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Refinery29 Money Diaries
- Everything You've Ever Wanted to Know About Your Finances...and Everyone Else's
- Narrated by: Candace Thaxton, Lindsey Stanberry, Gibson Frazier
- Length: 8 hrs and 9 mins
- Categories: Money & Finance, Personal Finance
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- Kim
- 09-12-18
Entertaining Diaries, questionable advice
The money diaries themselves are interesting but the financial advice given is highly questionable. Of course finance is personal and everyone handles it differently, but I don't feel that this book really acknowledged this. Rather it presented the advice as fact, which is troublesome as I'm sure they have younger readers who will take their advice to heart and not do their own independent research. A couple points that bothered me: -The authors never even address the possibility of aggressively paying down student loans. They refer to student debt as good debt since it is an investment in your future self, but in today's student loan bubble, this just isn't true. They mention the amount of money one would earn if they started investing early, but fail to discuss the amount of money one would save in interest if they paid more than just the minimum payments. As a book geared towards millennial women where the average student loan debt hovers around $30k, it seemed like such a let down to not spend more time discussing this topic. They also do not discourage readers from taking on more debt (in the form of cars/mortgages) while carrying student loan debt. They also state that one doesn't need to stop living an enjoyable life while paying off debt, so there's no reason to make getting rid of student loan debt a priority. I'm not trying to judge their method of setting financial priorities, if it works for them great! The fact that they're touting this ideology as truth though is worrying. Maybe I've drank Dave Ramsey's Kool-Aid of "in order to be like no one else, you need to live on no one else", but I think it's at least worth mentioning to readers that getting rid of debt early to have more flexibility in terms of career choices can be a smart move. -The author advises people should pick a target retirement age to invest their 401ks since it's easy... without once mentioning the high fees they charge that eat away into the earnings. Again, terrible advice because they did not talk about the downsides of picking that investment. It wouldn't have been so hard to throw in a line about the high fees they charge... -The author doesn't discuss fixed vs. variable mortgages or 30 vs 15 year mortgages, and the amount one could save if they picked a 15 year fixed rate mortgage (which could be in the hundreds of thousands). Again, if there is going to be a whole chapter devoted to buying a home, it seems silly to not touch upon those points. -The author's tone on investing in the last chapter was quite odd. She made investing seem like a necessary chore that just "had to be done". She talks about this stereotype of women being afraid to invest, but then goes on to act like she's scared of it, and it's best to hire a financial advisor or a use a robo-investor, and leaves it at that. Although this type of investing is arguably better then nothing, it's quite frightening that risk is never discussed. There is risk in all types of investments, and encouraging people to invest without touching upon them is unethical. I did enjoy the chapters on navigating personal relationships with finances, negotiating higher raises, and the importance of saving for retirement. There is value I gained from the book and overall would like to recommend it, but because of the points above, just can't with a clear conscience. *Side note, I listened the audible version of this book. The narration was terrible! Lindsey sounded like a girl reading a middle school graduation speech off index cards. The other woman who read the money diaries gave this flat monotonous depressing tone to each diary. It's hard to explain, but I think I may just be spoiled by the high quality narrations of past audible books I've listened to.
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- Marsela N
- 12-20-19
Narration Quality
This is a great topic and I like the book but the narrators are not great and takes away from content.
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- VLJM
- 10-25-19
New Journey into Women and their money.
I will be reading this over and over. I have learned so much that I could never imagine. Loved the set up of the book. I subscribe to Refinery 29 so I hope to see notice of a new book.
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- rozonl8
- 10-05-18
Great suggestions but too much profanity
This definitely gave me lots to think about but I was annoyed by the profanity. Perhaps I’m a bit sensitive but as a person who doesn’t use profanity I also don’t like hearing it. I get that the target audience are millenials but we don’t all curse or refer to stocks as being “sexy.” Putting that aside the book made me more conscious of my spending and helped me examine my financial goals.
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- Synesthë
- 09-19-18
Good for recent grads
This is a great little book for recent grads, or people new to personal finance. It’s entertaining, sometimes funny, and full of some great advice. The performance wasn’t great though - this book is mostly read by the author and really should have been read by a professional. Her inflections and tone are difficult to listen to... I think I would have enjoyed this a lot more in print. Also, the chapters are in a weird order. She gives advice about financial planning to have a baby before the chapter about renting your first apartment! I think this would have been better organized if it had a more intuitive order.
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- Jamessa Caffey
- 09-10-18
Insightful
Great insight and review of so much more than just our paycheck! I finished listening in less than a week!
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- Lorena B
- 10-12-18
Wonderful book
Absolutely loved the book. I recommended this book to a few people already. I loved how insightful it was and how detailed.