Personal Finance For Dummies

The fast and easy way to achieve your financial goals

Renowned personal finance expert Eric Tyson combines his time-tested financial advice with updated strategies to give you everything you need to protect your financial future. You'll get concrete, action-oriented guidance for tracking expenditures, reducing spending, getting out of debt, investing wisely, saving for college and other events, and financially surviving life's unexpected twists and turns.

• Assess your fitness and set goals — improve your financial literacy, measure your financial health, find out where your money goes, and set your monetary goals

• Save more, spend less — get practical advice on how to deal with debt, reduce your spending, and tame those daunting taxes

• Build wealth with wise investing — discover how you can boost your personal wealth with real estate, mutual funds, and more

• Protect what you've got — find out how to get insurance coverage for all of your assets at the best price

• Where to go for more help — get helpful guidance on working with financial planners, using your computer to manage your money, and seeking (and avoiding) financial media outlets

"Provides tremendous insight and guidance into the world of investing and other money issues."
—PBS Nightly Business Report

"Smart advice . . . rewards your candor with advice and comfort."
—Newsweek

Open the book and find:

• The best ways to reduce, minimize, and eliminate debt

• Smart ways to use credit and qualify for the best loan terms

• Advice, reviews, and dangers of "free" online personal finance content

• New and pending changes to tax laws

• Tips for buying the right insurance

• Strategies for investing in your home and other real estate

• How to make sense of the news and various financial resources

Learn to:

• Evaluate and manage your financial fitness

• Save more and spend less

• Assess your credit report and improve your score

• Make smart investments in any economic environment