BOOK REVIEW

Valuentum’s subscriber base enjoys reading the latest and greatest investing books. As a result, Valuentum requests and receives business and investing books before they are officially released. Our editorial staff took a look at the following book, and here’s what we thought after reading it: The Smartest Money Book You’ll Ever Read: Everything You Need to Know about Growing, Spending, and Enjoying Your Money By Daniel Solin. Perigee Trade, 2011. 304 p. ISBN 978-03995-3721-9. Book Release Date: December 27, 2011   The Smartest series by Solin includes The Smartest Portfolio You’ll Ever Own: a Do-it-Yourself Breakthrough Strategy, The Smartest Retirement Book You’ll Ever Read, The Smartest Investment Book You’ll Ever Read: The Simple, Stress-Free Way to Reach Your Investment Goals, … Read more

Valuentum’s subscriber base enjoys reading the latest and greatest investing books. As a result, Valuentum requests and receives business and investing books before they are officially released. Our editorial staff took a look at the following book, and here’s what we thought after reading it: The 5 Levels of Leadership: Proven Steps to Maximize Your Potential By John C. Maxwell. Center Street, 2011. 304 p. ISBN 978-1-5999-5365-6. Book Release Date: October 4, 2011   Maxwell (leadership expert and New York Times bestselling author) further explores his leadership principles in this latest book. Maxwell’s belief is that leadership is about influence, and that “if people can increase their influence with others, they can lead more effectively.” Taking this into consideration, Maxwell … Read more

Valuentum’s subscriber base enjoys reading the latest and greatest investing books. As a result, Valuentum requests and receives business and investing books before they are officially released. Our editorial staff took a look at the following book, and here’s what we thought after reading it: Drinking from the Fire Hose: Making Smarter Decisions without Drowning in Information. By Christopher J. Frank and Paul Magnone. Portfolio, 2011. 256 p. ISBN 978-1-5918-4426-6. Book Release Date: September 1, 2011   Frank (vice-president of business-to-business and communications research at American Express) and Magnone (director of global business development and alliances at Openet) offer their take on the information overload facing organizations, and suggest that with a few simple questions it is possible to sort … Read more

Valuentum’s subscriber base enjoys reading the latest and greatest investing books. As a result, Valuentum requests and receives business and investing books before they are officially released. Our editorial staff took a look at the following book, and here’s what we thought after reading it: Up, Down, or Sideways: What You Must Always Do to Succeed When Times Are Good, Bad, or in BetweenBy Mark Sanborn. Tyndale House Publishers, 2011. 170 p. ISBN 978-1-4143-6221-2.Book Release Date: October 1, 2011 Sanborn (president of Sanborn & Associates, leadership speaker, and best-selling author of The Fred Factor) shares his take on how to succeed no matter what circumstances you find yourself in. Sanborn starts the book by sharing his own story of how … Read more

Valuentum’s subscriber base enjoys reading the latest and greatest investing books. As a result, Valuentum requests and receives business and investing books before they are officially released. Our editorial staff took a look at the following book, and here’s what we thought after reading it:Retirement Heist: How Companies Plunder and Profit from the Nest Eggs of American Workers By Ellen Schultz. Portfolio Hardcover, 2011. 256 p. ISBN 978-1-5918-4333-7.Book Release Date: September 15, 2011 The demise of pension funds and other retiree benefits has been blamed in recent years on a “perfect storm” of rising costs, accelerating retirements, and the global economic crisis. However, Schultz (investigative reporter for the Wall Street Journal) provides a scathing exposé that reveals the tactics companies … Read more

Valuentum’s subscriber base enjoys reading the latest and greatest investing books. As a result, Valuentum requests and receives business and investing books before they are officially released. Our editorial staff took a look at the following book, and here’s what we thought after reading it: The Vigilant Investor: a Former SEC Enforcer Reveals How to Fraud-Proof Your InvestmentsBy Pat Huddleston. AMACOM, 2011. 256 p. ISBN 978-0-8144-1750-8.Book Release Date: October 25, 2011 With the misdeeds of Bernie Madoff still fresh in our minds, this humorous yet insightful look at how to protect yourself from scams and con men is sure to be a hit. Divided into two parts, part 1 covers all aspects of investment fraud, while part 2 focuses specifically … Read more

Valuentum’s subscriber base enjoys reading the latest and greatest investing books. As a result, Valuentum requests and receives business and investing books before they are officially released. Our editorial staff took a look at the following book, and here’s what we thought after reading it: IRAs, 401(k)s & Other Retirement Plans: Taking Your Money OutBy Twila Slesnick and John Suttle. NOLO, 2011. 390 p. ISBN 978-1-4133-1393-2.Book Release Date: July 6, 2011 In the 10th edition of this NOLO guide, Slesnick (an Enrolled Agent who specializes in tax and investment planning) and Suttle (attorney and CPA) attempt to break down this complicated process into understandable pieces, complete with the legal and tax implications. Each chapter begins with an explanation of who should read … Read more

Valuentum’s subscriber base enjoys reading the latest and greatest investing books. As a result, Valuentum requests and receives business and investing books before they are officially released. Our editorial staff took a look at the following book, and here’s what we thought after reading it: 28 Business Thinkers Who Changed the World: the Management Gurus and Mavericks Who Changed the Way We Think about Business By Rhymer Rigby. Kogan Page, 2011. 232 p. ISBN 978-0-7494-6239-0.Book Release Date: June 28, 2011 British journalist Rhymer Rigby tackles the lives of the most influential business thinkers in his latest work. Rigby (freelance journalist and contributor for the Financial Times) takes a journalistic approach, reporting on the lives and businesses of these 28 gurus without offering … Read more