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THE JOY OF MONEY: A User-Friendly Guide to the Financial Maze
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MONEY
A User-Friendly Guide
to the Financial Maze
Michelle Doughty
With a foreword by Shirley Conran
THE JOY OF
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Nowadays the City is populated with both men and women; the author
(ess!) mainly refers to folks in the financial world as 'he'. This is to keep
things as clear and easy to understand as possible, and no discrimination,
prejudice or bias is intended!
Publisher’s note
Every possible effort has been made to ensure that the information con-
tained in this book is accurate at the time of going to press, and the
publisher and author cannot accept responsibility for any errors or omis-
sions, however caused. No responsibility for loss or damage occasioned
to any person acting, or refraining from action, as a result of the material
in this publication can be accepted by the editor, the publisher or the
author.
First published in Great Britain in 2000 by Simon & Schuster UK Ltd
Second edition published in Great Britain in 2006 by Kogan Page Limited
Apart from any fair dealing for the purposes of research or private study,
or criticism or review, as permitted under the Copyright, Designs and
Patents Act 1988, this publication may only be reproduced, stored or
transmitted, in any form or by any means, with the prior permission in
writing of the publishers, or in the case of reprographic reproduction in
accordance with the terms and licences issued by the CLA. Enquiries con-
cerning reproduction outside these terms should be sent to the publishers
at the undermentioned address:
120 Pentonville Road
London N1 9JN
United Kingdom
© Michelle Doughty, 2006
The right of Michelle Doughty to be identified as the author of this work
has been asserted by her in accordance with the Copyright, Designs and
Patents Act 1988.
British Library Cataloguing in Publication Data
A CIP record for this book is available from the British Library.
ISBN 0 7494 4505 X
Typeset by Digital Publishing Solutions
Printed and bound in the United States by Thomson-Shore, Inc
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The author intends that this book be relied on purely as a
helpful building block and stepping-stone on the path
towards personal financial enlightenment. However, it
should not be used by the reader as a substitute for profes-
sional authorized advice.
Neither the author nor the publisher accept any legal
responsibility or liability whatsoever for the adequacy, accu-
racy, completeness or reasonableness of any of the informa-
tion, statements, forecasts, projections, opinions, comments,
summaries or colouring-in-outside-the-lines contained in or
referred to in this book nor for any damage or loss whatso-
ever, howsoever, whensoever, wheresoever, whysoever
(hopefully you get the message!), directly or indirectly, occa-
sioned by any such reliance.
This book has aimed to focus on first principles as much
as possible in order to be useful to readers over the long term
and is meant to be a guide only. The opinions expressed are
entirely the author’s own and any examples contained
within the book are for illustrative purposes only. In short,
no investment or other financial decision(s) should be made
solely on the basis of this book! Readers seeking detailed
financial advice should consult the appropriately authorized
advisers.
All information was correct at the time of going to press.
However, the world of finance is dynamic and things do
change. Readers should always thoroughly research and
check out any financial products that they’re considering
buying. Remember that ‘the value of your investments can
go down as well as up’.
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To my beloved parents, Doug and Eva
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