Focus on Personal Finance is a brief, 14-chapter book, covering the critical topics in
Personal Finance courses. This 4-color, paperback text is designed and written to appeal
to a range of ages, life situations, and levels of financial literacy. A unique aspect of
this text is its active approach. This text will not only get your students thinking about
their current situation and financial goals, but also to put these in writing to use as a
guide and revise over the course of their lives. The more a student involves themselves in
the assessments, exercises and worksheets provided, the more they will discover about
their current habits and how to improve them for greater financial freedom. Students have
many different financial goals, but none are more important than having a basic
understanding of financial issues and peace of mind with regard to their decisions. The
ultimate goal of Focus on Personal Finance is to get students to this point as a first
step to achieving the many financial goals they have set for themselves.
Les Dlabay
Les Dlabay teaches in the Department of Economics and Business at Lake Forest College,
Lake Forest, Illinois. Over the past 25 years, he has taught more than 30 different
courses in high school, community college, university, adult education, and teacher
preparation programs. Dr. Dlabay has developed a wide variety of textbook materials,
student activity guides, instructor manuals, testing programs, audio-visual materials, and
software packages in the areas of Personal Finance, Consumer Economics, and International
Business. Dr. Dlabay has served as a consultant to corporations, educational institutions,
and government agencies. He has presented more than 140 workshops and seminars in over 20
states to encourage teachers to actively involve students in the learning process with
video presentations, newsletters, interviews, and Internet research activities.
Jack Kapoor
Dr. Jack Kapoor is a Professor of Business and Economics in the Business and Services
Division. Dr. Kapoor has taught Business and Economics at College of DuPage since 1969. He
received his B.A. and M.S. from San Francisco State College and his Ed.D. from Northern
Illinois University. Professor Kapoor was recently awarded the Business and Services
Division's Outstanding Professor Award for 1999-2000. Dr. Kapoor is known internationally
as a co-author of several textbooks including BUSINESS: A PRACTICAL APPROACH (Rand
McNally), BUSINESS (Houghton Mifflin), and the forthcoming SMALL BUSINESS MANAGEMENT
(Richard D. Irwin/McGraw-Hill).
Table of Contents
1 Personal Financial Planning in Action
2 Money Management Skills
3 Taxes in Your Financial Plan
4 Savings and Payment Services
5 Consumer Credit: Advantages, Disadvantages, Sources, and Costs
6 Wise Buying of Motor Vehicles and Other Purchases
7 Selecting and Financing Housing
8 Home and Automobile Insurance
9 Purchasing Health and Disability Insurance
10 Financial Planning With Life Insurance
11 Investing Basics and Evaluating Bonds
12 Investing in Stocks
13 Investing in Mutual Funds
14 Retirement and Estate Planning
Paperback + CD, 512 Pages
