For courses in introductory personal finance. A blueprint for securing your financial future  Personal Finance: Turning Money into Wealth empowers students to successfully make and carry out a plan for their financial future. By introducing the 10 fundamental principles of personal finance in a way that leaves a lasting impression, this text offers students lifelong tools that will help them effectively cope with an ever-changing financial environment. The 8th Edition reflects recent changes in the world of personal finance, including new tax laws, the economic downturn, weakness in the labor markets, the explosion of student loans, and the rise of credit card debt.   Personal Finance: Turning Money into Wealth, 8th Edition is also available via Revel™, an interactive learning environment that enables students to read, practice, and study in one continuous experience.  Also available with MyLab Finance By combining trusted authors’ content with digital tools and a flexible platform, MyLab personalizes the learning experience and improves results for each student.  Note: You are purchasing a standalone product; MyLab Finance does not come packaged with this content. Students, if interested in purchasing this title with MyLab, ask your instructor to confirm the correct package ISBN and Course ID. Instructors, contact your Pearson representative for more information. If you would like to purchase both the physical text and MyLab Finance, search for: 0134830156 / 9780134830155 Personal Finance Plus MyLab Finance with Pearson eText -- Access Card Package, 8/e  Package consists of: 0134730364 / 9780134730363 Personal Finance 0134732057 / 9780134732053 MyLab Finance with Pearson eText -- Access Card -- for Personal Finance
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PART 1: FINANCIAL PLANNING The Financial Planning ProcessMeasuring Your Financial Health and Making a PlanUnderstanding and Appreciating the Time Value of MoneyTax Planning and Strategies PART 2: MANAGING YOUR MONEY Cash or Liquid Asset ManagementUsing Credit Cards: The Role of Open CreditStudent and Consumer Loans: The Role of Planned BorrowingThe Home and Automobile Decision PART 3: PROTECTING YOURSELF WITH INSURANCE Life and Health InsuranceProperty and Liability Insurance PART 4: MANAGING YOUR INVESTMENTS Investment BasicsInvesting in StocksInvesting in Bonds and Other AlternativesMutual Funds: An Easy Way to Diversify PART 5: LIFE CYCLE ISSUES Retirement PlanningEstate Planning: Saving Your Heirs Money and HeadachesFinancial Life Events -- Fitting the Pieces Together APPENDICES Compound Sum of $1Present Value of $1Compound Sum of an Annuity of $1 for n PeriodsPresent Value of an Annuity of $1 for n PeriodsMonthly Installment Loan Tables
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New and updated features of this title NEW: Money and Love boxes examine people's attitudes about these topics, and offer personal finance advice aimed at helping students build better, stronger and lasting relationships.UPDATED: Behavioral Insights boxes highlight how behavioral biases can sabotage financial well-being.UPDATED: Emphasis on the use of the internet and the importance of apps for Smartphones, like Mvelopes, Quapital, Mint.com and Level Money, are introduced and highlighted when discussing budgeting and saving for student goals and record keeping.UPDATED: Chapters 11 and 12 cover the changes in basic investments and asset allocation decisions. How the Dow Jones Industrial Average has more than tripled since March 2009 is also discussed.UPDATED: Chapter 13 examines the impact of low interest rates on bonds, along with the inverse relationship between bond prices and interest rates.UPDATED: Chapter 14 features discussion on mutual funds and ETFs.
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ISBN
9780134730363
Publisert
2018-01-26
Utgave
8. utgave
Utgiver
Vendor
Pearson
Vekt
100 gr
Høyde
100 mm
Bredde
100 mm
Dybde
100 mm
Aldersnivå
U, 05
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Innbundet
Antall sider
656

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Biographical note

About our author

Arthur J. Keown is an Alumni Distinguished Professor and the R. B. Pamplin Professor of Finance at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University. He received his bachelor's degree from Ohio Wesleyan University, his MBA from the University of Michigan, and his doctorate from Indiana University. An award-winning teacher, he is a member of the Academy of Teaching Excellence at Virginia Tech, he has received 5 Certificates of Teaching Excellence, the W. E. Wine Award for Teaching Excellence, and the Alumni Teaching Excellence Award, and in 1999 he received the Outstanding Faculty Award from the State of Virginia. In 2016, he was named to be one of 10 Alumni Distinguished Professors on campus and the first and only Alumni Distinguished Professor in the Pamplin College of Business.

Professor Keown is widely published in academic journals. His work has appeared in Journal of Finance, Journal of Financial Economics, Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis, Journal of Financial Research, Journal of Banking and Finance, Financial Management, Journal of Portfolio Management, and many others. Two of his books are widely used in college finance classes all over the country: Financial Management and Foundations of Finance: The Logic and Practice of Financial Management.

Professor Keown is a Fellow of Decision Sciences Institute and served as Department Head for 12 years. In addition, he has served as the co-editor of both the Journal of Financial Research and the Financial Management Association's Survey and Synthesis Series. He was recently inducted into Ohio Wesleyan's Athletic Hall of Fame for wrestling. His daughter and son are both married and live in Houston, TX, and on Jeju Island in South Korea, while he and his wife live in Blacksburg, VA, where he collects original art from Mad magazine.