I Hate Financial Planning

by Suzanne Olson

Overview

The essentials of personal financial management in a painless, easy-to-follow format

". . . [this] site offers a light touch to a topic that can be bogged down in heavyhanded advice."

--Investor's Business Daily

Three in four Americans hate financial planning, calling it tedious, boring, intimidating, and confusing. I Hate Financial Planning speaks to these people with a refreshing attitude for straightening out their finances. Engaging and humorous, it provides investors with a welcome change of pace from the standard dry, serious tome as it gives them:

• Everything from essential information to witty, tongue-in-cheek tips
• Work sheets and checklists for busy readers
• Answers to some of the most common financial questions
• Practical tools for planning short- and long-term finances
• The truth behind numerous well-known-- and dangerously wrong--financial myths

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780071446044
Publisher:	McGraw Hill LLC
Publication date:	08/22/2004
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	224
File size:	2 MB

About the Author

Suzanne Olson (Minneapolis, MN) is the editor and public face for ihatefinancialplanning.com, recently voted a top five financial advice website by the Wall Street Journal. With 40,000 registered subscribers, the site averages 6,000 hits a day and has been featured in national media including USA Today and Investor's Business Daily and on "CNN Headline News" and other programs.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments / ix Introduction / xi CHAPTER 1 / 1 “Plan ” Is a Four-Letter Word CHAPTER 2 / 25 Do You Need a Kick in the Budget? CHAPTER 3 / 43 The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly CHAPTER 4 / 59 You Gotta Play This Numbers Game CHAPTER 5 / 73 The Only Constant Is Change CHAPTER 6 / 105 Home, Sweet Investment CHAPTER 7 / 131 Saving for Retirement—And Other Never-Ending Jobs CHAPTER 8 / 159 Past Performance Is No Guarantee of Future Results CHAPTER 9 / 189 Sickness, Disaster, Death, and Other Fun Topics CHAPTER 10 / 211 Lifestyles of the Ready and Willing CHAPTER 11 / 233 Financial Insecurity CHAPTER 12 / 249 What Makes You Do That Thing You Do? Guide to Financial Jargon / 267 Index / 283