Managing Your Money All-in-One For Dummies

ISBN-13: 9781119883357 / Angielski / Miękka / 2022 / 720 str.

The Experts at Dummies

Spis treści

Introduction 1Book 1: Taking Charge of Your Finances 5Chapter 1: Assessing Where You Are Financially 7Chapter 2: Improving Your Relationship with Money 25Chapter 3: Building and Sticking to a Budget 43Chapter 4: Cutting Spending and Boosting Income 59Chapter 5: Cleaning Up Your Credit Reports 77Book 2: Managing Home and Personal Finances 97Chapter 1: Running a Money-Smart Household 99Chapter 2: Selecting the Best Home Purchase Loan 121Chapter 3: Handling a Mortgage Meltdown 139Chapter 4: Keeping a Lid on Medical Costs 155Chapter 5: Using the Internet to Help Manage Your Finances 179Book 3: Dealing with Debt 189Chapter 1: Tackling What You Owe 191Chapter 2: Starting or Restarting Your Credit in Real Life 203Chapter 3: Consolidating Your Debts 225Chapter 4: Negotiating with Creditors and Getting Help 237Chapter 5: Considering Bankruptcy 257Book 4: Saving and Investing 275Chapter 1: Becoming a Saver 277Chapter 2: Investing in Stocks, Bonds, and Mutual Funds 291Chapter 3: Saving for Retirement 309Chapter 4: Saving for College 327Chapter 5: Working with an Online Broker 339Book 5: Protecting Your Money and Assets 357Chapter 1: Combating Identity Theft 359Chapter 2: Online Banking 383Chapter 3: Homeowner's Insurance: Protecting Your Stuff 393Chapter 4: Auto Insurance Basics 413Chapter 5: Insuring Yourself: Life Insurance 431Book 6: Dealing with the Tax Man 459Chapter 1: Tax Return Preparation Options and Tools 461Chapter 2: Getting and Staying Organized 475Chapter 3: No Form Fits All (Or, What Kind of Taxpayer Are You?) 491Book 7: Retiring Comfortably 517Chapter 1: Checking the Benefits of a 401(k) 519Chapter 2: Retiring Your Way: IRAs 535Chapter 3: Paychecks from Your House: Reverse Mortgages 545Chapter 4: Determining How Much You Need for Retirement 559Chapter 5: Managing Money in Retirement 573Book 8: Planning Your Estate and Will 597Chapter 1: The Fundamentals of Estate Planning 599Chapter 2: Where There's a Will 619Chapter 3: The Limitations of Wills: What You Can and Can't Do 635Chapter 4: Estate Planning with Online Resources 649Index 663

O autorze

Ted Benna and Brenda Watson Newmann are coauthors of 401(k)s & IRAs For Dummies. John Ventura was the coauthor of Managing Debt For Dummies with Mary Reed. Eric Tyson is coauthor with Robert S. Griswold on Mortgage Management For Dummies. Jack Hungelmann is author of Insurance For Dummies. Melyssa Barrett, Steve Bucci, Rod Griffin are coauthors of Credit Repair Kit For Dummies. Other authors include Matt Krantz, Deborah Taylor-Hough, James P. Caher, John M. Caher, Kathleen Sindell, Margaret Atkins Munro, N. Brian Caverly, and Jordan S. Simon.