Revised edition of the author's Personal finance, 2014.

Includes index.

Preface -- Financial literacy pre-test -- Overview of a financial plan -- Tools for financial planning -- Planning with personal financial statements -- Applying time value concepts -- Using tax concepts for planning -- Managing your liquidity -- Banking and interest rates -- Managing your money -- Assessing and securing your credit -- Managing your credit -- Personal financing -- Personal loans -- Purchasing and financing a home -- Protecting your wealth -- Auto and homeowner's insurance -- Health and disability insurance -- Life insurance -- Personal investing -- Investing fundamentals -- Investing in stocks -- Investing in bonds -- Investing in mutual funds -- Asset allocation -- Retirement and estate planning -- Retirement planning -- Estate planning -- Synthesis of financial planning -- Integrating the components of a financial plan -- Financial literacy post-test -- Appendix A: Your career -- Appendix B: Projects -- Appendix C: Financial tables -- Index -- Credits.