Recession-Proof Your Financial Life

by Nancy Dunnan

Overview

A Financial Survival Guide for an Economy in Free Fall

Bestselling personal-finance author Nancy Dunnan offers back-to-basicsadvice to ease the financial squeeze of our troubled economy.

With more than 150 tips and resources to help you survive the recession andcome out on top, Recession-Proof Your Financial Life provides key backgroundinformation plus the critical questions you need to answer in order to:

• Get out of debt
• Protect your money
• Create a budget
• Increase savings
• Get loans
• Save for college
• Avoid foreclosure
• Handle a layoff
• Find work

An economy in recession can be scary, but ignoring the reality of it is downrightdangerous—to both your finances and your future. Let Nancy Dunnan see youthrough the worst of the recession, so you and your family can live well todayand prepare for a better tomorrow.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780071634601
Publisher:	McGraw Hill LLC
Publication date:	04/29/2009
Pages:	240
Product dimensions:	5.40(w) x 8.30(h) x 0.70(d)

About the Author

Nancy Dunnan is the author or coauthor of more than 30 books. Amongher bestselling titles are How to Invest $50-$5,000, Never Call Your Broker onMonday, and Dun & Bradstreet’s Guide to Your Investments.

Table of Contents

1. Finding Your Money
2. Protecting Your Money: Safe Harbors
3. Buttoning Down: The Frugal Budget
4. Tapping Into Your Assets
5. Ramping Up Your Saving
6. Fighting Foreclosure & Higher Property Taxes
7. Surviving Credit Card Crunch
8. Managing Your Brokerage & 401(k) Accounts
9. Saving for and Paying for College
10. Helping Those of a Certain Age
11. Anticipating the Pink Slip
12. Surviving the Pink Slip
13. Getting Work When There is No Work
14. Having Fun: It’s Chic to be Cheap