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The index card : why personal finance doesn't have to be complicated / Helaine Olen and Harold Pollack.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: New York, New York : Portfolio/Penguin, [2016]Description: 245 pages : illustrations ; 19 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9781591847687 (hardcover)
  • 1591847680 (hardcover)
Subject(s):
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.
Summary: Offers guidance on managing personal finance based on ten simple, proven rules that have been shown to outperform more complicated strategies, including saving ten to twenty percent of income and maxing out employer 401K programs.
Holdings
Item type Home library Collection Call number Materials specified Status Date due Barcode Item holds
Adult Book Adult Book Main Library NonFiction 332.024 O45 Available 33111008367209
Total holds: 0

Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

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.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 219-236) and index.

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.

Offers guidance on managing personal finance based on ten simple, proven rules that have been shown to outperform more complicated strategies, including saving ten to twenty percent of income and maxing out employer 401K programs.

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