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Best-selling finance gurus: whose book is best?(personal finance guides)(Book Review)

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| September 01, 2003 | COPYRIGHT 2003 Consumers Union of the United States, Inc. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)Copyright

If your finances are no more orderly than your 14-year-old's bedroom, a good book can help clean up the mess. A personal-finance book may also be the best option for long-term planning, especially if you don't have bags of money to spend.

Fee-only financial planners, the kind most likely to provide unbiased advice, can charge $2,000 and up for a comprehensive plan. A book won't set you back more than $30 or so.

We live in an age of celebrity and big brand names. To sell books, publishers are using both. Their hope: that readers will attach themselves to "personalities," financial gurus they will follow as closely as they follow J. Lo and Ben Affleck or ...

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