Audra Jennings

Thanks to everyone who participated in today's tour! It is time for a FIRST Wild Card Tour book review! If you wish to join the FIRST blog alliance, just click the button. We are a group of reviewers who tour Christian books. A Wild Card post includes a brief bio of the author and a full chapter from each book toured. The reason it is called a FIRST Wild Card Tour is that you never know if the book will be fiction, non~fiction, for young, or for old...or for somewhere in between! Enjoy your free peek into the book! You never know when I might play a wild card on you! Today's Wild Card author is: George Schwartz and the book: Good Returns Schwartz Investment Council (March 12, 2010) ***Special thanks to Audra Jennings - Senior Media Specialist - The B&B Media Group for sending me a review copy.*** ABOUT THE AUTHOR: George P. Schwartz is a Chartered Financial Analyst and a Chartered Investment Counselor. For forty-three years he has been an investment counse...

Dear Investor: Do You Know Where Your Money is Going? Exploring the values of responsible investing In the wake of the great stock market meltdown of 2008-2009, many people are rethinking the way they invest their money. The debacle brought to light widespread investment practices that are an affront to anyone who strives to invest with professional ethics and personal moral dignity and left average middle-class investors reeling from financial loss and adrift in a sea of questions regarding their fiscal futures. Still, the most fundamental questions are often overlooked: What does it really mean to be an investor? When you make your monthly contribution to your 401k or take a chance on a hyped stock pick, where is your money really going? For moral people, especially people of faith, these are questions that cannot be ignored. In his new book, Good Returns: Making Money by Morally Responsible Investing , author and Chartered Investment Counselor George P. Schwartz, CFA, calls Chris...