Personal Finance: Study Guide - Softcover

Rosefsky, Robert S.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0471435090 ISBN 13: 9780471435099

Publisher: John Wiley & Sons, 2001

Synopsis

This friendly guide provides comprehensive coverage of all basic money management principles. Enables readers to understand not only the implications of far–reaching events but also the fundamental knowledge to navigate the world of personal finance. Describes how to effectively manage personal assets– from buying and selling to investing, insuring, planning and preparing income taxes.

About this title

About the Author

Dr. Robert Rosefsky′s credentials as author, educator, and professional financial consultant uniquely suit him to create this definitive text on personal fianance.
After receiving his B.A. degree from Yale and his Juris Doctor degree from Syracuse University College of Law, he had a dual career for many years as a lawyer/banker, dealing with his clientele as a "financial problem solver". He then turned his efforts to the mass media to educate a broader audience in personal finance.
Dr. Rosefsky′s advice has been nationally syndicated in newspapers, radio and television. He has written ten books and a countless number of articles. He has won the prestigious national John Hancock Award for Excellence in Financial Journalism, and has served on the Board of Governors of the Society of American Business and Economics Writers.
He has created two college–credit educational television courses, "You and the Law," and "Personal Finance" which has been nationally distributed by PBS, and which won an Emmy Award as "Best Instructional Series."
Dr. Rosefsky has taught Business and Economic Reporting at the University of Southern California (USC) School of Journalism, as well as adult extension Financial Planning programs at UCLA, USC, and Coastline Community College. He has lectured extensively throughout the United States and abroad.
He has also developed a leisure career as a travel writer and editor. He was co–founder and editor–in–chief of CruiseNet, a print travel magazine focusing on cruise vacations, and is producing an Internet magazine Life′s a Trip.

From the Back Cover

ALL THE TOOLS YOU NEED FOR SOUND MONEY MANAGEMENT!

This new edition taps the power of the Internet to keep you most up–to–date and best prepared to deal with the ever–changing challenges of getting the most for your money. Today as a learning tool, and for years to come as an easy access reference tool, the tect and website–––www.wiley.com/college/rosefsky–––offer you:

• Frequent Updates—to keep you on top of all the important trernds and events that have an impact on your financial well being.
• Quick–Click Links—a unique directory of over 200 newly compiled sites that will give you immediate access to:
  —RESOURCES: One click and you′re at the site you need for in–depth research on selected subjects.
  —TOOLS: One click and you have calculators to help solve every–day number–crunching problems.
  —COMPLAINT FORMS; One click and you have on–line forms and instructions to resolve consumer problems.
• A Power Point Presentation containing custom–designed TALKING POINTS—replicas of real–life situations in which you′ll confront the pressures of salesperson′s quick decision making, of evaluating pros and cons of various opportunities and much more. Thus will stimulate discussion and will enhance your ability to deal with life′s financial dilemmas intelligently and sensibly.
• The Wall Street Journal—By exclusive arrangement, you will be able to download selected timely articles and special series that will expand your knowledge and sharpen your problem–solving skills.

Edition details

• Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
• Publication date: 2001
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0471435090
• ISBN 13: 9780471435099
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 192