The Index Card
Why Personal Finance Doesn't Have to Be Complicated
New York, New York : Portfolio / Penguin, [2016]
Format: Book
Description: 245 pages ; 19 cm
In The Index Card, Helaine Olen and Harold Pollack draw on years of experience researching and reporting on financial lives to present an accessible, one-stop guide to taking back your financial future. Beyond outlining rules for financial success, the authors also explain why so few people follow them. The answers to healthy finance, it turns out, are simple enough to fit on an index card. Armed with The Index Card, readers will gain the tools, knowledge and confidence to make the right decisions regarding their money.
Contents:
Rule #1: Strive to save 10 to 20 percent of your income -- Rule #2: Pay your credit card balance in full every month (and how to deal with other forms of debt) -- Rule #3: Max out your 401(k) and other tax-advantaged savings accounts -- Rule #4: Never buy or sell individual stocks -- Rule #5: Buy inexpensive, well-diversified indexed mutual funds and exchange-traded funds -- Rule #6: Make your financial advisor commit to the fiduciary standard -- Rule #7: Buy a home when you are financially ready -- Rule #8: Insurance -- make sure you're protected -- Rule #9: Do what you can to support the social safety net -- Rule #10: Remember the index card.
ISBN:
9781591847687
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Call Number | Location | Shelf Location | Status |
BUSINESS Finance Personal Ole | Sandhills Indoors | Nonfiction | In |
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Includes bibliographical references (219-236) and index.