David Trahair is a Chartered Accountant with a difference - he has a knack for making financial information easy to understand. Whether you are one of his accounting clients, a reader of his books on personal finance or starting a small business, or working with him to prepare your company's financial policies and procedures manual, you will find that his straight-forward and approachable style will make your financial life a lot less complicated.
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NEW! Coming August 2009..
Enough Bull - How to retire well without the stock market, mutual funds, or even an investment adviser
Enough Bull blows apart conventional wisdom and reveals how Canadians are being led down the path to financial ruin by most conventional financial planning. David explains step-by-step how people can secure a comfortable retirement without risk, the stock market, mutual funds, or even an investment advisor. Best of all, David shows that a comfortable retirement is within reach even if people start as late as five years before retirement. This is the book that your bank will not want you to read.
Many financial advisors are nothing more than salespeople offering advice that does not benefit their clients. For example, financial companies perpetuate the myth that you will need $1 million to retire because the more money you hand over to them, the more money they make through commissions and other fees.
Many bankers, brokers credit card companies financial planners and insurance agents are going to hate this book, but for the typical Canadian, the message is invaluable.
What no one tells you about starting your own business
Have you ever dreamed of kissing your boss goodbye forever?
Can't stand your annoying coworkers another minute?
Have you just been tossed aside by the money-seeking corporation you have devoted the prime years of your life to?
Maybe you'd just like to be your own boss so you can set your own hours to spend more time with your kids.
If so, you many have the Entrepreneurial Itch. It's that burning desire to strike out on your own - to start your own business.
Unfortunately the statistics around small business success are depressing. Most small business ventures fail within a few years of their creation. How can you avoid a similar fate?
David Trahair’s new book The Entrepreneurial Itch: Don’t Scratch Until You Read This Book is based on his real life experience of actually being self-employed as well as the hundreds of small businesses he has seen come and go as accounting clients.
