Building your base. Finding your financial self : where you stand on the money cycle ; The ultimate wish list : what you've got and where you're going ; I have it right here somewhere : the right way to keep records ; Your basic banking : banking in the Internet age ; Poolers, splitters, and keepers : who should own the property -- me? You? Us? Them? ; Willing makes it so : wills and trusts, for everything you can't take with you ; All in the family : twelve checklists for life's milestones -- Finding the money. A spending plan that works : how to take charge of your money -- at last ; Saving more money : patented, painless ways to save and where to save it ; Kicking the credit card habit : learning to live without consumer debt ; When to hock the farm : all the best ways to borrow money to invest -- Your safety net. The money on your life : what kind of life insurance? How much is enough? ; The health insurance lottery : paying more, getting less, rooting for change ; Disability, the big black hole : the risk that everyone forgets ; The driving dream : the search for the best and cheapest auto insurance ; Fire! Theft! Wind! Flood! : protecting your home and everything in it -- Your own home. A house is a security blanket : -- even if it doesn't make you rich ; A second home for fun and profit : the house that doesn't cost you anything (much) -- Paying for college. Tuition, room, and board : the Matterhorn of personal finance ; The best college investment plans : how to beat the college inflation rate -- Understanding investing. Drawing up your battle plan : which kinds of investments serve you best? ; How to pick a mutual fund : every investor's bedrock buy ; Working with a stockbroker : where it helps and where it hurts ; Stocking up : still your ticket to the future ; How to use bonds : income investing -- the right way and the wrong way ; The call of the wild : some absolutely awful investments ; Aimez-vous growth? : the case for putting more money abroad ; Investment real estate -- the new winning systems : finding the properties that pay -- Retirement planning. How to retire in style : the tax-deferred route to Easy Street ; Making it last : still living rich at 99 ; Retiring on the house : how to tap the equity you've built -- Making it work. Be your own planner -- or find one you trust : the secret, revealed -- Appendixes, 1, Taxable versus tax-free bonds ; 2, How long will your capital last? ; 3, Pension maximization : will it work for you? ; 4, Life expectancy.
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