A Practical Guide To Personal Finance

MAKE YOUR MONEY WORK FOR YOU by matching your spending and investments to your values CONTROL YOUR SPENDING BEHAVIOUR by gathering and tracking financial information efficiently SIMPLIFY YOUR FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT by learning to use the right tools effectively REALIZE YOUR SAVINGS GOALS by understanding what you want to and can achieve Introducing Personal Finance, by economics expert Michael Taillard, teaches you everything you need to know about managing your financial life. It’s crammed full of practical advice on how to save, earn and get the most out of your money.

There is increasing pressure for all of us to take responsibility for our own financial security and wellbeing, but we often overlook how the benefits that come with a job can help us do that. Essential Personal Finance: A Practical Guide for Employees focuses on these valuable work benefits and shows how you can build on this important foundation to achieve financial security and your life goals. This unique book explores how making effective and practical use of these work benefits (such as pension scheme, life cover, sick pay, cheap loans, savings schemes and even financial coaching), means facing up to the behavioural biases we are all plagued with. Given that these can get in the way of even the best intentions, Essential Personal Finance tackles these biases head-on with practical ideas and tips for overcoming or harnessing them for good, and will help you to develop a positive and fruitful relationship with your money. With financial stress being a major cause of absenteeism and sick leave, low morale and lost productivity, the advice in this book also offers employers enormous benefits. By empowering employees through financial education and financial awareness, progressive employers will help them feel more in control of their lives, and experience less stress, resulting in higher morale and productivity. Offering a distinctive approach which combines academic insight with practical financial wisdom and tools, this is a must-have book for all employees. It will help you make the most of everything your job has to offer so you can worry less about money and live life to the full.

Young people face unprecedented financial challenges: rising student debt, stiff competition for jobs, barriers to home ownership, dwindling state benefits and prospects of a longer working life. Today, students need financial knowledge and skills more than ever before, not just to build their own financial security, but to create the new generation of advisers that can help all citizens navigate the complex world of personal finance. Essential Personal Finance is a guide to all the key areas of personal finance: budgeting, managing debt, savings and investments, insurance, securing a home and laying the foundations for retirement. It also provides an introduction to some of the essential foundations of a modern undergraduate finance qualification, including: The nature of financial institutions, markets and economic policy that shape the opportunities and decisions that individuals face. The range of financial assets available to households, the risk-return trade-off, basics of portfolio construction and impact of tax. The importance of the efficient market hypothesis and modern portfolio theory in shaping investment strategies and the limitations of these approaches. Behavioural finance as a key to understanding factors influencing individual and market perceptions and actions. Using financial data to inform investment selection and to create financial management tools that can aid decision-making. A comprehensive companion website accompanies the text to enhance students' learning and includes answers to the end-of-chapter questions. Written by authors who contribute experience as financial advisers, practitioners and academics, Essential Personal Finance examines the motivations, methods and theories that underpin financial decision-making, as well as offering useful tips and guidance on money management and financial planning. The result is a compelling combination of an undergraduate textbook aimed at students on personal finance and financial services courses, and a practical guide for young people in building their own financial strength and capability.

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Very few people acquire wealth instantly; the rest of us have to make good decisions with our money. This book is for people who want to: Learn the basics of compensation, taxes, budgeting, banking, and credit Recognize the importance of starting financial planning early Protect and grow their wealth Identify financial scams A recent study from the Economic Policy Institute found the median retirement savings for people between 32 and 37 years old is less than $500. Don't wait to start saving, and don't waste money on "get-rich-quick" schemes. The safest, most proven way to accumulate wealth is through disciplined saving and long-term investing, and Basic Personal Finance shows you how. The authors combine practical advice, serious academic research, and 23 years of classroom experience to help young adults follow a successful path to financial wellbeing. A must read for every high school and college student! "This book is full of financial lessons that every adult wishes they'd known coming out of high school. A must read for anyone under 30." -Peter Stark, author, The Only Negotiating Guide You'll Ever Need

Are you ready to start investing? What exactly is insurance? How is credit card interest calculated? Personal finance is often seen as confusing and has a language all of its own. In Managing Your Money, Tony Boczko demystifies this subject by providing a practical guide for financial management skills and personal financial planning. A whole range of personal finance topics are discussed in detail, including savings and investments, borrowing, personal taxation, pensions, insurance and debt. Students are not expected to master intricate calculations, but are given a solid framework within which to understand the issues. Managing Your Money also provides: - A wide range of scenarios, case studies and examples providing a practical, real-world context; - Features such as learning objectives, activities, self-review questions, further reading, and key points; and - An emphasis on both life skills and academic skills. This easy-to-read book provides simple and practical information for making sound financial decisions. It is specifically intended to guide students through a module in personal finance, but contains valuable advice that would be useful in later life. A companion website for this book is available, which contains the following: For students - A selection of end-of-chapter multiple choice questions - Additional end-of-chapter self-review questions - Links to useful websites. For lecturers: - PowerPoint presentation slides for each chapter - Summary answers to all end-of-chapter self-reviews, case study discussions, and additional end-of-chapter self-review question.

Practical Guide To Personal Financial Awareness - What Every High School Graduate Should Know About Money. This book is an easy-to-understand guide for managing your money, credit, and finances that provides a holistic approach to personal money matters. It is a financial literacy book containing 18 chapters and over 30 exercises that covers a wide range of personal financial subjects. Topics include income, expenses, cash flow, net worth, credit, budgets, home and vehicle buying, as well as college/student loans, investing, taxes, retirement, and financial scams. Most of the chapters include at least one hands-on and one web research exercise, as well as guided examples. The book has over 50 interesting and pertinent quotes, most of which are financial, from notable persons. It can be considered an "Encyclopedic Workbook" with definitions and examples of hundreds of financial terms and concepts in plain English. It is divided into short chapters which focus on common real-world money matters and practical application tips. The chapters in this book flow logically and can be used as part of a lesson plan for a basic course in Personal Finance concepts or an introductory course to basic Microsoft Excel and spreadsheet concepts. Registered book owners can download a template of the Personal Financial Spreadsheet (PFS) to assist in building their own PFS as guided by book exercises.