Table of Contents
Section 1: Planning Your Personal Finances
Ch. 1 Personal Finance Basics and the Time Value of Money
Ch. 1 Appendix: The Time Value of Money
Ch. 2 Financial Aspects of Career Planning
Ch. 2 Appendix: Résumés, Cover Letters, and Interviews
Ch. 3 Money Management Strategy: Financial Statements and
Budgeting
Ch. 4 Planning Your Tax Strategy
Section 2: Managing Your Personal Finances
Ch. 5 Financial Services: Savings Plans and Payment Accounts
Ch. 6 Introduction to Consumer Credit
Ch. 7 Choosing a Source of Credit: The Costs of Credit
Alternatives
Section 3: Making Your Purchasing Decisions
Ch. 8 Consumer Purchasing Strategies and Legal Protection
Ch. 9 The Housing Decision: Factors and Finances
Section 4: Insuring Your Resources
Ch. 10 Property and Motor Vehicle Insurance
Ch. 11 Health, Disability, and Long-Term Care Insurance
Ch. 12 Life Insurance
Section 5: Investing Your Financial Resources
Ch. 13 Investing Fundamentals
Ch. 14 Investing in Stocks
Ch. 15 Investing in Bonds
Ch. 16 Investing in Mutual Funds
Ch. 17 Investing in Real Estate and Other Investment
Alternatives
Section 6: Controlling Your Financial Future
Ch. 18 Starting Early: Retirement Planning
Ch. 19 Estate Planning
Dr. Jack Kapoor is a Professor of Business and Economics in the
Business and Services Division. Dr. Kapoor has taught Business and
Economics at College of DuPage since 1969. He received his B.A. and
M.S. from San Francisco State College and his Ed.D. from Northern
Illinois University. Professor Kapoor was recently awarded the
Business and Services Division's Outstanding Professor Award for
1999-2000. Dr. Kapoor is known internationally as a co-author of
several textbooks including Business: A Practical Approach (Rand
McNally), Business (Houghton Mifflin), and Focus on Personal
Finance (Richard D. Irwin/McGraw-Hill).
Les Dlabay teaches in the Department of Economics and Business at
Lake Forest College, Lake Forest, Illinois. Over the past 25 years,
he has taught more than 30 different courses in high school,
community college, university, adult education, and teacher
preparation programs. Dr. Dlabay has developed a wide variety of
textbook materials, student activity guides, instructor manuals,
testing programs, audio-visual materials, and software packages in
the areas of Personal Finance, Consumer Economics, and
International Business. Dr. Dlabay has served as a consultant to
corporations, educational institutions, and government agencies. He
has presented more than 140 workshops and seminars in over 20
states to encourage teachers to actively involve students in the
learning process with video presentations, newsletters, interviews,
and Internet research activities.
Professor of business at Dallas County Community Colleges, believes
that these two words can literally change people's lives. Whether
you want to be rich or just manage the money you have, the ability
to analyze financial decisions and gather financial information are
skills that can always be improved. In addition to writing several
textbooks, Dr. Hughes has taught personal finance, introduction to
business, business math, small business management, small business
finance, and accounting since 1972. He also served as a content
consultant for two popular national television series, It's
Strictly Business and Dollars & Sense: Personal Finance for the
21st Century, and is the lead author for a business math project
utilizing computer-assisted instruction funded by the ALEKS
Corporation. He received his BBA from Southern Nazarene University
and his MBA and EdD from the University of North Texas. His hobbies
include writing, investing, collecting French antiques, art, and
travel.
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