Securing your financial future [electronic resource] : complete personal finance for beginners / Chris Smith.
Publication details: Lanham, Md. : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, 2012.Description: xii, 327 pISBN:- 9781442214224 (pbk. alk. paper)
- 9781442214231 (e-book)
- 332.024 23
- HG179 .S5495 2012eb

Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction -- The essential concepts -- The truly amazing power of-- -- Your financial health -- The big picture -- The human factor -- The ultimate acceleration strategy -- Building your foundation -- Budgeting -- Case study : billy bigshot -- Your cash bucket -- Borrowing, credit and lending -- Taxes, risk management and insurance -- Big ticket items - cars and houses! -- Cars -- Should you buy a house? -- Buying a house : how the money works -- Case study : mortgageville -- Buying a house : let's do it! -- Long-term investing -- Long term investing : introduction -- Simple but not easy -- Your portfolio -- Protecting your investments from taxes -- Long-term investing : let's do it! -- Wrapup and summary -- Question and answer session -- Your financial future -- Bibliography -- Index -- About the author.
Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2011. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.