Building a successful career in a red-hot field. Financial planning is one of the fastest growing careers in America today. Written by a veteran certified financial planning expert, this invaluable book tells aspiring and new CFPs everything you need to know about the certification process, setting up private practice, self-marketing techniques, client management and expansion, and much more. —Includes a comprehensive resource section

Building a successful career in a red-hot field. Financial planning is one of the fastest growing careers in America today. Written by a veteran certified financial planning expert, this invaluable book tells aspiring and new CFPs everything you need to know about the certification process, setting up private practice, self-marketing techniques, client management and expansion, and much more. -Includes a comprehensive resource section

There are dozens of manuals about how to organize one's personal finances. Financial pundits and financial planners have volumes of advice to give about investing, debt management, college financing, retirement, savings, household expenses-you name it. But for the average person, all this 'expert advice' can be overwhelming. John Napolitano, Certified Financial Planner and expert in personal financial organization, has the solution with The Complete Idiot's Guide®Personal Financial Workbook.Drawing on his nearly 30 years of helping others plan their financial future, Napolitano has created a step-by-step workbook that gives the reader a clear path to follow for their financial planning needs. Readers learn ... How to get an quick yet detailed overview of their financial profile. How to evaluate their priorities about spending, investment, and life goals. The practical and prudent approach to their revenue and how to distribute it. Ways to get a grip on their spending habits and savings initiatives. How to plan for the future, no matter what the financial climate is. All about US college financing. The best ways to go about planning for retirement. As a unique bonus, the book includes a CD-ROM that not only contains the dozens of worksheet forms, checklists, and questionnaires that appear in the book, but also has interactive Excel forms that make planning for all kinds of financial scenarios flexible, fast, and easy. All forms are printable.

A wise investment. Revised and updated, this new edition of The Complete Idiot's Guide® to Personal Finance in Your 20s and 30s explains all the basic information anyone in this age group will need to manage their personal finances or enhance their financial plan to yield better returns on their investments. *Covers 401(k) and retirement planning plus investment strategies for the next decade *Budgeting tips forspiraling food and fuel costs, as well as the financial impacts of changing jobs and growing families *Homeownership options from building from scratch to townhouses and Condos *Up-to-date information on internetbanking and online mortgage brokers Download a sample chapter.

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For introductory courses in Personal Finance. This new edition of Brown's best-selling text provides students with the basic principles, concepts and vocabulary necessary to cope with the tricky world of personal finance. In five previous editions, instructors uniformly praised Brown's accessible writing style and strong pedagogical features. The sixth edition has been further enhanced with the addition of new boxed material and new lists of internet sites, a streamlining of chapters near the end of the book to reduce its overall length, the incorporation of current data and statistics, the addition of new appendices, new CBC videos and video cases, and a free disk containing electronic worksheets using Excel.

You're no idiot, of course. You know how to write a check, make a deposit, and read a monthly statement. With financial markets in flux and many Americans mired in debt, you're looking for better ways to manage your money, but learning the financial ropes is testing the limits of your time and patience. Save your money and your life! The Complete Idiot's Guide® to Managing Your Money, Third Edition, is written by two experts who know the world of saving, investing, and credit inside and out. You'll learn savvy strategies to fatten your wallet and cut your costs from credit cards, mortgages, car-buying, and checking. In this Complete Idiot's Guide®, you get: Common-sense advice on how to decipher-and profit from-economy and market reports. Tips on maintaining a sound credit rating and winning loan approval. Idiot-proof ways to protect your personal and financial information from fraud. Ten money-making secrets your banker won't tell you.

For Introductory courses in Personal Finance. This new edition of Brown's best-selling text provides students with the basic principles, concepts, and vocabulary necessary to cope with the tricky world of personal finance. In six previous editions, instructors uniformly praised the accessible writing style and strong pedagogical features. The seventh edition has been further enhanced with the addition of new boxed material and updated lists of internet sites, the incorporation of current data and statistics, the addition of hot topics such as day trading and internet banking, and free electronic worksheets using Excel - downloadable from the Companion Website. In addition, the supplements that accompany the text have been improved.