The Mad Money Book

THE MAD MONEY BOOK HOW TO MAKE AND MASTER MONEY ALL YOU EVER WANTED TO KNOW ABOUT MONEY An introductory guide to make the most of your hard-earned money. This work covers the basics of good money management to helping guide the more serious (and sophisticated) investor A commonsense guide to what every person should know about money: how to make the most of it and manage it. Written by an ordinary "bloke" for the 'average'* man or woman in the street, every Tom, Dick or Harry or Mary. * is there such as a thing as 'the average' or 'ordinary' person? Everybody I've met has been unique. This book tells every reader the basic principles of money: # how to maximize income through setting goals, planning and budgeting # how to earn good money: how to get and choose a job. Financial rewards are not everything, other ways to earn money # insurance (life and short term): principles of insurance, how to save money buying insurance. Hints for buying a house, car, travel and life assurance # spending: how to save on outgoings, where you can cut down on food bills, consumer items. How you can save car expenses and hints on buying a car. How to buy and sell a house # borrowing: when and where to borrow money, the true cost of debt, how to get consumer credit # saving: general principles, bank + building society accounts, how to get the best interest, simple and compound interest # retiring: how to get ready, wills, estates and last things, income and investment in retirement and a host of other items. "A passion for anything will ensure success, for the desire of the end will point out the means" : - William Hazlitt "Money is like a sixth sense without which you cannot make use of the other five" - Somerset Maugham This work is dedicated to my beloved wife Marie. To her goes my heartfelt thanks for her great contribution, enthusiasm and ongoing support over the last few years with this and other works. Her financial support especially over the last year was instrumental in me finishing this manuscript so quickly; the writing and publication of this work has been a joint challenge. Craig Lock Nov 1999.