Pay Yourself First: The African American Guide to Financial Success and Security
"How do we help make black America better? Jesse Brown reminds us that we gain financial success and security when we pay ourselves first."-Tavis Smiley, author of How to Make Black America Better: Leading Black Americans Speak Out
"Jesse Brown's commonsense approach is a surefire way to watch your money grow."-Myra J., The Tom Joyner Morning Show
Achieve your financial freedom with step-by-step instructions from award-winning investment manager Jesse B. Brown. Discover the easy-to-follow, down-to-earth secret to living your dreams, whether it's buying a new home, buying a new car, sending your children to college, retiring rich, or going on that once-in-a-lifetime vacation.
Pay Yourself First is a must-have reference guide for all African Americans who want to experience their own financial security. If you make less than $30,000 a year-or if you are simply a first-time investor-here is your financial 411 on:
- How to get out of debt and stay out of debt permanently
- How to avoid the most common mistakes people make with their money
- How to put time and money to work for you instead of against you
- Everything you need to know about today's best investment options, including IRAs, insurance, stocks, bonds, and mutual funds
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Book details
- Author
- Jesse B. Brown
- Imprint
- Trade Paper Press, an imprint of Turner Publishing Company
- Published
- Pages
- 208
- Formats
- Paperback, Hardcover
- Subjects
- Business & Economics › Personal Finance
- Topics
- personal finance · financial independence · investing · African American wealth building · retirement planning · stocks and bonds · mutual funds · debt prevention
- ISBN-13
- 9780471158974 (Paperback)9781630261474 (Hardcover)
About the author
JESSE B. BROWN is the President and CEO of Krystal Investment Management, a national money management firm, and the author of several books on personal finance for African Americans. His books include 101 Real Money Questions: The African American Financial Question and Answer Book, Pay Yourself First: The African American Guide to Financial Success and Security, and Investing in the Dream, a Blackboard #1 bestseller.
Brown holds an MBA from the Kellogg School of Business at Northwestern University, where the Kellogg Black Management Association named him Alumnus of the Year.
When not writing, Brown works as a Chicago-based investment advisor, nationally syndicated personal finance columnist, and financial expert contributor to Tavis Smiley’s website. His books draw directly on that expertise to address financial success and security for African American readers.
Jesse lives in Chicago.
