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The Seven S.E.C.R.E.T.S. of the Money Masters

What if everything a brand new or seasoned investor ever learned about investing in the financial marketplace was wrong? When would he/she want to know? Given the recent turbulence of the current market, most investors would like to know they have been approaching it incorrectly right now, before making any additional investments.

To aid those looking for financial clarity, best-selling authors and wealth experts, Robert Shemin and Peter Hirsch’s book, THE SEVEN S.E.C.R.E.T.S. OF THE MONEY MASTERS (WILEY; Hardcover; October 2010; $22.95; ISBN: 978-0-470-61518-8) gives new and veteran investors an easy-to-use guide with simple advice on how to navigate an evolving market and how to find the best financial partners to help with this task.

In order to become a money master, investors cannot solely rely on the best financial tools and software, or an advisor that totes these tools, but will have to learn the ins-and outs of the financial world in order to choose the best investments and financial partners to help the investment process.

THE SEVEN S.E.C.R.E.T.S. OF THE MONEY MASTERS offers readers a simple way to analyze any investment through seven financial secrets that can be easily remembered through the book’s simple acronym, S.E.C.R.E.T.S. The authors share tips on how this acronym for Safety, Expense, Cash flow, Rate of Return, Economy, Tax efficiency and Sense can bring incredible insight into one’s investments. The authors also believe that if investors would have had insight to these secrets prior to the recent recession, there may not have been such a severe financial crisis.

In addition to explaining how each aspect of the acronym can bring financial security to one’s finances, THE SEVEN S.E.C.R.E.T.S. OF THE MONEY MASTERS also uses a group of fictional characters to further explain each piece of advice. These characters serve as real-life examples of financial turbulence, allowing readers to learn how to apply the advice from the book to various financial situations.

The book’s S.E.C.R.E.T.S. will explain:

  • How to tell the difference between a financial advisor who is a master and one who is simply a salesperson
  • The little-known truth about the 401(k) and how keeping one might be costing a fortune
  • The shell game that allows Wall Street to advertise a 25 percent annual return for an account that is actually losing money
  • That while Uncle Sam might appear to be a kindly, benevolent uncle, he doesn’t necessarily have an investor’s best interests at heart, and may be planning to get his hands on investors’ retirement plans
  • How much money investments might be costing, instead of earning - since most investments cost more than one would think.