Financial Tales

"A few years ago I embarked on a project to teach my children everything I knew about investing and personal finance. As you read this book, you will immediately recognize it is unlike any other investment and personal finance book you have ever encountered. The book gets its title Financial Tales because the financial lessons revealed are all told in the form of tales. We teach through tales because throughout history our greatest teachers have taught through stores, fables and parables. It is a powerful way to learn because it encourages immediate, positive and long-lasting action. In doing so, we are able to relate to the stories, either personally or by observation of others and thus gain practical skills. My goal today is to demystify a complex topic and for you to gain access to the same investment and personal finance knowledge previously reserved for family, close friends and clients. I hope you share it with all those dear to you." -Carlos Sera, author of Financial Tales These tales will also help you: Develop a sustainable relationship with money Understand financial markets Manage your investments intelligently and by yourself Identify and hire expert advisors if you choose to work with one Work productively with your expert advisor Create a game winning financial team Retire intelligently and with abundance Prepare for the unexpected Learn accountability and develop good habits Pick the right college and insurance policy Overcome the biggest obstacle to investment success Learn to say "no" when you want to say "yes"

Are you stymied by debt? Clueless about where your paychecks go? Journalist, podcaster and reformed money mess Frances Cook is here for you. Tales from a Financial Hot Mess is the story of Frances getting her money sh*t sorted. With no idea where she was going wrong and what to do about it, she took it upon herself to learn from the best – and soon found out that the fixes were right in front of her the whole time. (She just needed to wise up a bit.) Frances learned the hard way so you don’t have to. Dishing up a brilliant, often hilarious personal narrative, proven financial advice, handy how-tos (and please-don’ts) and many expert insights (from 22 actual experts), this book will guide you along the rocky path to financial freedom – however that might look for you. Tales from a Financial Hot Mess is the real deal – not another bulleted, tabled, graphed lecture from a financial advisor who’s never had issues with money. Read it and enjoy – who knows, you might learn a thing or two. What have you got to lose?

In 'Business Fairy Tales' Cecil Jackson uses prominent accounts of real-life financial scandals to illustrate the seven most common types of fraud, equipping readers with the skills needed to spot potential signs of fraud in financial statements so they can be forewarned of future financial shocks.

Everyone and everything crossing over the bridge had to pay the Troll Tax. It had always been that way, and no-one ever questioned it... Until a young boy dared to ask why? The Troll Bridge is the latest instalment in the multi-award winning Financial Fairy Tales series - stories which make learning about money serious fun! Share with your child positive and inspiring money messages, values and ideas, to help sow the seeds of a bright financial future. The Troll Bridge tells the story of a young boy, Joel and his encounter with the Troll who lives under a bridge. The greedy Troll charges everyone and everything that crossed the bridge and grew very wealthy. When disaster strikes however he needs the kindness of strangers to save him from a damp and miserable end. The Troll Bridge has many financial and money themes including tax, supply and demand, trade and public spending; all wrapped up in a fun and entertaining story. Perfect for enquiring minds and teaching younger children money values and ideas.

Discover how financial freedom – and not fairy tales – is at the heart of your very own Happy Ever After Did you know you can become a millionaire by saving just $7 a day and investing for 7% returns? Probably not, because financial literacy is a subject that’s overlooked by the vast majority of schools and universities, despite its importance to every single person on the planet. Written initially for a teenage daughter and then turned into a course to train migrant workers, Happy Ever After: Financial Freedom Isn’t a Fairy Tale focuses on the fundamentals of understanding money, saving and investing, showing how the "magic" of compound investing can transform tiny initial amounts into genuine wealth. Finally, it shows readers how to achieve the "Freedom Formula" of 25x your annual spending – that can set you free. Perfect for anyone who hopes to make their future financially brighter than their present, or help their own children avoid mistakes they made, Happy Ever After has a playful tone, featuring a spoiled princess and talking frog, hand-illustrated to help explain some of the trickier ideas that can help change your life.

You may have already read some books on personal finance. This book is different! It can help you understand and utilize investment strategies using the simplicity of fairy tales and fables to convey complex financial instruction. Even a novice investor will understand these correlations. Actionable Ideas at the end of each chapter will enable you to take control and make positive financial changes. Save like an ant, or be left out in the cold like the grasshopper.

Embark on a magical journey into financial literacy! In this captivating book, fairy tales come alive to teach essential money skills in a fun way. From Fairy Godmother to Cinderella, each character shares valuable lessons in budgeting, saving, and entrepreneurship. This imaginative blend of storytelling and practical wisdom empowers readers of all ages to take charge of their financial futures. So, come along and dive into this delightful adventure today!

DigiCat Publishing presents to you this special edition of "Wall Street stories" by Edwin Lefevre. DigiCat Publishing considers every written word to be a legacy of humankind. Every DigiCat book has been carefully reproduced for republishing in a new modern format. The books are available in print, as well as ebooks. DigiCat hopes you will treat this work with the acknowledgment and passion it deserves as a classic of world literature.

"Author Bair has serious finance credentials. She is a former chair of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation and current chair of Fannie Mae—and, now, an author of whimsical personal finance books for young children."—Booklist An inexperienced royal learns a valuable lesson about reading the fine print. Princess Persephone was cold in her castle on freezing Ganymede. So, when Aluminum Jim came calling to sell her tin sheets to nail onto the exterior walls to keep out the cold, Persephone was only too happy to agree to a loan and sign the contract without reading it. What could she do when the tin sheets didn't work, she couldn't repay the loan, and Jim claimed the castle?

Synopsis: What's this book about, and why I should buy it?FREE MONEY! Good, now that I have you, go ahead and put this book back down. You don't want to read it. There's no sex scenes, or intricate webs of espionage. Just a bunch of words and concepts from an old man trapped in a young man's body.Oh, you're still here? Okay. Well, my name is Jordan, and I want to share with you a little bit of insight I have attained over the years. I have found that financial counseling and money management is characteristically developed for the affluent snobs who buy one hundred dollar bottles of wine, pay for people to remove their dogs' poop, and call restaurant waiters "boy". This book is nothing like that, and actually pokes fun at many of those people who pretend to be rich. This book goes through the lives of real people, much like you. Maybe too much like you. You won't find boring, sophisticated terms that have been overused since the birth of economics. You won't find unrealistic concepts that are over your head and that are out of your league. What you will find is wisdom you will want to pass on to your children and grandchildren. You will find new things relating to personal finance that you haven't learned yet. Most personal finance and self-esteem books keep singing the same song. No longer! How can I guarantee you'll learn something new? Well, that's because other people made some mistakes, and good choices. The "experts" talk from podiums and microphones about "diversification", and "investments". Yeah, well, some of us don't have a clue what they speak ok, and quite frankly, don't care. Rather, listen to the life stories of people who are not experts. These people are fighting through daily life, just like you. These people come from broken homes, other countries, your neighborhood, and maybe even your living room. The education system has completely failed us by avoiding the taboo word. The government steals it, and we can't keep it. We see it come into our pockets, and then shortly wisped away before we can do anything about it. It is my hope that you read this book, start to finish, and become a better person on all tiers because of it. I know you are hesitant, as any non-fiction book is essentially a text book. But trust me (I'm a doctor?), this book is unlike those other sleep-inducing paperweights.