My Vast Fortune

Author: Andrew Tobias
Publisher: Harvest Books
Publication Date: 1998-11-01
Features: ONE OF AMERICA'S MOST RESPECTED PERSONAL FINANCE EXPERTS TELLS THE INSPIRING, HIS AROUSING, AND SOMETIMES PERILOUS TALE OF HOW HE AMASSED DIZZYING (WELL, TO HIM) WEALTH. WITH THE SAME MIX OF WIT AND WISDOM THAT DISTINGUISHES THE ONLY INVESTMENT GUIDE YOU'LL EVER NEED, HE DETAILSTHE INVESTMENTS THAT PAID OFF HANDSOMELY, THE REAL ESTATE DEAL THAT THREATENED TO SINK HIM, AND MORE (OIL IN AMUSICAL ABOUT MUNS?). THEN HE DESCRIBES HOW HE'S PUT HIS VAST FORTUNE TO WORK - BATTLING RALPH NADER OVER AUTOINSURANCE IN CALIFORNIA, WAGING A NATIONAL CAMPAIGN AGAINST SMOKING IN RUSSIA, AND TILTING AT ALL MANNER OF WINDMILLS. MORE THAN JUST ONE MAN'S ROUTE TO FINANCIAL SUCCESS, TOBIAS'S ADVENTURES ALONG THE ROAD FROM NOT-QUITE-RAGSTONOT-QUITE-VAST RICHES WILL HELP YOU TO INVEST WISELY, LIVE SMARTLY, AND HAVE A GOOD TIME WHILE BUILDING A VAST FORTUNE OF YOUR OWN.