Girl, Make Your Money Grow! A Sister's Guide to Protecting Your Future and Enriching Your Life

by Bridgforth, Glinda; Perry-Mason, Gail

• ISBN13: 9780767914260
• ISBN10: 0767914260
• Edition: Reprint
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2004-12-28
• Publisher: Currency

Summary

If you're tired of living paycheck to paycheck and are looking for ways to create new wealth, then come on, girlit's time to make your money grow! In this timely follow-up to the bestsellingGirl, Get Your Money Straight!, author and financial expert Glinda Bridgforth teams up with investment expert and stockbroker Gail Perry-Mason to deliver power-packed, sister-to-sister advice on how to master the stock market, grow your income, and start investing in your biggest assetyou.Girl, Make Your Money Grow!presents their step-by-step plan to help you clear away debt, create new streams of income, buy prime real estate, map out a personalized plan for retirement, and build an investment portfolio that's right for you using bonds, mutual funds, and blue-chip stocks to lower your risk without sacrificing profits. Filled with Bridgforth and Perry-Mason's warmhearted wisdom, and complete with exercises, affirmations, and inspiring stories of African American women who've successfully grown their financial gardens,Girl, Make Your Money Grow!is a fresh, fun, and eminently practical guide to achieving the next level of financial security and funding the future of your dreams.

Author Biography

<p>The author of <i>Girl, Get Your Money Straight!</i>, <b>Glinda Bridgforth</b> is the founder of Bridgforth Financial Management Group, a financial management company that emphasizes holistic counseling, and a regular contributor to <i>Essence</i>. <b>Gail Perry-Mason</b> is First Vice President of Financial Services at Oppenheimer & Co., Inc., an investment firm. Both speak to thousands of African American women each year about the importance of good money management and investing in their futures. They live in Detroit.</p>

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments	ix
Prologue: A Letter to Ma	xiii
Introduction: Setting the Record Straight	xvii
Part One: Getting Straight	1	(52)
Chapter One: Sisters Can't Afford Not to Invest	3	(20)
Chapter Two: Clear the Debt and Clear the Deck-for Investing	23	(30)
Part Two: Preparing to Invest	53	(40)
Chapter Three: Living on Fifth Avenue: Exciting Ways to Create Five Streams of Income	55	(20)
Chapter Four: Fire Up Your Imagination to Dream Again	75	(18)
Part Three: Making Your Money Grow	93	(136)
Chapter Five: Insuring Yourself and Your Investments	95	(22)
Chapter Six: Don't Let Your Assets Retire Before You	117	(26)
Chapter Seven: Owning Your Piece of the Rock	143	(22)
Chapter Eight: Taking the Mystery Out of the Market	165	(22)
Chapter Nine: Investing in Stocks, Bonds, and Mutual Funds	187	(24)
Chapter Ten: What's Your Investment Style?	211	(18)
Epilogue: Moving Forward-With No Turning Back!	229	(4)
Index	233