Now What? Review

Real-Life Financial Advice for Your Fiscal Future

So you’ve finished school and found your first well-paid job. Congratulations! Now don’t squander it! With real money flowing into your account for the first time, it’s easy to embrace those new preapproved credit cards or to buy that new car you’ve been dreaming about. But without a solid understanding of your financial future, you risk losing everything you’ve worked for.</p<

Many of us—and not just those starting out—were never educated in financial planning or sustainable wealth management. Now What? bridges that gap with practical advice for readers of all ages dealing with fiscal change. If you’ve just landed your first big paycheck, have recently inherited, or are divorced or widowed, this book will guide you around the pitfalls of new wealth.

Brian Ursu offers you concrete guidance for paying down debt, including student loans; planning for life’s expensive milestones, like buying a house or having children; and creating a sustainable lifestyle now and in your future. He also explains the basics of investment, where and—maybe even more importantly—why to invest and how to build a portfolio, so you can grow the money you’ve earned to create not just a solid foundation but also a legacy for you and your family.

Review

An e-copy of the book has been provided by the publisher, Greenleaf Book Group, in exchange for an honest review.

I wouldn’t say that this book was disruptive in terms of the knowledge spectrum, but I do not deny the helpfulness and simplicity of how this book presented its information.

Brian M. Ursu was asked by his daughter to write a book that’ll help her better understand financial literary. And Ursu did just that. The way he wrote this book is extremely conversational—making it not only easily understandable but also fluid to read. Charts and graphs were also put here and there to better involve readers in digesting ideas that would have normally been too difficult to comprehend with just words.

The structure of the book simplified the journey through the book. If you’re looking into something more specific, you can jump through the chapters and read certain parts of the book.

Overall, this book served its purpose. It imparted helpful knowledge—though not as helpful to me as for someone who lives in the US—on the important ideas that can aide someone as they start or further themselves into financial literary.

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