I bought this book almost 2 years ago but now I got a chance to read it. (yes this is the previous version of the book) I am thinking why I did not read this book earlier. The author has a clear message in this book. The three parts Chasing It, Figuring It and Finding It is well balanced with information and keeps the reader thinking all the time.
Here are few selling points that I could recollect -
- Case In Point – The crash dummies considered in the case study is interesting and after few pages we will be completely involved with the characters and their financial health.
- Although the major part of this book revolves around the Eisenberg Uncertainty Principles there are some other highlights like The ten commandments and Mr Four Percent which are interesting.
- As most of us are aware of the formula mortgage/Rental spending can go up to 1/3 of the take home salary. Here we can find some detailed discussion on this topic.
- The best part of the book is George Kinder’s Three Big Ones. As given in the book we can realize our “Number”.
- The bottom lines and The number quick and dirty is a good way of concluding the book.
Almost every page has a reference to a book and most of which I haven’t heard. This shows the authors book knowledge. I may try to browse through some of the referred books. But before that I may have to read the next version of “The Number“.
I can give a 4.5/5 stars for this book.