan 6 2006

By	Katrina O (Saskatchewan Canada) - See all my reviews

This book is aimed at those who have no financial knowledge, are overwhelmed by it all, or who do not talk with their partner about finances. It does not go in depth, but provides the good, solid, timeless basics. There's nothing new under the sun between the covers. People with more knowledge of finances may find the book a bit simplistic in some descriptions, or the peppy tone mildly annoying -- I kept wanting to see the "meat" of the book.

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This book's primary goal is to get couples talking together about their money. It got my husband, who for all his life has steadfastly ignored finances, to actually understand and care about RRSPs, disability insurance, emergency funds, and saving for our dreams. It encouraged him to take a part in our financial future, and to set goals and look for ways to achieve them. For this reason, the book has proved invaluable. There are other, more in-depth books out there that provide a plethora of specific information, but for the couple just starting out, this book is where to start. It's easy to read, easy to do (the steps are so small and simple you feel guilty for NOT doing them), and brings partners together to discuss a topic that normally divides them. Make no mistake, you will eventually move on from this book into deeper and grittier territory. But it's not a bad place to start. It's an excellent motivator!

My only complaint about the book is that it seems to be aimed at couples in their thirties or later who already have a moderate income. As a couple in our early to mid twenties and as (debt-free) students, we are already quite frugal, both in income and cash spent. This makes some parts of the book are harder to relate to than they would be otherwise. We would be extremely grateful if someone could recommend to us a book aimed more specifically at our demographic.

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2.0 out of 5 stars Unrealistic advice, Feb 20 2003

By	Barry Michaels "Barry" (central New York) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Smart Couples Finish Rich: 9 Steps to Creating a Rich Future for You and Your Partner (Paperback)

I have to admit, the many 5-star ratings here for this book puzzle me. The best I can figure is that they come from a bunch of people like the (supposedly real) financial dum-dums in chapter 4, who found they were spending $85.75 PER DAY on double nonfat lattes, muffins, candy, video rentals, and take-out dinners. If you have that kind of money to throw around, then you can probably use the advice that David Bach offers in this book. (Or call me, and I'll charge you HALF the price of the book for some really helpful financial advice over the phone!)

But if you already are USING YOUR HEAD on where your money goes, but STILL find yourself living from paycheck to paycheck (like my family, and I suspect many others), then this book will only frustrate you. If we did everything Bach says we "MUST" do, I'd have about $200 left for paying the bills each month. Yeah, thanks for the advice, Mr Bach. I'm afraid water and electricity and mortgage comes before maxing out my 401K AND setting aside a cushion of 3-months worth of cash AND buying disability insurance AND then some long-term care coverage AND "sweeping at least 3 percent of my take-home pay into my 'dream basket.' (And, yes, the list goes on.) Wish I could. Maybe someday.

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4.0 out of 5 stars Practical advice for couples starting their financial future, Jun 4 2001

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This review is from: Smart Couples Finish Rich: 9 Steps to Creating a Rich Future for You and Your Partner (Hardcover)

Bach has written a nine-step plan for couples that should not be overlooked by any couple doing financial planning. The book is written on two premises: (1) that the issue of finances cause couples the most stress of any issue in a relationship; and (2) everyone can become wealthy, no matter how much you currently make. The nine steps walk you through what you need to do to set up emergency reserves, and start investing, so that you can retire a millionaire. His plan is not revolutionary - it is essentially the same mantra of dollar cost averaging, invest in mutual funds, and invest at least something on a regular basis. But Bach adds a new spin by gearing his book to couples, and encouraging people to do financial planning with their partner, rather than independently. This is not a hard book to read or understand, and it is a relatively quick read. People who have read other books in this genre will recognize the theories and themes, but I think you will find that Bach adds enough new information and new slant on old ideas that you will learn from and enjoy this book.

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