Personal-finance guru Andrew Tobias slams online trading and praises the Roth IRA in his newly revised The Only Investment Guide You'll Ever Need. This investment bible remains as stimulating and meaningful as it was when it was first published 20 years ago. It's packed with ideas about stocks, living beneath your means, tax planning, retirement, and just about everything else in the financial world. And all of it is presented with Tobias's trademark brevity and ingenuity. Last revised in 1995, the guide takes aim at a new game in town--online trading. By all means, use the Internet for buying a car or for research, Tobias says. But avoid cyberspace brokers, he says. Point and click enough and you will get slaughtered by commissions, spreads, taxes, and human nature. "It's so easy to click 'OK' a few times and make a $10,000 bet," he warns. "Look how mesmerized we become on a stool in front of a slot machine. Internet investing positively teases you to play." Tobias's favorite new entry is the Roth IRA, which allows you to withdraw your money tax-free when you retire. It's far better than a traditional IRA, he asserts. "Save yourself the trouble of agonizing over the choice and go with the Roth IRA," he writes. "Forget the worksheets." Sometimes caustic and always a skeptic, Tobias believes readers can shape their own financial futures. Just stick to the basics, he says. "By and large, you should manage your own money, via no-load mutual funds," he writes. "No one is going to care about it as much as you." It doesn't matter if it's 1978, 1998, or even 2008. The Only Investment Guide You'll Ever Need still is exactly that. Some things never change. --Dan Ring

The Only Investment Guide You'll Ever Need

Business & Money

Andrew Tobias

Investing

Harcourt, Brace. Jovanovich

The classic account of growing up gay in America. "The best little boy in the world never had wet dreams or masturbated; he always topped his class, honored mom and dad, deferred to elders and excelled in sports . . . . The best little boy in the world was . . . the model IBM exec . . . The best little boy in the world was a closet case who 'never read anything about homosexuality.' . . . John Reid comes out slowly, hilariously, brilliantly. One reads this utterly honest account with the shock of recognition." The New York Times "The quality of this book is fantastic because it comes of equal parts honesty and logic and humor. It is far from being the story of a Gay crusader, nor is it the story of a closet queen. It is the story of a normal boy growing into maturity without managing to get raped into, or taunted because of, his homosexuality. . . . He is bright enough to be aware of his hangups and the reasons for them. And he writes well enough that he doesn't resort to sensationalism . . . ." San Francisco Bay Area Reporter

The Best Little Boy in the World: The 25th Anniversary Edition of the Classic Memoir

LGBTQ+ Books

John, Reid

Biographies & Memoirs

Random House Publishing Group

John Reid's The Best Little Boy in the World was hailed as a classic memoir of growing up gay in a straight world. But "John Reid" didn't write it. Years would pass before the writer could reveal his true identity as Andrew Tobias, America's bestselling financial guru, author of The Only Investment Guide You'll Ever Need. Now, twenty-five years later, Tobias, proud to use his real name, brings his remarkable life story up to date. Writing with his customary charm and frank humor, Tobias tells of love affairs and heartbreak, hot New York parties and tough political battles, the excitement of genuine social change and the tragedy of seeing dear friends die young. Here too are the unforgettable scenes of Tobias revealing his sexual orientation not only to his parents but to the president of the United States. The author is an irresistible companion as he shares with us his proud stories, embarrassing confessions, and hilarious musings on "the homosexual lifestyle." Witty, heartfelt, and wonderfully affirming in every sense, this is Andrew Tobias's finest book to date.

The Best Little Boy in the World Grows Up

Arts & Literature

This is the story of Charles Revson (b.1906 d.1975), the insecure kid from a cold-water flat in Manchester, New Hampshire, who never went to college but founded Revlon. He went from putting the nail polish on his own nails (to test it) and criss-crossing the country by rail (to sell it) to, ultimately, a $5,000-a-day New York lifestyle complete with a 257-foot yacht, the Ultima II, whose gas tank cost $20,000 to fill and whose staterooms Revson liked to keep chilly enough, in the heat of the Caribbean, to require toasty electric blankets. (Andrew Tobias)

Fire and Ice : The Story of Charles Revson, the Man Who Built the Revlon Empire

WARNER BOOKS

Thoroughly revised and updated, a new edition of the classic financial planning handbook furnishes guidelines for investing in insurance, stocks, bonds, real estate, collectibles, and more, along with information on taxes, budgeting, pensions, and other vital topics.

Still the Only Investment Guide You'll Ever Need

Bantam/Doubleday/Dell

Bantam]

Sequel to The Best Little Boy In The World, a memoir of growing up gay in a straight world.

Bt Bound

That was a preposterously large sum when this collection of magazine pieces appeared in the late Seventies, though even then there were more than a few who failed to see the humor in it. Today, it's become less and less funny even to the middle class, who may, in a two-income family in a high-cost locale, be bumping up into just such straitened circumstances.

Getting by on $100,000 a Year (and Other Sad Tales)

Simon&Schuster

A collection of Tobias's witty writings on the vagaries of high finance includes discussions on the anatomy of an investment decision, the pitfalls of being a homeowner, and the eternal optimism of Wall Street

Getting by on $100,000.00 Dollars a Year

Pocket

Invisible Bankers

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Books by Andrew Tobias

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The Only Investment Guide You'll Ever Need

The Best Little Boy in the World: The 25th Anniversary Edition of the Classic Memoir

The Best Little Boy in the World Grows Up

Fire and Ice : The Story of Charles Revson, the Man Who Built the Revlon Empire

Still the Only Investment Guide You'll Ever Need

The Only Investment Guide You'll Ever Need

The Best Little Boy in the World Grows Up

Getting by on $100,000 a Year (and Other Sad Tales)

Getting by on $100,000.00 Dollars a Year

Invisible Bankers