Table of Contents

Dedication vii Acknowledgements ix About the author xiii Prologue xvii Introduction 1 Step 1: Write your own ticket 17 Step 2: Money s simple rules 33 Step 3: Risky business 53 Step 4: Gen X s investment edge 75 Step 5: Home: investment central 107 Step 6: Investing: the debt mantra 123 Step 7: Tax, Santa and other little helpers 153 Step 8: Blockbuster budgeting 175 Step 9: Cover your ass(ets) 193 Step 10: Choose your own neverending story 217 Conclusion 245 Appendix A: The X-Flips 247 Appendix B: 50 investment, gearing and Gen X Rules rules 253 Appendix C: Glossary 261 Recommend to a friend 273 Index 275

About the Author

Bruce Brammall is a successful investor, best-sellingauthor, financial adviser, business journalist, columnist... and,by pure luck, a Gen Xer. Now, as Debt Man, he has donned hisgearing cape, exited the phone box and is ready to save hisSlacker generation with a clearly articulated 10-step plan to helpthem supercharge their finances.