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For dummies

""Personal Finance For Dummies®""; ""Eric Tyson�s Keys to Personal Financial Success""; ""Praise for Eric Tyson""; ""More Bestselling For Dummies Titles by Eric Tyson""; ""About the Author""; ""Dedication""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""Contents at a Glance""; ""Table of Contents""; ""Introduction""; ""Part I: Assessing Your Fitness and Setting Goals""; ""Chapter 1: Improving Your Financial Literacy""; ""Talking Money at Home""; ""Identifying Unreliable Sources of Information""; ""Jumping over Real and Imaginary Hurdles to Financial Success""; ""Chapter 2: Measuring Your Financial Health""

""Avoiding Common Money Mistakes""""Determining Your Financial Net Worth""; ""Examining Your Credit Score and Reports""; ""Knowing the Difference between Bad Debt and Good Debt""; ""Analyzing Your Savings""; ""Evaluating Your Investment Knowledge""; ""Assessing Your Insurance Savvy""; ""Chapter 3: Determining Where Your Money Goes""; ""Examining Overspending""; ""Analyzing Your Spending""; ""Chapter 4: Establishing and Achieving Goals""; ""Creating Your Own Definition of “Wealth�""; ""Prioritizing Your Savings Goals""; ""Building Emergency Reserves""; ""Saving to Buy a Home or Business""

""Funding Kids� Educational Expenses""""Saving for Big Purchases""; ""Preparing for Retirement""; ""Part II: Saving More, Spending Less""; ""Chapter 5: Dealing with Debt""; ""Using Savings to Reduce Your Consumer Debt""; ""Decreasing Debt When You Lack Savings""; ""Turning to Credit Counseling Agencies""; ""Filing Bankruptcy""; ""Stopping the Spending/Consumer Debt Cycle""; ""Chapter 6: Reducing Your Spending""; ""Finding the Keys to Successful Spending""; ""Budgeting to Boost Your Savings""; ""Reducing Your Spending""; ""Chapter 7: Trimming Your Taxes""; ""Understanding the Taxes You Pay""

""Trimming Employment Income Taxes""""Increasing Your Deductions""; ""Reducing Investment Income Taxes""; ""Enlisting Education Tax Breaks""; ""Getting Help from Tax Resources""; ""Dealing with an Audit""; ""Part III: Building Wealth with Wise Investing""; ""Chapter 8: Considering Important Investment Concepts""; ""Establishing Your Goals""; ""Understanding the Primary Investments""; ""Shunning Gambling Instruments and Behaviors""; ""Understanding Investment Returns""; ""Sizing Investment Risks""; ""Diversifying Your Investments""; ""Acknowledging Differences among Investment Firms""

""Seeing through Experts Who Predict the Future""""Leaving You with Some Final Advice""; ""Chapter 9: Understanding Your Investment Choices""; ""Slow and Steady Investments""; ""Building Wealth with Ownership Vehicles""; ""Off the Beaten Path: Investment Odds and Ends""; ""Chapter 10: Investing in Funds""; ""Understanding the Benefits of Mutual Funds""; ""Exploring Various Fund Types""; ""Selecting the Best Mutual Funds""; ""Deciphering Your Fund�s Performance""; ""Evaluating and Selling Your Funds""; ""Chapter 11: Investing in Retirement Accounts""