Synopses & Reviews
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, 7/e 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.
Table of Contents
Part I Planning Your Personal Finances
Ch. 1 Personal Financial Planning: An Introduction
Appendix: Financial Planners and Other Financial Planning Information Sources
Ch. 2 Financial Aspects of Career Planning
Appendix: Resumes, Cover Letters, and Interviews
Ch. 3 Money Management Strategy: Statements and Budgeting
Ch. 4 Planning Your Tax Strategy
Part II Managing Your Personal Finances
Ch. 5 Financial Services: Savings Plans and Payment Accounts
Appendix: Using a Checking Account
Ch. 6 Introduction to Consumer Credit
Ch. 7 Choosing a Source of Credit: The Cost of Credit Alternatives
Appendix: Other Methods of Determining the Cost of Credit
Part III Making Your Purchasing Decisions
Ch. 8 Consumer Purchasing Strategies and Legal Protection
Appendix: Buying and Operating a Motor Vehicle
Ch. 9 The Housing Decision
Part IV Insuring Your Resources
Ch. 10 Home and Automobile Insurance
Ch. 11 Health and Disability Insurance
Ch. 12 Life Insurance
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