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Author : Jack Kapoor
Edition : 9
Number of Pages : 832
Publisher : McGraw-Hill/Irwin
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Product Description Kapoor/Dlabay/Hughes� Personal Finance is the #1 market-leading Personal Finance text. It provides comprehensive coverage of personal financial planning in the areas of money management, career planning, taxes, consumer credit, housing and other consumer decisions, legal protection, insurance, investments, retirement planning, and estate planning. The goal of this text is to teach students the fundamentals of financial planning so they can make informed choices related to spending, saving, borrowing, and investing that lead to long-term financial security. Personal Finance, Ninth Edition provides many financial planning tools using a step-by-step approach to help students identify and evaluate choices as well as understand the consequences of decisions in terms of opportunity costs. Customer reviews Not the most entertaining read, but practical  by .. Erin E. Williams (NY, USA)
Book holds a broad overview of various areas that are helpful for your senior year of college or other points in your life where you'll be trying to do some personal financial planning. Some of the information could be less basic or a little more up-to-date.
personal finance by .. cc (USA)
The book is new but the CD Rom has a problem. It's used and ruined!!!
Chapter-opening Cases..., Personal Financial Planner..., Narrated PowerPoints..., Continuing Case...  by .. Aung Htun (1022 1/2 Stophlet St. Fort Wayne IN 46802-4318)
"Personal Finance, 8th Edition.
It's never too early to plan your future.
The market-leading textbook Personal Finance helps students learn the fundamentals of financial planning, preparing them to make informed choices related to spending, saving, borrowing, and investing that lead to long-term financial security.
Features of the Eighth Edition:
* The CHAPTER-OPENING CASES have been revised and expanded to two pages, containing many new features such as "What Actions Should Be Taken?" and "What About Your Situation? question sets, making them more relevant to each student's situation.
* PERSONAL FINANCIAL PLANNER (PFP) sheets, written by the authors to help students create and implement a personal financial plan and which correlate with the text content, are now conveniently located at the end of the text.
* New, NARRATED POWERPOINTS exclusively for students, follow the chapter topics and provide explanations and real-life examples for handling financial situations.
* New! A CONTINUING CASE at the end of each chapter follows one family's issues to help students see the total picture in creating a financial plan."
[from the back cover of the book]
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Personal Finance + Student CD by .. K. Leatham ()
The book looks brand new and the cd was in a sealed package. I would highly recommend using Amazon for college books.
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Author : Eric Tyson
Edition : 5
Number of Pages : 448
Publisher : Wiley
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Product 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
- 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! Customer reviews Pretty good book. by .. Peter M. K. Gaines ()
I like the book, but wish it were less repetitive. I think that Andrew Tobias' book, The Only Investment Guide You'll Ever Need, is more succint. I wish that he would update it given the new state of the economy. 3-4 years makes a huge difference in tax laws.
Great book by .. C. Lavelle (Indiana)
Ok...so I'm a smart guy, but the in's and out's of the financial world always seemed more like Harry Potter's dark arts class than something that would ever make sense to me. I'm happy to report that this book does a fantastic job laying it all out in a way that makes perfect sense. I now have greater confidence in assessing my financial options, which is all anyone really needs. I recommend this book strongly.
Good Book - Can't wait to pass it on by .. Marcia D. Perry (Los Angeles)
This is such a great book, I will probably by a copy for my eighteen year old sister. The book provides valuable information that is valuable at any age, but even better if she can learn now. Great practical tips on debt management, saving, budgeting retirement, etc.
Great tool for personal purposes. by .. Sofi (Puerto rico)
It's just amazing. Every other theme not too well understood is explained with clarity. Website references are a plus. If you have no idea of most financial concepts, what they mean and how to understand them this is a good starter tool.
Personal Finance for Dummies by .. browneyedgirl ()
Thought the book brought things to light I knew that I was in trouble this book just made me see more clearly how to try to fix things.
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Author : Jack Kapoor
Edition : 2
Number of Pages : 528
Publisher : McGraw-Hill/Irwin
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Product Description Focus on Personal Finance is a brief, 14-chapter book, covering the critical topics in Personal Finance courses. This 4-color, paperback text is designed and written to appeal to a range of ages, life situations, and levels of financial literacy. . . A unique aspect of this text is its active approach. This text will not only get your students thinking about their current situation and financial goals, but also to put these in writing to use as a guide and revise over the course of their lives. The more a student involves themselves in the assessments, exercises and worksheets provided, the more they will discover about their current habits and how to improve them for greater financial freedom. . . Students have many different financial goals, but none are more important than having a basic understanding of financial issues and peace of mind with regard to their decisions. The ultimate goal of Focus on Personal Finance is to get students to this point as a first step to achieving the many financial goals they have set for themselves. . Customer reviews Great for the financially-challenged by .. A. Metcalf (Southern California)
This is a good book for those getting ready to move out on their own. There are chapters on checking, savings, insurances, investments, finding a home and/or apartment and many more. There is a continuous worksheet to help you in your financial planning. It is very helpful.
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Author : Arthur J. Keown
Edition : 4th
Number of Pages : 672
Publisher : Prentice Hall
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Product Description Teaching the readers how to manage their personal finances, this book concentrates on the fundamentals and underlying principles of personal finance, rather than focusing on equations and specific tools that are more easily forgotten. Building on 15 fundamental principles of personal finance, the book helps the readers develop an intuitive understanding not only of the process of financial planning, but also the logic that drives it. This book starts with the basics of financial planning and goes on to such topics as managing your money, protecting yourself, managing your investments, and handling life changes. For financial planners and analysts, or those interested in personal finance management. Customer reviews Good Textbook by .. Mark B. Long (Santa Clarita, CA)
I boutht this book as required text book for my personal finance class. The book is very informative, and is written in a way that even a beginner in the relm of finance would understand.
A Winner by .. L. Ross VanHouten (Edgewood, WA USA)
Professor Keown has written an excellent overview of the personal finance issues and topics that impact our lives. This is a thoroughly readable text covering a wide range of topics including financial planning, cash and money management, insurance, investments and tax-related subjects. The author skillfully combines theory and practical application to educate the reader in a meaningful way. Highly recommended as a resource to increase your financial literacy quotient.
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Author : Jeff Madura
Edition : 3
Number of Pages : 702
Publisher : Addison Wesley
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Product Description Personal Finance's highly interactive approach, engaging style, and lively page design captures students' attention as they learn how to incorporate each important concept into their own financial planning. Students will leave the course with a ready-to-implement financial plan--and the tools and knowledge they need to effectively manage their own personal finances. Related Search : personal finance , 3rd edition  |
Author : Sarah Young Fisher
Edition : 3
Number of Pages : 400
Release Date : 2005-05-03
Publisher : Alpha
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Product Description Start-today strategies for a better financial tomorrow. The Complete Idiot’s Guide‚ to Personal Finance in Your 20s and 30s, Third Edition, clearly explains everything members of this age group need to know to get a handle on their pocketbook and their portfolio, from planning their personal finances to enhancing their current financial plan to getting better returns on their investments. This revised and updated third edition includes completely new material on: • Internet banking • Debit and prepaid credit cards • Online car shopping • The latest in effective job hunting • Online college degrees and what they can get you • Investment strategies for the next decade • Home-based employment opportunities • New financial impact of marriage and children • Home ownership options from building your own to townhouses and condos • Online mortgage brokers • All-new websites and resources Customer reviews Lack of respect for both readers of the authors themselves.  by .. Avantel (Lostland)
This book truly stands to the series name "Idiot's guides" by being full of extremely basic advice. These authors inform the readers that there exits publics transportation services such as subways and buses as good options to save money. Actually, this advice is not for an idiot but for someone who's been isolated from the world forever. Besides, the advice is only applicable to big cities, and even in those cities there are limitations. USA is basically made for car owners.
Want to compare pros and cons of buying vs building a house? You'd need to get much advice on whom to approach, how to tell good house builders from bad ones, what to do in case of scams, builder's associations to approach, and several more facts. Yet, these authors will only tell you in a long whole page that building a house has the advantage of being made as you want it, while a used one was made according to the previous owner's tastes. They say that "hopefully" (in their own words) you'll get a good builder team. And so it's the rest of the book. "Hopefully" you'll find a good book on personal finance.
But as for this book, you won't learn almost anything about personal finance. All you'll get is a chit-chat talk that you can get from any neighbor, relative, friend, co-worker, etc. I well know that many people have serious communication problems and these simple talks are not so simple for them. If this is your case don't let these authors take advantage of you and seek a good book. The Dummie's series on personal finance is a good alternative. If you also want some charismatic and inspirational reading, my recommendation is Andrew Mathews' books.
There are many scammers out there, self-proclaimed financial advisers. This book's authors are some of them. I think the most famous of all is Suze Orman. They'll tell you ton of very interesting stories, but that's no way to learn about finances. You'd never finish hearing personal stories, yet you'd still need to learn much more. These writers normally focus too much in making their reading fun, actually using a rather juvenile language and these authors' style is particularly juvenile since they wanted to identify with rather young people; they did it too well. These kind of sloppy authors also spent too much time on encouraging readers to save. The topic on saving is quite simple and lets them fill their books. As important as saving is, it must only take a few pages in book. If you do have a problem with saving, you'd better get a full book on the topic.
The big problem with more effective books on finance is that you'll have to deal with more math and less entertaining readings, and judging from the many reviews giving 5 and 4 stars here, I realize that this is a big problem for many people who actually prefer to fool around (or areactually terribly ignorant).
The book has several annoying commentaries that I could put off with if it really were useful, but since it isn't the commentaries just add insult to injury. The authors say, for example, that only like 10% of people around 30 have reached the 5 qualities of adulthood: being financially independent, leaving off their parent's, being married, having children and a 5th one I don't remember. The world is full of people with severely unattended children. And the fact that you are wealthy and with a stable job doesn't imply that you are ready to have children either. I can even say that most middle class and rich parents spend most of their time shopping, watching TV and more personal fun than spending time with their children. And the same applies to being married if you don't work your relationships. Being realistic by being aware that marriage and children is not for you is more mature that making a conventional family, and being able to deal with the loneliness that come with that is definitively mature.
It's a shame that two people, supposedly certified in finance, couldn't make a barely comparable work that what the Dummie's writer did on personal finance.
Basic Guide a Good Start for the Young Adult by .. Bill Manhart ()
Like all "Idiot" books I have read, this one has excellent organization. Technical jargon is kept to a minimum, and the conversational writing style moves along at a good pace. The level of user-friendliness makes the information instantly accessible and useful to young people who are concerned about their financial futures. The strategies are indeed suited to the age group in the title - 20s and 30s - because the strategies outlined are quite conservative. These will have limited use for people in their 40s or 50s who have suffered a devastating financial loss (such as foreclosure and bankruptcy)and are having to start over building for retirement. This book is just what it says. It provides a wealth of simple but crucial information, all for about the price of a movie ticket, with extra large popcorn and soda. Thumbs up!
So-so book. Get Suze Orman's instead. by .. Kip (TX)
I bought this book and The Money Book for the Young, Fabulous & Broke. Skip this one and get Suze Orman's book instead. Both books are for people in their 20's or 30's, but Suze Orman's book covers much more material and many more options. The Idiot's Guide tells the same old story: budget, budget, budget, and is very light on details.
Too juvenile  by .. Valerie Filipowski (Auburn, Alabama)
I found this to be ridiculously juvenile. I skipped the first ten or so chapters because it provided absolutely no information that any person over the age of ten should know. I did however find the chapters on stock and mutual funds, etc to be very helpful. Not for someone over the age of fourteen.
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Author : E. Thomas Garman
Edition : 9th
Number of Pages : 656
Publisher : South-Western College Pub
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Product Description This market-leading text offers a student-friendly, practical introduction to managing personal finances. The structured pedagogy helps students learn how to save and invest, manage student loans, file taxes, decrease credit card debt and plan for the future. Throughout the text, students receive advice from personal finance experts, and read a variety of real-life scenarios about people facing a wide range of financial challenges. Many examples, mathematical in nature, illustrate the critical importance of achieving long-term financial goals through investing. The Ninth Edition captures student interest and focuses the reader's attention on the most important concepts. Related Search : personal finance  |
Author : Ralph R Frasca
Edition : 8
Number of Pages : 504
Publisher : Prentice Hall
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Product Description The goal of this book is two-fold. The first is to have readers appreciate the importance of planning and have a basic understanding of planning techniques. The second is to develop readers' abilities to think critically and to make effective decisions. This book covers financial planning including the time value of money, cash management, buying now and paying later, investment basics, stock and bonds, mutual funds, and protecting your income and wealth. For financial advisors/planners and any individual seeking a sound financial plan. Related Search : approach 8th , edition , personal finance  |
Author : David Gardner
Edition : Workbook
Number of Pages : 256
Release Date : 2002-12-24
Publisher : Fireside
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Product Description Pencil your way to financial security!
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What you hold in your hands is the first step to achieving all of the above. Whatever your income, lifestyle, or financial concerns may be, The Motley Fool Personal Finance Workbook will help you put more power into every dollar. Like a financial global positioning system, The Motley Fool Personal Finance Workbook will show you exactly where you stand right now and the most direct path to where you want to be. With easy-to-follow, quick-witted exercises, you'll discover all the ways that money touches your life -- from saving and spending to insurance to retirement. The Motley Fool's legendary smarts and math-made-easy will show you:
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Motley Fool Review by .. K. Zanfardino (West Coast)
I bought 3 copies of this workbook - one for each of my kids. I love that it provides the basics for them to learn budgeting, etc. and how to support themselves!
Easy to understand and useful by .. Megan Anne Jenkins (Iraq)
I got this book a few weeks ago to get a feel for personal finance (I just turned 23 and i figured it was time) and it was oen of the best book purchases I ever made! It was laid out very simply with helpful charts and graphs so the math doesn't seem so abstract. Highly recommended!
Put this Workbook to Work by .. James Lange (Pittsburgh, PA)
David and Tom Gardner have once again succeeded at making something difficult seem easy. As an estate planner, I know that many people avoid financial matters out of fear . . . fear that they're not smart enough to understand them. The Personal Finance Workbook puts valuable financial planning information at your fingertips and the forms to keep track of your finances are right in the book. If you are just starting out after college, or a Baby Boomer beginning to think about retirement, or someone retired, this workbook will be immediately useful. On a more personal level, as a dad, I am glad that a personal finance book like The Workbook exists. Young people who take early action on managing their finances and developing good savings habits will be infinitely better off in the long run.
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Great book... by .. Gadget Girl (Alexandria, VA)
I bought this book about a year after college, when I wanted to come up with a plan to get rid of some credit card debt and begin saving money. This guide is fun and interesting, yet informative. It guides you step-by-step through good personal finance habits, and allows you to prioritize what goals you have for the future. The most insightful to me was when it asks you to name the things you spend that LEAST contribute to your happiness and MOST contribute to your happiness. I.E. - it's not wasteful if the spending improves your quality of life - versus you're just spending to spend! The workbook section asks you to guess how much you spend on things each month and then actually track your spending for 6 months to help you develop a realistic budget & see how you did. It's definitely a wake-up call to people like me, who seemed to piddle their money away without realizing exactly where it's going. This exercise helps you find the answer to that question!
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Author : Vickie L. Bajtelsmit
Publisher : Wiley-Blackwell (an imprint of John Wiley & Sons Ltd)
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Product Description Whether looking to create and adhere to a budget or trying to best utilize consumer credit and loans, "Personal Finance" will help readers make smart financial decisions throughout their lives. Guiding them all the way through to retirement, this book includes numerous real-world examples to easily show them how to apply the material. They'll gain a strong understanding of critical financial concepts as they better learn how to manage their finances properly. Customer reviews Awful by .. G. Richardson ()
I purchased the item on 8-20-08 I still have NOT received it. I contacted seller and he assured me it was on its way . . . yet I am still waiting, $40 short. Im very disappointed this book was for school and weve already taken our first test. YOU WERE A WASTE OF MY TIME.
Not just for classes by .. Maryellen Tiers (New York United States)
I bought this book as a textbook for my Personal Finance class, but it's also extremely useful. I don't know how many times I loaned it to my roommate when she was trying to understand finance stuff like taxes. Its simple, but thorough, and a useful reference book. I don't plan on packing it away like the rest of my textbooks, but keeping it within easy reach.
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