Personal Finance

An Encyclopedia of Modern Money Management

Buch | Hardcover

440 Seiten

2015
Greenwood Press (Verlag)
978-1-4408-3031-0 (ISBN)

Artikel merken

This jargon-free resource explains the who, what, why, and where of contemporary personal finance in simple, easy-to-grasp language, covering the key people, events, terms, tools, policies, and products that make up modern money management.
The ideal roadmap to 21st-century financial literacy, this layman's encyclopedia discusses ideas, concepts, events, and people that inform money management and personal finance. It explains the intricacies of things like investing, saving, debt, credit, and mortgages, and it drills down into complexities like the difference between 401(k) and 403(b) retirement plans. Entries invite the reader to explore common financial topics, such as seeking credit counseling, using credit cards, buying a home, and choosing insurance. Issues such as identity theft, derivatives, and taxes are explored as well.

The unique work is topically organized with contributions from both academics and financial professionals. Entries are augmented by entertaining sidebar anecdotes and a glossary, and there is a useful feature that connects readers to online sources, enabling them to keep up with this fast-changing field. A one-stop resource ideal for individuals seeking to understand personal finance, this book will also prove valuable to students taking courses in finance and economics. All readers will come away better equipped to profit from money management and more skilled at making smart financial decisions.

Barbara Friedberg, MS, MBA, is CEO and editor of BarbaraFriedbergPersonalFinance.com, an investment education website. She was formerly a finance instructor at Santa Clara University and Lebanon Valley College and the former CFO and CIO at Cadco Realty, Inc., Cincinnati, OH.

Guide to Related Topics
Preface
Introduction
Ideas and Concepts
Accountant
Affordable Care Act
Alimony
Annuity
Asset Allocation
Banking
Bankruptcy
Behavioral Finance
Bonds
Budget
Capital Gains and Capital Losses
Capitalism
Cash
Certificate of Deposit
Checking Account
Commodities
Compound Interest/Return
Condominium
Consumer Credit/Debt
Credit Card
Credit (or Bond) Rating Agency
Credit Report and Reporting Agencies
Credit Score
Credit Union
Currency
Debt
Debt Collection
Debt/Credit Counseling
Deficit
Deflation
Delinquency
Derivatives
Digital Currency
Disability Insurance
Discount Rate
Dividend Income
Estate Planning
Federal Reserve Bank
Financial Advisor
Flexible Saving Account
Gross Domestic Product (GDP) and Gross National Product (GNP)
Health Insurance
Hedge Funds
Homeowner's and Renter's Insurance
Human Capital
Identity Theft
Index Mutual Funds
Inflation
Inflation-Protected Investments
Interest Income and Payments
Interest Rates
Investing
Liabilities
Life Insurance
Liquidity
Loans
Margin
Medicaid
Medicare
Money Market Account
Mortgage
Mutual Funds and Exchange-Traded Funds (ETFs)
Net Worth
Online Personal Finance
Opportunity Cost
Pension Plans
Portfolio Management
Power of Attorney
Probate
Real Estate
Real Estate Investment Trust (REIT)
Rent to Own
Retirement
Retirement Accounts
Risk
Risk Premium
Savings Account
Social Lending or Peer-to-Peer Lending
Social Security
Stock Market
Stocks
Systematic Market Risk
Tax Deferral
Tax Return, Federal
Time Value of Money
Treasury Securities
Umbrella Insurance
Unemployment
U.S. Federal Tax System Overview
Wills and Trusts
Events
Year 1930s: The Great Depression
Year 1944: Creation of the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank at the Bretton Woods International Conference
Year 1970s to 1980s: Economic Problems and the United States
Year 1987: Stock Market Crash
Year 1989–1991: U.S. Savings and Loan Crisis
Year 1994: North American Free Trade Agreement between Mexico, Canada, and the United States (NAFTA)
Year 1997–1998: Asian Financial Crisis
Year 1999: Introduction of the Euro to World Financial Markets
Year 2000: Bursting of the Dot-Com Technology Bubble
Year 2001: Enron, the Failure of Corporate Finance and Governance
Year 2002: Sarbanes-Oxley Act
Year 2003–2011: Iraq War's Impact on the U.S. Economy
Year 2005: Growth of China and India as World Economic Powers
Year 2007–2008: Subprime Housing Crisis and Mortgage Meltdown
Year 2007–2009: Global Recession and Breakdown of Major Wall Street Institutions
Year 2010: Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act
Year 2011–2012: European Debt Crisis
People
Bernanke, Ben S., 14th Chair of the U.S. Federal Reserve Board
Bloomberg, Michael R., American Politician and Businessperson
Bogle, John, Founder of The Vanguard Group
Buffett, Warren, Owner of Berkshire Hathaway Inc.
Bush, George W., 43rd President of the United States
Clinton, William, 42nd President of the United States
Geithner, Timothy F., 75th Secretary of the U.S. Treasury
Greenspan, Alan, 13th Chair of the U.S. Federal Reserve Board
Lagarde, Christine, Managing Director, International Monetary Fund
Markowitz, Harry M., Father of Modern Investment Portfolio Theory
Obama, Barack, President of the United States
Paulson Jr., Henry M., 74th U.S. Secretary of the Treasury
Rubin, Robert E., 70th U.S. Secretary of the Treasury
Schapiro, Mary, 29th Chair of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission
Shiller, Robert J., 2013 Nobel Laureate in Economics
Siebert, Muriel, First Woman to Own a Seat on the New York Stock Exchange
Volcker, Paul A., 12th Chair of the U.S. Federal Reserve Board
Warren, Elizabeth, Former Special Advisor for the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau
Yellen, Janet, 15th Chair of the U.S. Federal Reserve Board
Glossary
Bibliography
About the Editor and Contributors
Index

Erscheint lt. Verlag	14.4.2015
Sprache	englisch
Maße	178 x 254 mm
Gewicht	1077 g
Themenwelt	Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Beruf / Finanzen / Recht / Wirtschaft ► Geld / Bank / Börse
ISBN-10	1-4408-3031-2 / 1440830312
ISBN-13	978-1-4408-3031-0 / 9781440830310
Zustand	Neuware