Like a lot of women of my generation, I was raised to be a wife and mother. That worked for me until I realized my husband was a jerk and I divorced him, until my father died and left us only gambling debts, until my mother and sister were killed in a plane crash. So there I was, 40 years old, close to broke, with two children, and no way of making a living. Fortunately, I was a natural as a financial adviser and broker. And as soon as I"d solved my own money problems, I turned my attention to helping other women become financially independent. Invest? Isn"t that . . . gambling? Not compared to betting everything you"ve got on a man! Investing isn"t rocket science. Once you"ve mastered some simple ideas - spend less, save more, watch your credit card debt - you"re likely to find you actually have money to invest. And that"s where this book can be your guide to sane, successful investing.