Focus on Personal Finance: 2024 Release ISE

1264474660 · 9781264474660
Focus on Personal Finance is a brief, 14-chapter text covering the critical topics in Personal Finance courses. Focus is designed and written to appeal to a range of ages, life situations, and financial literacy levels. The active approach of Focus e… Read More
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 1 Personal Financial Planning in Action
    APPENDIX: Time Value of Money 
 2 Money Management Skills
    APPENDIX: Developing a Career Strategy 
 3 Taxes in Your Financial Plan 
 4 Financial Services Savings Plans and Payment Accounts 
 5 Consumer Credit Advantages, Disadvantages, Sources, and Costs 
    APPENDIX: Education Financing, Loans, and Scholarships 
 6 Consumer Purchasing and Wise Buying Strategies 
    APPENDIX: Consumer Agencies and Organizations 
 7 Selecting and Financing Housing 
 8 Home and Automobile Insurance 
 9 Health and Disability Income Insurance 
 10 Financial Planning with Life Insurance 
 11 Investing Basics and Evaluating Bonds
 12 Investing in Stocks 
 13 Investing in Mutual Funds 
 14 Starting Early Retirement and Estate Planning 


Focus on Personal Finance is a brief, 14-chapter text covering the critical topics in Personal Finance courses. Focus is designed and written to appeal to a range of ages, life situations, and financial literacy levels. The active approach of Focus empowers students to successfully make and execute a plan for their financial future. The text encourages students to understand their current financial situation and goals by putting them in writing for ongoing guidance and refinement throughout their lifetimes. Each section is strategically designed around actionable items tailored to students. The depth of a student’s engagement with the assessments, exercises, and accompanying worksheets directly correlates with the extent to which they uncover insights into their existing financial habits and discern strategies for enhancing them, thereby fostering a pathway to greater financial freedom.