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, 8/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 ONE
1 Personal Finance Basics and Time Value of Money Appendix: Time Value of Money
2 Financial Aspects of Career Planning Appendix: Resumes, Cover Letters, and Interviews
3 Money Management Strategy: Financial Statements and Budgeting
4 Planning Your Tax Strategy
PART TWO
5 Financial Services: Savings Plans and Payment Accounts
6 Introduction to Consumer Credit
7 Choosing a Source of Credit: The Costs of Credit Alternatives
PART THREE
8 Consumer Purchasing Strategies and Legal Protection
9 The Housing Decision: Factors and Finances
PART FOUR
10 Property and Motor Vehicle Insurance
11 Health, Disability, and Long-Term Care Insurance
12 Life Insurance
PART FIVE
13 Investing Fundamentals
14 Investing in Stocks
15 Investing in Bonds
16 Investing in Mutual Funds
17 Investing in Real Estate and Other Investment Alternatives
PART SIX
18 Starting Early: Retirement Planning
19 Estate Planning
APPENDIX
A Financial Planners and Financial Planning Information Sources
B Consumer Agencies and Organizations
ENDNOTES
INDEX
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