Your Money Matters: 21 Tips for Achieving Financial Security in the 21st Century - Hardcover

Pond, Jonathan

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9780399145698: Your Money Matters: 21 Tips for Achieving Financial Security in the 21st Century

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ISBN 10: 0399145699 ISBN 13: 9780399145698

Publisher: Putnam Adult, 1999

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Offers advice on budgeting, preparing for the unexpected, buying a home, saving, new investment opportunities, taxes, retirement planning, and avoiding financial mistakes

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Your Money Matters, by prolific financial author and TV commentator Jonathan Pond, proposes a 21-point money-management program for those nearing retirement age as well as those for whom retirement is still a distant consideration. With humor and a clever division of the particulars into tip-packed chapters bearing such titles as "Live Beneath Your Means (Without Depriving Yourself)," "Learn How to Tolerate Your Loved One's Annoying Financial Habits," and "Bulls Make Money, Bears Make Money, but Pigs and Lambs Get Slaughtered," Pond dispenses a wealth of practical data on handling "the most important financial matters that you'll need to attend to in the 21st century." A bold claim, but one backed up with a slew of sensible suggestions for increasing your savings and apportioning the resultant nest egg to provide comfortably for your future needs. Along the way, Pond offers opinions and outlines applicable strategies on issues including technology stocks as a viable investment, the need for long-term-care insurance, and the best ways to fund a child's education or the care for an aging parent. He also includes pointers to pages on his Web site that offer additional information on health-insurance plans, home-equity loans, investment-allocation procedures, and many other supportive issues. --Howard Rothman

About the Author:

In addition to his television work and demanding lecture schedule, Jonathan Pond is president of Financial Planning Information, a high-profile money management concern. He is the author of eleven books on personal finance, including The New Century Family Money Book, Safe Money for Tough Times, and 1001 Ways to Cut Your Expenses. A recent recipient of the Malcolm S. Forbes Public Awareness Award, he lives in Boston.

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