Personal Finance

1 Planning Your Personal Finances
1. Personal Finance Basics and the Time Value of Money
Appendix: The Time Value of Money
2. Financial Aspects of Career Planning
Appendix: Résumés, Cover Letters, and Interviews
3. Money Management Strategy: Financial Statements and Budgeting
4. Planning Your Tax Strategy
2 Managing Your Personal Finances
5. Financial Services: Savings Plans and Payment Accounts
6. Introduction to Consumer Credit
7. Choosing a Source of Credit: The Costs of Credit Alternatives
3 Making Your Purchasing Decisions
8. Consumer Purchasing Strategies and Legal Protection
9. The Housing Decision: Factors and Finances
4 Insuring Your Resources
10. Property and Motor Vehicle Insurance
11. Health, Disability, and Long-Term Care Insurance
12. Life Insurance
5 Investing Your Financial Resources
13. Investing Fundamentals
14. Investing in Stocks
15. Investing in Bonds
16. Investing in Mutual Funds
17. Investing in Real Estate and Other Investment Alternatives
6 Controlling Your Financial Future
18. Starting Early: Retirement Planning
19. Estate Planning

The journey to financial freedom starts here! Kapoor/Dlabay/Hughes/Hart's market-leading Personal Finance provides practical guidance on how students can achieve peace of mind with regard to their financial situation. It provides many financial planning tools to help students identify and evaluate choices as well as understand the consequences of decisions in terms of opportunity costs.   And now, McGraw-Hill Connect empowers students by continually adapting to deliver precisely what they need, when they need it, and how they need it, so your class time is more engaging and effective.