Money Monsters

The keys to successful investing and money management are not financial, they're psychological.

Spencer Sherman was motivated to write The Cure for Money Madness because he saw himself and others making financial mistakes, when they clearly knew better.

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 Are you experiencing Monen Madness? Take Spencer's online quiz and find out.

It's not just individual investors whose decision-making is compromised by their "money monsters." Sherman observes that even big financial companies exhibit some of the same flawed behaviors.

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When adding up your personal net worth, Sherman recommends including a calculation of total career earnings up to retirement, to help add some long-term perspective.

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Spencer Sherman talks about Money Madness at Copperfield's Books in Santa Rosa on April 2, and  at Spirit Rock Meditation Center on April 19th.

He has also prepared this video preview to introduce some of the issues and ideas contained in The Cure for Money Madness.

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