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Completely Revised
Simon & Schuster
June 2009
On Sale: May 26, 2009
1072 pages
ISBN: 0743269969
EAN: 9780743269964
Hardcover
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Non-Fiction | Self-Help Money
Consumers Union named Making the Most of Your Money
the best personal finance book on the market. Now Jane
Bryant Quinn's bestseller has been completely revised and
updated for 2010 and beyond. America's most trusted
financial adviser, who helped millions of readers meet their
goals in the 1990s, has done it again -- providing a guide
to financial recovery, independence, and success in the new
economy. Getting your financial life on track and keeping
it there -- nothing is more important to your family and
you. This proven, comprehensive guidebook steers you around
the risks and helps you make smart and profitable decisions
at every stage of your life. Are you single, married, or
divorced? A parent with a paycheck or a parent at home?
Getting your first job or well along in your career? Helping
your kids in college or your parents in their older age?
Planning for retirement? Already retired and worried about
how to make your money last? You'll find ideas to help you
build your financial security here. Jane Bryant Quinn
answers more questions more completely than any other
personal-finance author on the market today. You'll reach
for this book again and again as your life changes and new
financial decisions arise. Here are just a few of the
important subjects she examines: • Setting
priorities during and after a financial setback, and
bouncing back
• Getting the most out of a bank while
avoiding fees
• Credit card and debit card secrets that
will save you money
• Family matters -- talking money
before marriage and mediating claims during divorce
•
Cutting the cost of student debt, and finding schools that
will offer big "merit" scholarships to your child
• The
simplest ways of pulling yourself out of debt
• Why it's
so important to jump on the automatic-savings bandwagon
•
Buying a house, selling one, or trying to rent your home
when buyers aren't around
• Why credit scores are more
important than ever, plus tips on keeping yours in the range
most attractive to lenders
• Investing made easy --
mutual funds that are tailor-made for your future
retirement
• What every investor needs to know about
building wealth
• How an "investment policy" helps you
make wise decisions in any market
• The essential
tax-deferred retirement plans, from 401(k)s to Individual
Retirement Accounts -- and how to manage them
• How to
invest in real estate at a bargain price (and how to spot
something that looks like a bargain but isn't)
• Eleven
ways of keeping a steady income while you're retired, even
after a stock market crash
• Financial planning -- what
it means, how you do it, and where to find good
planners Page by page, Quinn leads you
through the pros and cons of every decision, to help you
make the choice that will suit you best. This is the single
personal-finance book that no family should be without.
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