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| Foreword | p. xi |
| Special Introduction: Internet tools for money management | p. xiii |
| Banking | |
| Checking Accounts | p. 3 |
| Checking Accounts: The Workhorses of Personal Finance | |
| Kinds of Checking Accounts | |
| Choosing an Account | |
| Close-up: Special Situations in Checking | |
| Close-up: What's in the Fine Print? | |
| Savings Accounts | p. 19 |
| How Much Liquidity Do You Need? | |
| Passbook and Statement Savings Accounts | |
| Money Market Accounts | |
| Certificates of Deposit | |
| Are Bank Investments the Best for You? | |
| Close-up: Legal Protection for Depositors | |
| Loans | p. 30 |
| Borrowing: Some Pros and Cons | |
| Mortgages | |
| Automobile Loans | |
| Personal Loans | |
| Home Equity Loans | |
| Close-up: How to Shop for a Loan | |
| Close-up: Refinancing Your Mortgage | |
| Charge Cards | p. 50 |
| Types of Cards | |
| Your Personal Charge-Card Portfolio | |
| Convenience and Its Costs | |
| Shopping for Charge Cards | |
| Loss and Fraudulent Use | |
| Close-up: Legal Protection for Cardholders | |
| Banking Alternatives | p. 62 |
| New Competition for Banks | |
| Credit Unions | |
| Money Market Mutual Funds | |
| Asset Management Accounts | |
| Loan Alternatives | |
| Close-up: Shopping in the Financial Supermarket | |
| Close-up: What's in the Fine Print? | |
| Money Management | |
| Budgeting | p. 79 |
| The Advantages of Budgeting | |
| Cash-Flow Analysis | |
| Setting Budget Goals | |
| Allocating Resources | |
| Year-End Review | |
| Close-up: Budgeting for the Unexpected | |
| Close-up: Keeping Your Documents | |
| Close-up: Making Your Budget Work | |
| Financial Planning | p. 102 |
| Setting Your Goals | |
| Achieving Your Goals | |
| Close-up: Regulating Financial Planners | |
| Credit Rating | p. 112 |
| How Credit Ratings Are Built | |
| Dealing with the Credit Bureau | |
| Problems Encountered by Women | |
| If You Are at Fault | |
| If You Are Denied Credit | |
| Close-up: Credit Report Checklist | |
| Bankruptcy | p. 125 |
| Bankruptcy: Protection from Creditors | |
| Personal Bankruptcy | |
| Avoiding Bankruptcy | |
| The Bankruptcy Process | |
| Close-up: How Much Debt Is Too Much Debt? | |
| Taxes | |
| Tax Planning | p. 141 |
| The New Rules of the Game | |
| Tax Rules That May Affect You | |
| Maintaining Tax-Related Records | |
| A Tax-Planning Calendar | |
| Close-up: Withholding | |
| Special Tax Situations | p. 164 |
| Business Deductions | |
| Investments | |
| Divorce | |
| Alternative Minimum Tax | |
| Close-up: Help with Your Return | |
| Close-up: Scrutiny by the IRS | |
| Insurance | |
| Health Insurance | p. 181 |
| Protecting Your Most Valuable Asset | |
| Traditional Indemnity Insurance | |
| Dental Coverage | |
| HMOs and Health Service Contractors | |
| Medicare | |
| Medicaid | |
| Close-up: Tips for Buying Health Insurance | |
| Close-up: Health Coverage for the Unemployed | |
| Life Insurance | p. 203 |
| Who Needs Life Insurance? | |
| How Much Life Insurance Do You Need? | |
| How Insurance Companies Measure You as a Risk | |
| Types of Policies | |
| How to Buy Life Insurance | |
| Close-up: Life Insurance for the Elderly | |
| Homeowner's Insurance | p. 228 |
| Homeowner's Insurance: Peace of Mind and Protection from Losses | |
| Insurance for the Home | |
| Insurance for Your Personal Property | |
| Liability Insurance | |
| Insurance for Renters | |
| Close-up: Your Household Inventory | |
| Close-up: Discounts for Homeowner's Insurance Shoppers | |
| Close-up: What to Do If Disaster Strikes | |
| Automobile Insurance | p. 248 |
| Protection for You and Your Car | |
| Basic Automobile Insurance Protection | |
| No-Fault Insurance | |
| How Premiums Are Established | |
| Insurance for High-Risk Drivers | |
| Shopping for Insurance | |
| Close-up: Watch out for Packaged Policies | |
| Close-up: If You Are Involved in an Accident | |
| Other Insurance | p. 266 |
| Disability Insurance | |
| Dread-Disease Insurance | |
| Title Insurance | |
| Legal Insurance | |
| Investing | |
| Principles of Investing | p. 281 |
| Liquidity, Safety, and Total Return | |
| An Investment Strategy | |
| Is Sound Advice Available? | |
| Do-It-Yourself Investing | |
| Investment Alternatives | |
| Timing and Diversification | |
| Stocks | p. 299 |
| Stocks: A Piece of the Action--And the Risk | |
| Stock Market Basics | |
| Investing in the Stock Market | |
| Can Anyone Beat the Stock Market? | |
| Close-up: A Short Course in Living Dangerously | |
| Close-up: Technical Analysis | |
| Close-up: How to Handle Problems with Your Broker | |
| Bonds | p. 333 |
| Bonds: Fixed-Income Securities | |
| Investing in Bonds | |
| Types of Bonds | |
| Mutual Funds | p. 357 |
| Types of Mutual Funds | |
| Fees Charged by Mutual Funds | |
| The Performance of Mutual Funds | |
| Selecting a Fund | |
| Close-up: Funds for Each Phase of Your Life | |
| Your Home | p. 372 |
| Determining How Much You Can Afford | |
| Deciding What Kind of Home to Buy | |
| Finding the Right Location and Structure | |
| Making an Offer | |
| Financing the Purchase | |
| The Closing | |
| Protecting Your Investment | |
| Selling Your Home | |
| Renting | |
| Other Real Estate | p. 401 |
| The Second Home | |
| Other Real Estate Investments | |
| Retirement Planning | |
| How to Plan for Your Retirement | p. 425 |
| Preparing the 30-Year Plan | |
| Early Planning (Ages 20 to 50) | |
| Late-Stage Planning (Ages 50 to 60) | |
| Implementing the Plan (Ages 60+) | |
| Close-up: Early Retirement | |
| Close-up: Housing Alternatives | |
| IRAs, Keoghs, and 401(k) Plans | p. 444 |
| IRAs | |
| The Roth IRA | |
| Keoghs | |
| Simplified Employee Pensions (SEPs) | |
| 401(k) and 403(b) Plans | |
| Close-up: Borrowing from Your 401(k) | |
| Social Security and Pensions | p. 471 |
| Social Security | |
| Employee Pension Plans | |
| Wills and Trusts | p. 501 |
| Providing for Your Heirs: Wills, Trusts, and Taxes | |
| Wills | |
| Trusts | |
| Power of Attorney | |
| Unified Federal Gift and Estate Taxes | |
| Letter of Instruction | |
| Your Living Will | |
| Index | p. 521 |
| Table of Contents provided by Syndetics. All Rights Reserved. |
The Consumer Reports Money Book
by Bamford, Janet; Blyskal, Jeff; Card, Emily; Jacobson, Aileen (CON)Edition: Revised
Format: Hardcover
Pub. Date: 1995-01-01
Publisher(s): Consumer Reports Books
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