Personal finance for dummies
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Personal finance for dummies
（--For dummies）
Wiley, c2006
5th ed.
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Includes index
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Description
Too many personal finance consultants offer financial advice that ignores the big picture and instead focuses on investing. You need much more than that to plan your future. You need a broader understanding of personal finance that includes all areas of your financial life in order to become financially sound. "Personal Finance for Dummies, 5th Edition" is full of detailed, action-oriented financial advice that will show you how to lower expenses and tame debts as well as invest wisely to achieve your financial goals! Now in its 5th edition, this up-to-date guide covers all the latest trends to ensure your financial stability.Just some of the updates and revisions include: reviews of the new and revised tax laws and how to take advantage of them; the latest scoop on Medicare and Social Security and what it means for you; updated investment advice on mutual funds and other managed investments; enhanced smart spending tips; coverage of new bankruptcy laws and how to eliminate consumer debt; smart ways to use credit and improve credit scores; and, expanded coverage on educational savings options.
This hands-on, straightforward guide features ways to survive life changes such as starting your first job, getting married, having children, and retiring, as well as helpful tactics for preventing identity theft and fraud. With "Personal Finance for Dummies, 5th Edition", you'll be able to achieve financial strength and start concentrating on the more important things in life!
Table of Contents
Introduction. Part I: Assessing Your Fitness and Setting Goals. Chapter 1: Improving Your Financial Literacy. Chapter 2: Measuring Your Financial Health. Chapter 3: Determining Where Your Money Goes. Chapter 4: Establishing and Achieving Goals. Part II: Saving More, Spending Less. Chapter 5: Dealing with Debt. Chapter 6: Reducing Your Spending. Chapter 7: Taming Taxes. Part III: Building Wealth with Wise Investing. Chapter 8: Important Investment Concepts. Chapter 9: Understanding Your Investment Choices. Chapter 10: Investing in Mutual Funds. Chapter 11: Investing in Retirement Accounts. Chapter 12: Investing in Taxable Accounts. Chapter 13: Investing for Educational Expenses. Chapter 14: Investing in Real Estate: Your Home and Beyond. Part IV: Insurance: Protecting What You've Got. Chapter 15: Insurance: Getting What You Need at the Best Price. Chapter 16: Insurance on You: Life, Disability, and Health. Chapter 17: Covering Your Assets. Part V: Where to Go for More Help. Chapter 18: Working with Financial Planners. Chapter 19: Computer Money Management. Chapter 20: On Air and in Print. Part VI: The Part of Tens. Chapter 21: Survival Guide for Ten Life Changes. Chapter 22: Ten Tactics to Thwart Identity Theft and Fraud Glossary. Index.
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