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10 Principles of Personal Finance Ch. 1, Financial Planning Process Ch. 2, Measuring Financial Health and Making a Plan Ch. 3, Time Value of Money Ch. 4, Tax Planning Ch. 5, Cash Management Ch. 6, Credit Cards Ch. 7, Consumer Loans Ch. 8, Home and Auto Ch. 9, Life and Health Insurance Ch.10, Property and Liability Insurance Ch.11, Investment Basics Ch.12, Securities Markets Ch.13, Investing In Stocks Ch.14, Investing in Bonds Ch.16, Retirement Planning Ch.17, Estate Planning Ch.18, Financial Life Events Heads Up Personal Finance In The News Teaching Tips UncategorizedChapter Correlations
- 10 Principles of Personal Finance
- Ch. 1, Financial Planning Process
- Ch. 2, Measuring Financial Health and Making a Plan
- Ch. 3, Time Value of Money
- Ch. 4, Tax Planning
- Ch. 5, Cash Management
- Ch. 6, Credit Cards
- Ch. 7, Consumer Loans
- Ch. 8, Home and Auto
- Ch. 9, Life and Health Insurance
- Ch.10, Property and Liability Insurance
- Ch.11, Investment Basics
- Ch.12, Securities Markets
- Ch.13, Investing In Stocks
- Ch.14, Investing in Bonds
- Ch.16, Retirement Planning
- Ch.17, Estate Planning
- Ch.18, Financial Life Events
- Heads Up
- Personal Finance In The News
- Teaching Tips
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The Impact of the Recent Downturn on the Wealth Distribution in America
The downturn in the economy that we are still trying to dig out of did not impact all Americans equally. A recent article in the Washington Post titled “As Economy Recovers, the Richest Get Richer, Study Shows” looks at a … Continue reading
Your Financial Personality – Taming Your Emotions When Investing – an Audio Discussion
When it comes to investing – your financial personality, which is a reflection of your attitude about money based on your behavioral and emotional traits, tends to get in the way of good decision making. When it comes to money, … Continue reading
Living Beyond Your Means?
There’s no question about it, it’s easier to spend than it is to save. Saving isn’t a natural event – it must be planned. Let’s face it, many people don’t save, and on top of that they spend more than … Continue reading
Understanding Why You Invest as You Do – A Look at Your Financial Personality
Use your brain, don’t act emotionally – that’s generally the advice given to individuals when they invest. Unfortunately, it’s impossible to take your financial personality and your emotions out of investment decisions. In Chapter 1 of Personal Finance, Turning Money … Continue reading
Payday Loans and Why to Avoid Them
As you learned in Chapter 7 of Personal Finance, Turning Money into Wealth, you should be wary of “payday loans.” Recently, banks have moved into this market with “bank deposit advance loans” which look an awful like payday loans – … Continue reading
Mortgage Lengths – the Surprising Popularity of the 15-Year Mortgage
For most people, their home mortgage amounts to the most money they will ever borrow. In Chapter 8 of Personal Finance, Turning Money into Wealth we look at “the mortgage decision” and lay out the steps you need to take … Continue reading
Personal Finance In the News: Affordable Care Act Upheld
Chapter 9 of the 6th edition of Personal Finance, Turning Money into Wealth, discussed the fact that more than two dozen states had joined in a lawsuit stating that the healthcare law was unconstitutional. On June 28, 2012 the Supreme … Continue reading
Class Discussion and Assignment: What We Spend Our Money On
Teaching Tip: The Planet Money article, “What America Buys” is fascinating, and the side-by-side graph showing the spending differences between 1949 and 2012 are extremely interesting. If you can project these onto the board in class, it’s a great place … Continue reading
Class Discussion: The Downside of Student Loans
Teaching tip: There is a very good, short, three and a half minute video with the author of the article that can be played in class to begin a healthy class discussion. It works well in particular is you have … Continue reading
