Personal Finance Experience, 1st edition

Published by Pearson (July 10, 2018) © 2019

  • Bill Pratt Piedmont Virginia Community College
  • Mark Weitzel East Carolina University
  • Len Rhodes East Carolina University
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Title overview

Personal Finance Experience provides you with a roadmap to understand real-world financial decision making that you'll use throughout your life.

The 1st Edition combines a mix of narrative with integrated media and assessment opportunities to help bring important concepts to life. With dynamic end-of-chapter simulations, you're able to experience first-hand how one financial decision affects the next. With focused content and the use of experiential learning, you'll be empowered to take control of your learning and financial future.

Table of contents

PART 1: PLANNING YOUR FINANCES

1. Financial Planning and Budgeting

2. The Financial Impact of Career Planning

3. Time Value of Money

 

PART 2: MANAGING YOUR MONEY

4. Financial Services and Banking

5. How Credit Works

6. Managing Debt

 

PART 3: SPENDING YOUR MONEY WISELY

7. Consumer Spending and Protection

8. Automobiles

9. Housing

 

PART 4: RETIREMENT AND INVESTMENTS

10. Retirement and Investment Fundamentals

11. Investment Strategies, Stocks, and Bonds

12. Mutual Funds, ETFs, Real Estate, and Alternative Investments

 

PART 5: TAX AND ESTATE PLANNING

13. Taxes

14. Insurance and Risk Management

15. Estate Planning

 

 

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