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Smart Couples Finish Rich: 9 Steps to Creating a Rich Future for You and Your Partner

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From first-time newlyweds to people on their second or third marriage, couples face an overwhelming task when it comes to money management. Nationally renowned financial advisor and bestselling author David Bach knows that it doesn’t have to be this way. In Smart Couples Finish Rich , he provides couples with easy-to-use tools that cover everything from credit card management, to investment advice, to long-term care. You and your partner will learn how to work together as a team to identify your core values and dreams, creating a financial plan that will allow you to achieve security, provide for your family’s future financial needs, and increase your income. Together, you’ll learn why couples that plan their finances together, stay together!

320 pages, Paperback

First published March 6,2001

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Format
320 pages, Paperback
Published
January 1, 2002 by Crown Business
ISBN
9780767904841
ASIN
0767904842
Language
English

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David L. Bach is an American financial author, television personality, motivational speaker, entrepreneur and founder of FinishRich.com. Bach, is best known for his Finish Rich Book Series and Automatic Millionaire Series of motivational financial books under the Finish Rich Brand. He has written 12 books since 1998 with over seven million copies in print.
Eleven of Bach's books have been national bestsellers, including nine consecutive New York Times bestsellers, two of which were consecutive #1 New York Times bestsellers (The Automatic Millionaire and Start Late, Finish Rich). Bach has had four of his books Smart Women Finish Rich, Smart Couples Finish Rich, The Automatic Millionaire and The Finish Rich Workbook appear simultaneously on the Wall Street Journal, BusinessWeek, and USA Today bestseller lists. Eleven of Bach's books have been published from Random House (Broadway Books).
Bach's first book Smart Women Finish Rich was published in 1998, and appeared on the bestseller lists for a decade. His most recent book Debt Free For Life (2011) was published by Crown Business Books, and appeared simultaneously on the New York Times, Wall Street Journal and USA Today bestseller lists.
Bach has appeared regularly on television dispensing his financial advice since 1994. His first appearance on television took place in San Francisco, on local cable channel BayTV, where he was "The Money Doctor", and answered personal financial questions.
He was a regular contributor to The Today Show, appearing weekly on the Money 911 Segments. He also has contributed to CNN American Morning, CNBC, Fox Business, ABC Good Money, and The Oprah Winfrey Show. He has appeared on The Oprah Winfrey Show over six times, including the shows "How to become an Automatic Millionaire" (2004), "How to become an Automatic Millionaire Couple" (2004) and "Oprah's Debt Diet Series" (2006). Bach has appeared on CBS's The Early Show, NBC's Weekend Today, CNN's Larry King Live, ABC's Live with Regis and Kelly, and ABC's The View.
Bach has written, produced and hosted two public television specials, Smart Women Finish Rich and The Automatic Millionaire, which aired nationally. Smart Women Finish Rich was produced by Connecticut Public Television (1998) and The Automatic Millionaire by Chicago Public Television (2006). He has hosted two radio shows, Finish Rich with David Bach (Sirius Satellite Radio) and The Finish Rich Minute (Westwood One).

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Kebatsuru
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April 25,2025
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I've liked all David Bach's books. This one was probably my least favorite, because it focused a lot on worksheets and dreambuilding, instead of the way to get the money set up. But overall, it was a good book and I'm glad I read it.
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KimiAl
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April 25,2025
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This book was an OK introduction to personal finance. I found that there was a 60% of common sense advice, which doesn't change over time. But the rest was outdated since it was written before the 2008 recession (for example, the author states some percentages that are impossible to attain today with the current interest rates). It is also clearly a book written for americans with some words changed for the "canadian edition".
I suggest reading a more recent book on investing and/or personal finance, written by a Canadian author instead of this one.
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kyhism
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April 25,2025
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This book really made a huge difference in how Jason and I manager our finances. It's all about creating a financial plan that's consistent with your top values (rather than just the "stuff" you want), and then how to work together to achieve your goals. It also doesn't make you feel like a loser if your finances are screwed up. The basic message is that it's never too late to get your finances in order!!
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rainwalk
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April 25,2025
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This book was written in 2001. As such, I think SOME of the specific investment advice might be a bit off given the state of the economy. However, there is lots of good information here to take away.

I appreciate the emphasis on creating a relationship between money management and one's core values. Identifying those core values and standing for them even when they don't align with ideas forwarded in media culture can be a challenge. However, according to Bach, doing so is key to creating the smart and healthy relationship with money that will allow one to create the life they want for themselves.

I also appreciated the emphasis on planning and patience in building wealth. As a high school teacher, I see the perception of wealth in the eyes of my students. The belief that rich is something that happens quickly or not at all is common. Even as an adult, it's hard to avoid the hope for a financial windfall of some sort. However, the reality is that wealth is grown over years; and it takes discipline and planning to make it happen. This is the key component of Bach's advice.
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Xxiowahawks29xx
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April 25,2025
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I felt like I managed my finances well before I got married, but the way my husband managed his finances was totally different, and we had a tough time figuring out how to merge our methods and I always felt behind the ball. It was also hard to find a financial planning guide for couples, since so much of the literature is focused on personal finances. This book was so practical, approachable, encouraging, and thorough. I love his writing style and I really appreciated his philosophy for financial planning. I feel much more confident about what I need to do now to feel more aware of and on top of our finances and I feel much more hopeful about sharing our financial goals and management as a team!
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tlaes
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April 25,2025
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This book isn't about a gimmick, as the title would suggest. It's a good basic book about personal financial health and it assists in prioritizing personal investments and in executing the tasks related to getting your finances in order.
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Chuma97
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April 25,2025
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I started off really enjoying this book and even though I was given similar information from other similar reads, I was into it. Then I read a straight told lie. Now, this book is 16 years old so either circumstances have changed, or more likely, this information is blatantly incorrect. Additionally it did not finish strong. Bach started using seemingly sexist pronouns to describe people that are “bad at finance.” Lastly, I skimmed the extremely unrealistic last chapter because I had just read 3 previous that lies to me. I was over it.

Edit: it also gave me zero information about financing with a partner. (The reason I wanted to read it/how it’s advertised)
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