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Personal Finance v3.1
By: 
Rachel S. Siegel
Published: 
July 2020
Discipline: 
Finance Textbooks
ISBN (Digital): 
978-1-4533-3481-2

Personal Finance v3.1 was written with two simple goals in mind: to help students develop a strong sense of financial literacy and to provide a wide range of pedagogical aids to keep them engaged and on track. This book is a practical introduction that covers all of the fundamentals and introduces conceptual frameworks in a way that students can grasp and use in their personal lives.

Brief Table of Contents

Chapter 1: Personal Financial Planning

Chapter 2: Basic Ideas of Finance

Chapter 3: Financial Statements

Chapter 4: Evaluating Choices: Time, Risk, and Value

Chapter 5: Financial Plans: Budgets

Chapter 6: Taxes and Tax Planning

Chapter 7: Financial Management

Chapter 8: Consumer Strategies

Chapter 9: Buying a Home

Chapter 10: Personal Risk Management: Insurance

Chapter 11: Personal Risk Management: Retirement and Estate Planning

Chapter 12: Investing

Chapter 13: Behavioral Finance and Market Behavior

Chapter 14: The Practice of Investment

Chapter 15: Owning Stocks

Chapter 16: Owning Bonds

Chapter 17: Investing in Mutual Funds, Commodities, Real Estate, and Collectibles

Chapter 18: Career Planning

Appendix A: Present Value and Future Value Tables


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