Focus on Personal Finance

by Jack R. Kapoor, Les R. Dlabay, Robert J. Hughes

Focus on Personal Finance is a brief, 14-chapter book, covering the critical topics in Personal Finance courses. This 4-color, paperback text is designed and written to appeal to a range of ages, life situations, and levels of financial literacy.
A unique aspect of this text is its active approach. This text will not only get your students thinking about their current situation and financial goals, but also encourage them to put these in writing to use as a guide and revise over the course of their lives. Sections are oriented around specific action-items for students. The more a student involves themselves in the assessments, exercises and worksheets provided, the more they will discover about their current habits and how to improve them for greater financial freedom.

Students have many different financial goals, but none are more important than having a basic understanding of financial issues and peace of mind with regard to their decisions. The ultimate goal of Focus on Personal Finance is to get students to this point as a first step to achieving the many financial goals they have set for themselves.

Genres: Finance, Textbooks, Business, Nonfiction, School, Read For School

576 pages, Unbound

First published October 5, 2009

Reviews

[Tatiana Jimenez · Rating 1 out of 5]

I don't even know what to say about this book. It was a text book I had to read for class. Everytime I would read it, it made me feel more and more zombie-like. Enlightened, but bored out of my mind. A lot of coffee was consumed during the reading of this text. Learned some stuff, but I recommend reading anything by Suze Orman if you're interested in learning about managing your finances. This book was beyond dry.

[Michelle Marie Cadena · Rating 5 out of 5]

This book has been very helpful and recommend every Finance student read it!!

[Kai · Rating 4 out of 5]

Used it as a textbook as part of my business degree at Dallas College. Great textbook, and very informative.

[Earwig · Rating 2 out of 5]

Don’t tell my professor but I bearly paid attention to this

[Camilla · Rating 4 out of 5]

As an instructor of PF this book is a great resource and teaching tool for students. It give the students access to educational resources that are useful for classroom study. I used this last year for my students. The McGraw-Hill Connect is great to use as well. Except for the glitches with some of the problems in McGraw-Hill's e-pak. I plan on using the 5th edition this semester with connect and the learning smart study software. Personal Finance is essential for all people to have some basic knowledge in.

[Shan · Rating 2 out of 5]

ahh -- schoolwork.

[Mills College Library]

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[David · Rating 4 out of 5]

This is a good starting book for anyone brand new to personal finances. This book provides an all around idea of what you need to consider for you personal finances.