Your Money

With the recent global economic meltdown, keeping your financial house in order is more important than ever. But tackling your finances can seem overwhelming. This book guides you every step of the way. It's packed with practical tips advice for getting - and keeping - your finances in order. Author J.D. Roth, founder of the widely-acclaimed blog GetRichSlowly, covers all the money-management bases, from saving and spending to getting out of debt to investing and planning for retirement. You won't find any get-rich-quick schemes here, just sensible advice for getting the most from your money. Even if you have perfect credit and no debt, you'll learn ways to make your rosy financial situation even better. Get the information you need to make sensible financial decisions, from saving to spending, investing to retiring. Gain solid advice from the viewpoint of someone who's been there (in debt, that is). Learn the best tips that J.D. Roth has compiled on his blog GetRichSlowly, recently named the most inspiring money blog by "Money Magazine". Discover strategies for improving your financial situation and keeping your accounts in order. Find out about sound investment options.Learn about several useful websites that can help you manage your money.

If you need a book on personal finance, Your Money: The Missing Manual is a solid choice. It gets all the important stuff right, and does a great job of distinguishing between that stuff (that you have to get right) and the peripheral stuff (that you can do any of several different ways, as long as you do it). -- Philip Brewer, --Philip Brewer, J. D. Roth's book is a much-needed dose of reality in the world of personal finance, and I would strongly recommend it to anyone looking to "clean house" when it comes to their financial affairs. -- Thomas Duff, --Thomas Duff, Your Money: The Missing Manual a good, basic manual on learning how to manage your money in such a way that it doesn't consume you. -- Miranda Marquit, --Miranda Marquit, Your Money: The Missing Manual is not a cutesy quick-fix for those of you with the 'McDonalds Mentality.' If you're looking for something like that, keep looking. But if you're looking for a real manual, a text book if you will, on money management, spending habits, and the psychological insight needed to understand why we do some of the dunderheaded things we do, this could be your ticket. Your Money The Missing Manual can show you how to get out of debt and to truly understand what makes you, personally, tick. You will learn how to manage your resources so that you can pursue the things/activities that make you truly happy. -- Artie Alinikoff, --Artie Alinikoff, If you need a book on personal finance, "Your Money: The Missing Manual" is a solid choice. It gets all the important stuff right, and does a great job of distinguishing between that stuff (that you have to get right) and the peripheral stuff (that you can do any of several different ways, as long as you do it).-- Philip Brewer,

J.D. Roth is an accidental personal-finance expert--a regular guy who found himself deep in debt. After deciding to turn his life around, he read everything he could about money and finance. In 2006, he started the award-winning website www.getrichslowly.org, which 'Money Magazine' named the Web's most inspiring personal-finance blog. Over the past four years, Get Rich Slowly has grown into an active community where thousands of readers a month share ideas on how to improve their financial lives. J.D. lives with his wife and four cats in a hundred-year-old house in Portland, Oregon.