J. D. Roth

Your Money: The Missing Manual (eBook, ePUB)

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

Keeping your financial house in order is more important than ever. But how do you deal with expenses, debt, taxes, and retirement without getting overwhelmed? This book points the way. It's filled with the kind of practical guidance and sound insights that makes J.D. Roth's GetRichSlowly.org a critically acclaimed source of personal-finance advice.You won't find any get-rich-quick schemes here, just sensible advice for getting the most from your money. Even if you have perfect credit and no debt, you'll learn ways to make your rosy financial situation even better.Get the info you need to make sensible decisions on saving, spending, and investingLearn the best ways to set and achieve financial goalsSet up a realistic budget framework and learn how to track expensesDiscover proven methods to help you eliminate debtUnderstand how to use credit wiselyWin big by making smart decisions on your home and other big-ticket itemsLearn how to get the most from your investments by avoiding rash decisionsDecide how -- and how much -- to save for retirement

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: O'Reilly Media
• Seitenzahl: 338
• Erscheinungstermin: 4. März 2010
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781449388881
• Artikelnr.: 53003629

Autorenporträt

J.D. Roth is an accidental personal-finance expert--a regular guy who found himself deep in debt. After deciding to turn his life around, he read everything he could about money and finance. In 2006, he started the award-winning website Get Rich Slowly, which Money Magazine named the Web's most inspiring personal-finance blog. Over the past four years, Get Rich Slowly has grown into an active community where thousands of readers a month share ideas on how to improve their financial lives. J.D. lives with his wife and four cats in a hundred-year-old house in Portland, Oregon.

Inhaltsangabe

The Missing Credits
About the Author
About the Creative Team
Acknowledgements
Introduction
About This Book
Part I: Blueprint for Financial Prosperity
Chapter 1: It's More Important to Be Happy Than to Be Rich
1.1 How Money Affects Happiness
1.2 It's Not About the Money
Chapter 2: The Road to Wealth Is Paved with Goals
2.1 The Road to Success
2.2 Tools and Resources to Help You Achieve Your Goals
2.3 Coping with Mistakes and Setbacks
Chapter 3: "Budget" Is Not a Four-Letter Word
3.1 Mapping Your Financial Future
3.2 Building a Budget That Works
3.3 Sticking to a Budget
3.4 Automating Your Budget
3.5 Why Budgets Fail
Chapter 4: Defeating Debt
4.1 The Power of Positive Cash Flow
4.2 The Basics of Debt Reduction
4.3 Curbing Compulsive Spending
4.4 Start Now
Part II: Laying the Foundation
Chapter 5: The Magic of Thinking Small
5.1 Why Frugality Matters
5.2 Frugal Tactics Anyone Can Use
5.3 The Tyranny of Stuff
5.4 Leading a Rich Life on a Budget
Chapter 6: How to Make More Money
6.1 Working for Others
6.2 Working for Yourself
6.3 Other Ways to Make Money
6.4 A Pep Talk
Chapter 7: Banking for Fun and Profit
7.1 Choosing a Bank
7.2 Finding Accounts That Meet Your Needs
7.3 Making the Most of Your Accounts
Chapter 8: Using Credit Wisely
8.1 Credit Cards
8.2 Your Credit Report
8.3 Your Credit Score
8.4 Final Thoughts on Credit
Chapter 9: Sweating the Big Stuff
9.1 Counting the Dollars
9.2 Buying a Car
9.3 Finding Deals on Vacation and Travel
9.4 Cash Is King
Chapter 10: House and Home
10.1 The Eternal Question: Rent or Buy?
10.2 Buying a Home
10.3 Owning a Home
Chapter 11: Death and Taxes
11.1 An Introduction to Insurance
11.2 What You Need to Know About Taxes
11.3 A Brief Overview of Estate Planning
Part III: Building a Rich Life
Chapter 12: An Intro to Personal Investing
12.1 Why Invest?
12.2 The Tools of Investing
12.3 Being on Your Best Behavior
12.4 Common-Sense Investing
Chapter 13: Retirement: The Final Frontier
13.1 What Will Retirement Look Like?
13.2 Figuring Out How Much to Save
13.3 Why You Should Start Saving Today
13.4 A Brief Guide to Retirement Accounts
13.5 Early Retirement and Other Dreams
13.6 The Final Frontier
Chapter 14: Friends and Family
14.1 Financial Blueprints
14.2 Friends with Money
14.3 Love and Money
14.4 Church, Charity, and Community
14.5 True Wealth