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Intelligent Investing

Steve Booren Β· 2019
67/100
πŸ‘Ž Skip It

Steve Booren writes from four decades as a working advisor, and his dividend-for-retirement-income framing is genuinely useful for the pre-retiree crowd. But reviewers flag it as pretty basic, and Penny always squints a little when the author's day job is selling the very advice in the book.

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Verdict receipt0–100
Faith & family safety95
Substance / usefulness55
Craft & writing65
Originality48
Evidence & accuracy65
Hype vs delivers55
Age-fit80
Human-eye read58
Penny’s verdict67
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