The main feature of Personal Finance is its hands-on approach keyed to the concepts students need to build their own financial plans. The text's six parts are all pieces of a financial plan; Chapter 22 is the capstone. A running example throughout the book and a variety of end-of-chapter cases reinforce the practical aspects of planning. ....read more

....read more

....read more

The Personal Finance Workbook contains tear-out worksheets to encourage step-by-step analysis of the decisions examined in the text. Used to assign homework assignments or as a student study guide, every worksheet is also available electronically on the book website and in MyFinanceLab. Along with a section on how to use a financial calculator, the workbook also includes: * Your Financial Plan: Guides the student, through a series of exercises that utilize the worksheets, to generate a very basic financial plan to explore where they are today, where they will want to be, and what they need to do to get there. ....read more

....read more

Features forex market guidelines and sample trading plans

The fun and easy way to get started in currency trading

Want to capitalize on the growing forex market? This nuts-and-bolts guide gives you a step-by-step action plan for understanding and trading the forex market. It offers practical guidance and savvy tips in everything from comprehending currency quotes to using leverage, trading with fundamentals, and navigating technical analysis.

• Identify trading opportunities
• Understand what drives the market
• Choose a trading broker
• Execute a successful trade
• Minimize risk and maximize profit
• Analyze currency charts

....read more

....read more

Why should young people even think about saving for retirement? Why not run credit card debt up to the max if the bank is willing to lend it? Answers to these questions and others can be found in this basic guide to the fundamentals of personal finance written specifically for young adults. A wide range of financial matters on how to manage your money are discussed in a progressive fashion from the very basics of opening a bank account to budgeting, paying for college, financing a car, and tax-deferred retirement accounts so that readers with varying levels of knowledge are provided with all the information they need to stay out of debt and to plan for their futures.

Touching on a wide range of financial matters, from the use of credit cards to planning for college and retirement, the volume logically walks readers through the process of handling their personal finances. Examples throughout the book as well as advice from financial and family counselors clarify specific points for students to help them learn how to save and budget, how to avoid the pressures of consumerism and escalating debt and how to manage all aspects of their money wisely. Sample lesson plans, an extensive glossary, resource lists and further reading lists provide students who wish to study specific concepts in greater detail with all the tools they need to do so.

....read more

....read more