Finance Movie Reviews

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The Complete Guide To Financing College
Released in DVD by Matrix Media Inc (22 April, 2003)
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Every High School Kid Needs This!
I just got the cd/dvd and love it! It explains how to get College Financing in laymans terms and has lots of great resources and links where you will find the information. Mr. Wilfong has done all the homework for you and your children. A must view cd/dvd for any parent and student who wants to go to college!

This guide is priceless
I was impressed with how interactive the guide is. It is more than a CD and DVD. The informative presentation is also a great reference to refer back to. It highlights important things to remember, provides checklists and includes even more information via relevant web links. The DVD compliments the CD by including clips from a college financing seminar. I'm confident now that I will be able to package all the potential options to help fund my childrens' College.

All you need!
This DVD covers virtually every resource for financing college. Lots of information in a very usable format. I highly recommend
for any parent and/or student plannning to attend college. This could literally save you thousands!

Suze Orman - The Laws of Money, The Lessons of Life
Released in DVD by Warner Home Video (06 January, 2004)
MPAA Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Starring: Suze Orman
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Very user friendly ...
I feel that by focusing her aim on 5 major "laws" of money, Suze Orman has created a reference that is timeless. It was wonderfully produced, and enjoyable to watch.

I love Suze O
She hardly takes a breath in this video. It's action packed. Well worth [the price]. I read the book, red cover. It follows it almost exactly. Motivates you to follow the plan. Truth, Have, Your Name, Know, Power. I hate DVD movies, but this video makes me want to go out and buy one of those portable dvd players... so I can worship this queen of finance. My other finance heros are Clark Howard, The Dolans, Bob Brinker, DAve Ramsey... Suze is the hardest working. Catch her on QVC too. (I'm just a fan, not an employee of any org that would profit from my statements.)

Suze Orman - The 9 Steps to Financial Freedom
Released in DVD by Warner Home Video (06 January, 2004)
MPAA Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Starring: Suze Orman
Suze Orman's seminar-format video offers a financial pep talk to accompany her book of the same title. Though a good deal of her nine steps are nothing new or revolutionary--plan for the future, cut your credit-card debt, organize your estate, respect money, and take charge of your own money--she makes a few noteworthy points. Using psychology to flush out attitudes about money, she asks the members of her audience to think about their earliest memories of money and how it shapes their relationship with it now. She recognizes the feelings of shame and guilt associated with money and tells us to get over it--that these feelings are the very ones that paralyze our path to financial freedom. Her basic formula of financial freedom seems difficult to achieve since it requires us to factor in self-esteem, organization, dedication, and feelings of entitlement. She also feels strongly that "stating your goal will make it happen, no matter how impossible it seems," which is reminiscent of the psychology behind the "Little Engine That Could"--a bit simplistic when it comes to the complicated but still accessible world of finances. Orman's target audience is both one that needs a financial pep talk and one that isn't necessarily well versed in financial jargon. A person of any age can find something useful in her helpful, if urgent-sounding, reminders. She uses some statistical scare tactics--such as mentioning that one in three people over the age of 65 will end up in a nursing home, so you'd better get long-term care insurance--to drive her points home but then buffers them with an "everything happens for the best" and "your self-worth is more important than your net worth"-type philosophy. Orman ends the lecture with an enlightening question-and-answer session that elaborates on points not covered by her speech, such as how to find a good financial planner and the differences between retirement funds. Those looking for a specific formula to financial freedom may have to look elsewhere, as Suze Orman's philosophy is that we ourselves can and should be our own best financial advisors since we know ourselves better than any financial writer or planner ever could. --Gilia Angell
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Top 5 insights from 9 Steps to Financial Freedom
1. Understand your past history with money:
Suze writes that, "Most peoples' biggest problems in life - even those that appear on the surface not to be money related - are directly connected to their early, formative experiences with money." Think back to when you first started to understand money and its consequences: fights your parents had, presents you wanted, how much money your family had compared to your neighbors.

2. Face your fears and create new truths:
Take a piece of paper, and write down your fears related to money. When you're done, compare what you've written to your past history. Keep thinking until you see the connections. Then, write down a new, positive truth that is expressed in the present tense and that you can remember precisely. For example, "I save $200 per month."

3. Be honest with yourself:
Without much thought, you probably waste too much money on items you barely use or enjoy, but try ripping up a dollar bill. Most people can't do it. You need to recognize how much of our society is calculated to create a distance between you and your money, so that you lose this healthy desire to protect it. Get back in touch with your money.

4. Be responsible to those you love:
Face the reality of your eventual death, and put in place a system to protect your loved ones when you are gone. This includes not just sufficient life insurance, but also well-written wills, trusts, and other key documents.

5. Be respectful of yourself and your money :
Suze's 2nd law of financial freedom is, "Respect attracts money - disrespect repels money." You need to be respectful of your money. Write down the ways you are respectful and disrespectful of your money.

Ignore that JBQ shill- this is a good book
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In any event, "9 Steps to Financial Freedom" is an outstanding book surpassed only by her newest book "The Laws of Money." This book will tap into your inner self. It is not why stock to buy or what isnurance policy is best (although Orman does cover personal finance very well in this book and by the way her [Ormans] views are quite different than Quinn's (...)

"9 Steps to Financial Freedom" will take you to where you want to be financially. As already mentioned, I also recommend "The Laws of Money" by Orman and The Macmillan Spectrum Investors Guide to Mutual Fund Investment Strategies and Moonlight Investing by J.W. Dicks. Other good reads are "Talking Money" by Chatzby and the Savage Truth on Money by Terry Savage.

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Financial Serenity
While this author describes 9 steps towards "Financial Freedom," I kept asking myself, "But what about ...?"

For those of who want a great primer into recreating your financial identity, this is an excellent beginning.

Suze Orman started out with a degree in Sociology (And she was attacked in the financial world for having "too much psychobabble").

Two events that compelled her to learn about and to be an expert on money:
1. When her father's store caught on fire, he desperately ran
into the store to grab his cash register. This caused him to
be badly burned. And it taught Suze Orman to learn about
investments, savings and related topics.
2. After college, she was a stock broker for Merrill Lynch.
This is where she learned the difference between what was
being told to the public, and what the truth about money is.

Through these events she discovered her life's work is telling people the truth about money.

Within this book Orman talks a lot about uncovering your money memories, and seeing where those money memories have led you to have the relationship to money that you now have.

She also covers many fundamental topics about retirement and investing in this book. But she does not take readers through the journey of earning a dollar, to growing that dollar into several millions - or to allowing that money to work for you.

I'd suggest that you read these seven books, after reading "Nine Steps to Financial Freedom":
1. "More Wealth Without Risk," by Charles Givens
2. "Financial Self-Defense," by Charles Givens
3. "The Millionaire Next Door," by Thomas J. Stanley, Ph.D., &
William D. Danko, Ph.D.
4. "Simple Abundance," by Sarah Ban Breathnach
5. "Creating Money," by Sanaya Roman & Duane Packer
6. "Girl, Get Your Money Straight!" by Glinda Bridgforth
7. "Open Your Mind to Prosperity," by Catherine Ponder

Where most financial books assume that you have money, and that you are not only ready to allow that money to work harder than you work, they also assume that you will be at peace with this.

Read "Nine Steps to Financial Freedom," to face your past, and to practice, for the sake of practicing to be a peace with your control over money.

Suze Orman - The Courage to Be Rich
Released in DVD by Warner Home Video (06 January, 2004)
MPAA Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Suze Orman, author of the bestselling book and video 9 Steps to Financial Freedom, delivers another seminar to us, this time on The Courage to Be Rich. The premise of this lecture is "how to create changes in our life so that we can take charge of our financial future." Orman loosely divides the program into three sections: the first explores how our thoughts create our destiny; the second examines our relationship with our self, our money, and those we love and their money; and the final explores the myths and realities of Roth IRAs, commissions on mutual funds, and why you may not be getting the raise you deserve. Using personal anecdotes and exercises, Orman drives her points home. Her opinions are definite--make sure you have a prenuptial agreement, own your home, invest in a Roth IRA--but she is clear and effective in explaining the reasoning behind these absolutes. Her manner is both inviting--those new to the financial world will not be in the least intimidated--and knowledgeable. After the program is completed, Orman then participates in a Q&A with the audience, assessing individual situations and providing concrete answers. If you'd like to "clear away financial clutter" and get a firmer grasp on your financial future, Suze Orman is a great place to start. --Jenny Brown
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One of the best financial books that I have read.
Contrary to some other reviewers, I loved the title of this book. It does indeed take courage to become rich. The title and Suzes words serves to shock you out of financial impotency and inbeds the desire, the courage to have more, to become rich.

I have read other financial books including other female financial authors. Suze is the very best. Very motivating. Inspiring and educational as well. No hype, no fluff.

Read this book and/or listen to the tapes of the same name and you indeed will develop The Courage To Become Rich!

Your spiritual path to prosperity
Suze Orman reveals the secrets of becoming rich and prosperous. How you become rich? You will have to be courageous to ditch debt, to ask for more, to make room for money and wealth, to open your heart, to tithe and finally, to think rich.

If you calm your heart, then you will see money in a different way.

Orman's book is a confirmation that there is spirituality in money and prosperity.

Make it happen in your life.

By Thei Zervaki,
author of Globalize, Localize, Translate

Getting Started and Staying with Life's Financial Course
This is the Suzy Orman book everyone should read. She helps you deal with "unseen" issues about how you see and treat money (and how you see your worth). It helps you get into control of material things and plan for the future you select.

Suze Orman - The Road to Wealth
Released in DVD by Warner Home Video (06 January, 2004)
MPAA Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Starring: Suze Orman
Financial guru and ubiquitous TV personality Suze Orman delivers cogent advice about managing money in her distinctively ebullient style in this PBS program. Addressing an audience and fielding questions, Orman tackles topics such as managing debt, building a stock portfolio, planning for retirement, and obtaining the right kind of insurance. Dispensing such aphorisms as, "It's not about making more money, it's about knowing more about the money that you already make," Orman uses humor and gentle confrontation while bantering with the crowd. A benefit to this program is that it was recorded "post-bubble," in late 2001, and Orman uses real examples of audience members whose portfolios were devastated to illustrate how ordinary investors were operating under assumptions that proved to be very wrong. This program won't turn anyone into an expert investor, but Orman's straightforward advice would be helpful for someone who wants to do a better job managing his or her own money. --Robert J. McNamara
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Simplistic & where is the beef!
There are much better sources of investment information than Suze. Try the Motley Fools or anyone.

My opinion
This VHS of The Road to Wealth is an abridged version, and is missing key information that is written in book form. Information in the book has many stories and examples of how to do a better job of creating a better financial future. It is also a good reference.

Man oh Man
This video is excellent. Highly recomend to anyone looking to invest their money. Suzy is very knowledgeable when it comes to dealing with money. She explains things in a easy to understand way, which is good if your like me. She covers a lot of different topics from IRAs, sockt market, to just paying off your house. She makes investing and money managment fun and exciting. Suze is great the the first time investor to the experinced pro. She has information that can help us all. It was cool

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The Standard Deviants - Learn Personal Finance
Released in DVD by Cerebellum Corp. (29 May, 2002)
MPAA Rating: NR (Not Rated)
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The Suze Orman Collection (The Laws of Money, The Lessons of Life / The 9 Steps to Financial Freedom / The Road to Wealth / The Courage to Be Rich)
Released in DVD by Warner Home Video (06 January, 2004)
MPAA Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Starring: Suze Orman
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