The Wealthy Barber, Updated 3rd Edition

OVER TWO MILLION COPIES SOLD! • “Quite simply the best financial self-help book” (Money Book Club, Book-of-the-Month Club)—now revised and updated
 
“One of the most effective tools for teaching personal finance basics.”—Arthur Andersen
 
In this updated edition of one of the biggest-selling financial-planning books ever, David Chilton simplifies the complex puzzles of personal finance and helps you achieve financial independence. With the help of his fictional barber, Roy, and a large dose of humor, Chilton shows you how you can take control of your financial future—slowly, steadily, and with sure success. Chilton’s plan (detailed in an entertaining story) is no get-rich-quick scheme, but it does make financial independence possible on nothing more than an average salary. Even if you consider yourself a financial “basket case,” Chilton explains how you can easily put an effective financial plan into action.Contents
Preface
Chapter 1: The Financial Illiterate
Chapter 2: A Surprising Referral
Chapter 3: The Wealthy Barber
Chapter 4: The Ten Percent Solution
Chapter 5: Wills, Life Insurance, and Responsibility
Chapter 6: Planning for Retirement
Chapter 7: Home, Sweet Home
Chapter 8: Saving Savvy
Chapter 9: Insights into Investment and Income Tax
Chapter 10: Graduation“Chilton has probably motivated more people to take actual control of their personal financial lives than any other speaker or writer has in this decade.”—Your Money

“It should be mandatory reading.”—Paul Harvey

“The Wealthy Barber is, indeed, an able teacher of those personal-finance habits which lead to wealth and happiness.”—John Templeton, founder of the Templeton Group of Mutual Funds

“[The Wealthy Barber] is a complete success in terms of being clear, easy-to-read, and interesting.”—Chicago Sun-Times

“If ever a financial planning book was written for those without financial backgrounds, this is it.”—Tax Management Financial Planning Journal

“Thirty years from now, Chilton could be remembered not as a bestselling author, but as the man who inspired thousands to save their way to prosperity.”—Brenda Dalglish, Maclean’s News Magazine

“The Wealthy Barber is the best book of its type that I have ever read. In fact, for many Americans, it is possibly the only book they need. I wish I had written it.”—Jerry Mason, director of Education, Interanational Association of Financial Planners

“I was pulled in by the book’s authentic, downhome tone. . . . I had trouble putting The Wealthy Barber down.”—Sandy Naiman, Toronto Star

“This book does the impossible—it actually makes personal money management understandable and attainable.”—Richard A. Marini, San Antonio LightDavid Chilton is the president of Financial Awareness Corporation, a financial consulting firm. The Wealthy Barber and The Wealthy Barber Returns TV shows have enjoyed tremendous popularity since first airing on Public Television in the spring of 1993. Previous editions of this book have sold 2 million copies.