Managing your personal finances. /
Joan S. Ryan.
- 4th ed.
- Mason, Ohio : South-Western, 2002.
- 124 ] + xiii, 887 p. : col. ill. ; 28 cm.
Includes index.
Contents: 1. Career decisions: Choosing a career -- Planning your career -- Getting the job -- Adapting to your job -- Keeping your job -- 2. Money management: Pay, benefits and working conditions -- Federal Income Tax -- Budgets and financial records -- checking accounts and other banking services -- 3. Financial security: Saving for the future -- Investing for your future -- Investing in stocks -- Investing in bonds -- Investing in mutual funds, real estate, and other alternatives -- retirement and estate planning -- 4. Credit management: Credit in America -- Credit records and laws -- Responsibilities and costs of credit -- Problems with credit -- 5. Resource management: Personal decision making -- Renting a residence -- Buying a home -- Buying and caring for a vehicle -- Family decisions -- 6. Risk management: Introduction to risk management -- Property and liability insurance -- Health and life insurance 7. Consumer rights and responsibilities: Role of consumers in a free enterprise system -- Consumer protection -- Dispute resolution --