Personal Finance For Dummies, 8th Edition

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

Understand personal finance and put your money to work!

Is your money working to increase your wealth? Renowned personal finance expert Eric Tyson combines his time-tested financial advice with updated strategies to help you protect your financial future. You'll get action-oriented guidance for getting out of debt, investing wisely, surviving unexpected financial twists and turns, and more.

• Assess your finances — measure your financial health, manage where your money goes, and establish and achieve financial goals
• Tighten those purse strings — discover proven strategies for dealing with debt, reducing your spending, and trimming your taxes
• Invest for the future — understand your options and start investing in retirement accounts, funds, taxable accounts, and more
• Safeguard your assets — get the best insurance coverage at the best price—including life, disability, and health
• Don't go it alone — get help using technology to manage your money, culling information from financial media outlets, and working with financial planners

Open the book and find:

• Tax laws that affect personal finance and investing decisions
• Advice on saving for educational expenses and navigating the financial aid system
• Tips for designing your own investment plan, complete with example portfolios
• Pointers for investing in your home and other real estate
• An explanation of government-mandated health insurance
• An inventory of additional personal finance resources