Personal Finance: Skills for Life [Hardcover]

Vickie L. Bajtelsmit (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: January 14, 2005 | ISBN-10: 0471471518 | ISBN-13: 978-0471471516 | Edition: 1

With a strong emphasis on lifelong financial planning, Vickie Bajtelsmit's new text equips readers with the skills they need to plan their future and make smart financial decisions throughout their lives. It offers a wealth of analytical tools, active learning features, and decision-making exercises. Real-world examples, personal assessments, and an integrated personal financial plan are presented throughout to make the material even more relevant.

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Cultivate lifelong financial success!

Planning a successful financial future requires careful cultivation through every season of your life. Whether you are taking out a loan for education, purchasing a car, or making your first investment, success depends on good choices and proper planning. That’s why Vickie Bajtelsmit’s Personal Finance: Skills for Life equips you with the knowledge, tools, and skills you need to plan for your financial future and make smart financial decisions throughout your life.

With this text, you can:

• Develop lifelong financial skills and complete your own comprehensive financial plan as you work through the Developing Your Skills sections in the book.
• Assess your personal approach to money and financial decision-making in Learning About Yourself features.
• Learn effective decision-making strategies.
• Apply what you’ve learned to realistic financial situations, engaging cases, and Learning by Doing problems.
• Uncover common personal finance myths and misconceptions.
• Review the latest research results in behavioral psychology as they apply to personal finance.
• Find out how to use the Internet in financial planning.
• Improve your math skills with Go Figure! worked-out examples.

Plan your future with the Personal Financial Planner

This book is packaged with a free Personal Financial Planner––a collection of 55 ready-to-use worksheets that will help you make decisions and plan for future financial success. These tools include worksheets for assessing your spending habits, calculating an affordable home price, weighing your options in purchasing a car, performing a health insurance needs analysis, planning for retirement, and much more.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 656 pages
• Publisher: Wiley; 1 edition (January 14, 2005)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0471471518
• ISBN-13: 978-0471471516
• Product Dimensions: 10.9 x 8.7 x 1.1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 3.6 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (10 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #135,318 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Not just for classes, August 10, 2007

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Maryellen Tiers (New York United States) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Personal Finance: Skills for Life (Hardcover)

I bought this book as a textbook for my Personal Finance class, but it's also extremely useful. I don't know how many times I loaned it to my roommate when she was trying to understand finance stuff like taxes. Its simple, but thorough, and a useful reference book. I don't plan on packing it away like the rest of my textbooks, but keeping it within easy reach.

5.0 out of 5 stars Great Condition, June 26, 2011

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hwassell - See all my reviews

This review is from: Wiley Pathways Personal Finance (Paperback)

When I recieved this book I was expecting damage and warned pages. The book was in great shape. Almost brand new.

5.0 out of 5 stars Personal Finance?... More Like Personal Awsome, November 15, 2010

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cmez - See all my reviews

This review is from: Wiley Pathways Personal Finance (Paperback)

This book, although used for a class, is highly informative and I recommend it to anyone with an interest in leaning how to do any kind of financing. The book is a helpful tool for any student.