The Sound Mind Investing Handbook - by Austin Pryor (Paperback)

About the Book

Want financial advice that makes sense?

With books on finances, it's easy to feel overwhelmed by the jargon and the sheer number of investment possibilities.

Whether you're a beginner or an experienced investor, you'll benefit from crossing the bridge between theory and action. Each user-friendly lesson is written in laymen's terms and includes helpful visual aids.

In this revised and updated edition of The Sound Mind Investing Handbook, you'll learn essentials like:

• Six characteristics of investing that glorifies God
• Why mutual funds make investing easier than ever
• How to make the right decisions for you, while limiting risk
• How to keep pace with the markets
• Preparing wisely for retirement
• Navigating taxes, IRAs, 401(k)s, and more

Whether you invest a little or a lot, these biblical principles apply to you, and you can understand them. Simply put: Learning about investing doesn't get easier than this.

Book Synopsis

Want financial advice that makes sense?

With books on finances, it's easy to feel overwhelmed by the jargon and the sheer number of investment possibilities.

Investment advisor Austin Pryor has carefully created the "next step" guide that helps you put Godly principles of finance into motion. Whether you're a beginner or an experienced investor, you'll benefit from crossing the bridge between theory and action. Each user-friendly lesson is written in laymen's terms and includes helpful visual aids.

In this revised and updated edition of The Sound Mind Investing Handbook, you'll learn essentials like:

• Six characteristics of investing that glorifies God
• Why mutual funds make investing easier than ever
• How to make the right decisions for you, while limiting risk
• How to keep pace with the markets
• Preparing wisely for retirement
• Navigating taxes, IRAs, 401(k)s, and more

College professors have used this book in their finance classes because it's so easy to understand. Whether you invest a little or a lot, these biblical principles apply to you, and you can understand them. Simply put: Learning about investing doesn't get easier than this.

About the Author

AUSTIN PRYOR is a native of Louisville, Kentucky, and graduated from the University of Kentucky where he received a B.S. degree in Banking and Finance in 1967. Pryor founded his own investment management firm, Forum Investment Counselors, in 1978 where he saw his average client account more than triple in value during its first five years of operations. He is an American financial writer, speaker, and radio personality whose work focuses on investment counseling from an evangelical Christian point of view. In 1990 he founded the Sound Mind Investing newsletter to help Christians apply biblical financial and investing principles in specific ways to their personal situations. His written articles appear regularly on www.SoundMindInvesting.com as well as the Crosswalk, Christian Broadcasting Network, and Crown Financial Ministries websites.Pryor has been married to his wife, Susie, for 50 years; they have three grown children and ten grandchildren.