Personal Finance for Dummies offers sound and practical advice for those who want to get control over their personal financial lives. Author Eric Tyson points out the most common mistakes that we all make in our approach to money and prescribes ways to save and invest for a secure future. Using worksheets, the book helps you to measure your own financial health by looking at factors such as how much debt you carry, your savings rate, as well as investment and insurance checkups. The book looks at how you should invest your retirement account, approach taxes, and provides a good overview on how to buy real estate.


Althea Thomson, PBS Nightly Business Report
...by far the best book I have read on financial planning.


Book Description
Covers the financial impact of the recent tax cuts "Detailed, action-oriented advice . . . A standout personal finance primer." —Kristin Davis, Kiplinger’s Personal Finance Do you need help managing your financial priorities? Relax! This friendly guide, now updated to include changes to the tax code, gives you just the information you need to take control of your finances, buy the right insurance coverage, and weather economic downturns. Praise for Personal Finance For Dummies ". . . provides tremendous insight and guidance into the world of investing and other money issues." –PBS Nightly Business Report "Tyson doesn’t tell you what to do or consider doing without explaining the hows and whys – and the booby traps to avoid – in plain English." –Chicago Tribune "Smart advice . . . . Rewards your candor with advice and comfort." –Newsweek


Book Info
Guide to saving more, investing wisely, and planning for the future. Revised and updated to include changes to the tax code. Previous edition: c2000. Softcover.


From the Publisher
With more than one million copies of previous editions in print, Personal Finance For Dummies is the #1 bestselling ...For Dummies consumer title ever.


From the Back Cover
Covers the financial impact of the recent tax cuts "Detailed, action-oriented advice . . . A standout personal finance primer." —Kristin Davis, Kiplinger’s Personal Finance Do you need help managing your financial priorities? Relax! This friendly guide, now updated to include changes to the tax code, gives you just the information you need to take control of your finances, buy the right insurance coverage, and weather economic downturns. Praise for Personal Finance For Dummies ". . . provides tremendous insight and guidance into the world of investing and other money issues." –PBS Nightly Business Report "Tyson doesn’t tell you what to do or consider doing without explaining the hows and whys – and the booby traps to avoid – in plain English." –Chicago Tribune "Smart advice . . . . Rewards your candor with advice and comfort." –Newsweek


About the Author
Eric Tyson, MBA, is a financial counselor, a syndicated columnist, and the author of bestselling For Dummies books on investing, real estate, and taxes.

FROM THE PUBLISHER