TY - BOOK AU - Smith,Chris ED - ebrary, Inc. TI - Securing your financial future: complete personal finance for beginners SN - 9781442214224 (pbk. alk. paper) AV - HG179 .S5495 2012eb U1 - 332.024 23 PY - 2012/// CY - Lanham, Md. PB - Rowman & Littlefield Publishers KW - Finance, Personal KW - Electronic books KW - local N1 - 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 UR - http://ezproxy.alfaisal.edu/login?url=http://site.ebrary.com/lib/alfaisal/Doc?id=10556426 ER -