I first saw Suze Orman on her show on MSNBC and she has changed my life. Five years ago, I used to be financially illiterate. Due to my parent’s financial support, I was quite ok with money, but I knew nothing about credit cards, retirement and other money issues. I had no debts, but I didn’t have any emergency money or retirement savings. Reading her books, as well as watching her show made me realize I had to take charge of my financial life and stay on top of it!
Suze offers great advice to young people. The most important thing I learned from her is to start saving for retirement now! I like the way she explained stocks and mutual funds in a way that was easy to understand, even for someone as financially illiterate as I was back then. Some people don’t like her “tell it as it is” way of speaking, but I enjoy her honesty and frankness – young people (even myself) these days need to be talked to seriously. We are the generation that was nurtured too much, which is why many of us are struggling these days. Anyone who is “Young, Fabulous and Broke” (and now probably unemployed) should read this book!