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Faithful Finance 10 Secrets to Move from Fearful Insecurity to Confident Control By Emily Stroud Zondervan2015, 2018 As the subtitle of suggests, in Faithful Finance Emily Stroud gives her ten secrets to gaining personal financial freedom.   She can substantiate her secrets with her work and her credentials, which are impressive.   She holds an MBA (Texas Christian University in 1998) and a CFA Charter which she earned in 2002.   Interesting side note –June 2016 statistics state there are approximately 132,000 charter holders. According to the stats, only 43 percent passed the Level 1 tests in 2017, with only 47 percent of those passing Level 2, and then only 54 percent of those remaining passing Level 3!   It takes approximately four years to complete all three levels.   According to the CFA Institute, the CFA is the highest distinction in the investment management profession.   You might think, as I did, that this book might be way over your head.   That it would be dry