Get a Financial Life
Subtitle: Personal Finance in Your Twenties and Thirties
By: Beth Kobliner.
Publisher: Simon & Schuster
Published: 1996
Place of publication: New York, NY
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 283
ISBN-13: 9780684812137
Subjects: Finance, Personal.; Young adults -- Finance, Personal.
First sentence: If you prefer CNN Headline News to the newspaper and opt for the Cliffs Notes over actual books, this chapter is made for you.
Description: If you're like most people in their twenties and thirties, you don't feel like you're in control of your financial life. But if you want to take full advantage of the best financial opportunities, it's important that you get started right away. Get a Financial Life shows you how to manage your money and make it grow. In it you will learn how to:

• Refinance your high-rate credit cards and student loans
• Start investing in the right mutual funds
• Find low-cost auto loans and mortgages
• Make the most of tax deductions you never knew existed
• Use tax-advantaged savings plans to build a serious nest egg

From 401(k)s to health insurance to stocks and bonds, this book focuses exclusively on what you really need to know at this stage in your financial life. Whether you earn $15,000 or $150,000, whether you're single or married, whether you're financially inclined or financially challenged, this book will let you manage your money with the smallest possible investment of time and effort.
Notes: "A Fireside book."
Table of contents: pagenum: 15
label: Introduction; title: Crib Notes
pagenum: 17
label: Chapter 1; title: Taking Stock of Your Financial Life
pagenum: 30
label: Chapter 2; title: Debt and the Material World
pagenum: 47
label: Chapter 3; title: Basic Banking
pagenum: 76
label: Chapter 4; title: All You Really Need to Know About Investing
pagenum: 94
label: Chapter 5; title: Living the Good Life in 2030
pagenum: 125
label: Chapter 6; title: Oh, Give Me a Home
pagenum: 140
label: Chapter 7; title: Insurance: What You Need and What You Don't
pagenum: 176
label: Chapter 8; title: How to Make Your Life Less Taxing
pagenum: 217
label: Chapter 9; pagenum: 249
title: Further Reading; pagenum: 255
title: Acknowledgments; pagenum: 265
title: Index