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A Blueprint for Securing Your Financial Future
Personal Finance: Turning Money into Wealth empowers students to successfully make and carry out a plan for their financial future. By introducing the ten fundamental principles of personal finance in a way that leaves a lasting impression, this text offers students lifelong tools that will help them effectively cope with an ever-changing financial environment. The Seventh Edition has beenupdated to reflect recent changes in the world of personal finance, including new tax laws, the recent economic downturn, weakness in the labor markets, the introduction of the Affordable Care Act, the explosion of student loans, and the rise of credit card debt.
Personalizing learning with MyFinanceLab®
MyFinanceLab is an online homework, tutorial, and assessment program that truly engages students in learning. It helps students better prepare for class, quizzes, and exams — resulting in better performance in the course — and provides educators a dynamic set of tools for gauging individual and class progress. And, MyFinanceLab comes from Pearson, your partner in providing the best digital learning experiences.
This fully integrated online homework tool gives students the hands-on practice and tutorial assistance they need to learn finance skills efficiently. Ample opportunities for online practice and assessment in MyFinanceLab are seamlessly integrated into the content of each chapter and organized by section within the chapter summaries. All end-of-chapter Review Questions and Financial Planning Problems are available in MyFinanceLab.
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Through the presentation of the Ten Fundamental Principles of Personal Finance, this text empowers students with the knowledge they need to successfully make and carry out a plan for their own financial future.
0133973425 / 9780133973426 Personal Finance: Turning Money into Wealth Plus MyFinanceLab with Pearson eText -- Access Card Package
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0133856437 / 9780133856439 Personal Finance: Turning Money into Wealth
0133877728 / 9780133877724 MyFinanceLab with Pearson eText -- Access Card --for Personal Finance: Turning Money into Wealth
About the Author
Arthur J. Keown is the R. B. Pamplin Professor of Finance at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University. He received his bachelor’s degree from Ohio Wesleyan University, his MBA from the University of Michigan, and his doctorate from Indiana University. An award-winning teacher, he is a member of the Academy of Teaching Excellence at Virginia Tech, he has received five Certificates of Teaching Excellence, the W. E. Wine Award for Teaching Excellence, and the Alumni Teaching Excellence Award, and in 1999 he received the Outstanding Faculty Award from the State of Virginia. Professor Keown is widely published in academic journals. His work has appeared in Journal of Finance, Journal of Financial Economics, Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis, Journal of Financial Research, Journal of Banking and Finance, Financial Management, Journal of Portfolio Management, and many others. Two of his books are widely used in college finance classes all over the country — Financial Management and Foundations of Finance: The Logic and Practice of Financial Management. Professor Keown is a Fellow of Decision Sciences Institute and served as Department Head for twelve years. In addition, he has served as the co-editor of both the Journal of Financial Research and the Financial Management Association’s Survey and Synthesis Series. He was recently inducted into Ohio Wesleyan’s Athletic Hall of Fame for wrestling. His daughter and son are both married and live in Madison, Wisconsin, and Denver, Colorado, while he and his wife live in Blacksburg, Virginia, where he collects original art from Mad magazine.