Key Features

• Over 270 embedded hyperlinks to streaming videos and webpages to enrich online courses, engage students, and reinforce or augment many of the presented topics
• Divided into five sections that reflect the typical cycle of personal financial decisions
• Learning Basic Skills, Knowledge, and Context (Chapters 1–6)
• Getting What You Want (Chapters 7–9)
• Protecting What You’ve Got (Chapters 10 & 11)
• Building Wealth (Chapters 12–17)
• Getting Started (Chapter 18)
• Comprehensive explanation of math steps and calculations (Chapter 4 “Evaluating Choices: Time, Risk, and Value”)
• Supportive learning features in every chapter include:
• “Learning Objectives” at the beginning of each main section preview the material to come and prepare students to learn
• “Key Terms” help students understand and become comfortable with important vocabulary and phrasing
• “Do the Math” reinforces pertinent math skills and provides additional opportunities for students to practice math, calculator, and spreadsheet skills using quantitative models and applications
• “Key Takeaways” at the end of each main section reflect the corresponding Learning Objectives and summarize key ideas in bullet-point fashion. Key Takeaways enable the learner to pause and consolidate the information just read or experienced into a ‘chunk.’ This process enables the reader to better understand and retain the section’s content and its key concepts
• “Exercises” at the end of each main section often ask students to verify data or look up data relevant to their situation, providing personalized, practical, and active learning. Solutions to objective questions are provided in the instructor’s manual
• Customizable