Smart Guide to Managing Personal Finance / Edition 1

by Alfred Glossbrenner, Emily Glossbrenner

Overview

Smart Tips on setting up a realistic budget that works for yourindividual circumstances

Smart Ways to stick to your budget, establish savings, investwisely, and develop good credit

Smart Advice on overcoming previous credit problems, choosing theright bank, and finding a trustworthy broker or accountant
* Smart Advice on the most effective ways to take control, planahead, and stop living paycheck to paycheck
* Smart Tips for getting the best rates on credit cards, buying orleasing a car, and purchasing a home
* Smart Insights on maximizing your health and life insurancebenefits, reducing your taxes, and ensuring that your estate goesto your heirs rather than to the government
* Quick reading and easy referencing with a comprehensive index andloads of sidebars and tables

Alfred and Emily Glossbrenner have written more than fifty bookstogether, including Online Resources for Business and Making MoreMoney on the Internet. They live in Bucks County, Pennsylvania.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780471296041
Publisher:	Wiley
Publication date:	10/06/1998
Series:	The Smart Guides Series , #5
Pages:	192
Product dimensions:	7.44(w) x 9.25(h) x 0.52(d)

About the Author

Hailed as "The Great Communicator" by the New York Times, Alfred Glossbrenner is a freelance writer and author of some forty books on personal computers and other topics.

Emily Glossbrenner has written numerous books and has just completed Search Engines for the World Wide Web. The authors live in Bucks County, Pennsylvania.

Table of Contents

Taking Control of Your Personal Finances.

Shopping for a Bank.

Credit Cards and Credit Reports.

Buying or Leasing a Car.

Putting a Roof Over Your Head.

Homeowner's Insurance.

Health, Life, and Disability Insurance.

How to Think About Investing.

Saving for College and Retirement.

Taxes: How to Cope.

Wills, Trusts, and Estate Planning.

Index.