Product Description

A book aimed at everyone who wants to be smarter with their cash. Told in Duncan's straightforward style, he explains the forces and choices that influence how much we have in our pockets. Today's turmoil in the financial markets illustrates how important it is to be in control of your money. This book addresses the core fundamentals of financial literacy, telling readers how banks work and why city traders earn such enormous bonuses. It plots paths out of debt and builds financial confidence so readers feel in charge of their finances. Duncan knows the true value of money: now worth 310 million, he was born into extreme post-war poverty. Taking each area of our financial lives in turn - earning, spending, borrowing, investing, saving, budgeting and the wider economy - he helps us understand where we are in our own financial cycle and how to achieve financial security. Giving simple examples of how money works and how it can work harder for you, 'How to be Smart with Money' is an indispensable guide to understanding the stuff that makes the world go round.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #25376 in Books
• Published on: 2009-04-30
• Original language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• 224 pages

Review
'If you want to know how to make the most of your money, this is the book for you.' (BUCKINGHAMSHIRE ADVERTISER )

About the Author
Duncan Bannatyne is the former stoker in the Navy who built up his own business empire and is now worth 310 million and is a star of the TV series DRAGON'S DEN. His first book, ANYONE CAN DO IT, was a SUNDAY TIMES bestseller in hardback and paperback.

Customer Reviews

Be smart with your money too
I have big respect for Duncan Bannatyne, and I think it is wonderful that someone with so much money will happily share his strategies with the rest of us. There are so many false financial gurus who are not even on The Rich List, yet are charging thousands of pounds for their "secret information" on how to be rich, yet here is one of the richest men in Britain who is giving his financial advice for less than a tenner.

In this book, Duncan Bannatyne takes a look at the finance world through the eyes of an everyday person. He gives his advice on what he would do if he was in the position of the average wage earner in the United Kingdom. He says there are basic skills we all can learn to be better with money, whether you are worth £3 pounds or £310m.

When I first read this book I was worried that Duncan might be too rich to relate to the problems and issues faced by the common man. In fact, he has researched very extensively into everyday finance, and names many relevant and up to date websites and sources. Clearly he has really given this book a lot of thought and applied his financial mind to the problem of how we can all be better off with our money.

Duncan was poor once upon a time and he came from nothing to become a mega multi-millionaire many times over. He has now learned the skill of managing money and becoming richer, and through this book, he is passing those skills on to all of us. It is clear that he actually practises the techniques which he recommends. The financial strategies presented are how Duncan approaches his own finances, and he is one of the richest men in the UK. If you want to be smart with your money, this is the book to read.

review rob
a very easy to read book and encouraging,
with practical ideas but also challenges on how to use what you have well, and keep going!!

Average at best...
I like Duncan a lot and thought this book would be great. But it is really written for people who don't understand money. Basics like mortgages (fixed rate, variable rate), how to save money and how to be careful with your money are what the book is about. Essentially if you have a basic understanding about money itself and maybe have a savings account, this book will be wasted on you.

I read it in about 5 days in the evening, and shook my head with disappointment afterwards.