Name: PFIN
ISBN: 9780357033616

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PFIN

Through ongoing research into students’ workflows and preferences, PFIN from 4LTR Press combines an easy-reference, paperback textbook with Chapter Review Cards, and an innovative online experience – all at an affordable price. New for this edition, students explore PFIN anywhere, anytime, and on most devices with MindTap! MindTap is the digital learning solution that powers students from memorization to mastery. It gives you complete control of your course—to provide engaging content, to challenge every individual, and to build their confidence. Empower students to accelerate their progress with MindTap. Coupled with straightforward course management, assessment, and analytics for instructors, PFIN with MindTap engages students of all generations and learning styles, and integrates seamlessly into your Personal Finance course.  

PFIN7 has numerous features that relate personal finance to students’ day-to-day lives. These include “You Can Do It Now” on personal financial actions students can take now, “Financial Impact of Personal Choices” that illustrates the financial effects of key personal decisions, “Financial Planning Tips”, “Behavior Matters” on the behavioral aspects of personal finance, and “Planning Over a Lifetime” on financial planning over the life cycle. PFIN7 helps instructors by allowing them to present students with essential decision-making frameworks and up-to-date information on key topics that include buying a home or car, setting up and maintaining a budget, handling student loans, insuring your life, health and property, investing to meet goals like retirement, and doing your taxes. All data and figures are updated through the second quarter of 2018.

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Billingsley/Gitman/Joehnk's PFIN, 8th Edition, uses practical and relatable examples of personal financial planning strategies, relating to students’ day-to-day lives. These include features like “Do It Now,” “Financial Impact of Personal Choices,” “Financial Planning Tips,” “Behavior Matters” and “Planning Over a Lifetime.” This edition presents students with essential decision-making frameworks and up-to-date information on key topics, including buying a home or car, setting up and maintaining a budget, handling student loans, insuring your life, health and property, investing to meet goals like retirement and doing your taxes. The latest tax information and financial market rates and data further strengthen this edition, while MindTap the online learning platform enhances students' financial understanding.

A hardcopy textbook for Billingsley/Gitman/Joehnk's PFIN, 8th Edition, can be bought directly for hassle-free returns and is included in Cengage Unlimited.

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Part I: FOUNDATIONS OF FINANCIAL PLANNING.
1. Understanding the Financial Process.
2. Using Financial Statements and Budgets.
3. Preparing Your Taxes.
Part II: MANAGING BASIC ASSETS.
4. Managing Your Cash and Savings.
5. Making Automobile and Housing Decisions.
Part III: MANAGING CREDIT.
6. Using Credit.
7. Using Consumer Loans.
Part IV: MANAGING INSURANCE NEEDS.
8. Insuring Your Life.
9. Insuring Your Health.
10. Protecting Your Property.
Part V: MANAGING INVESTMENTS.
11. Investment Planning.
12. Investing in Stocks and Bonds.
13. Investing in Mutual Funds, ETFs, and Real Estate.
Part VI: RETIREMENT AND ESTATE PLANNING.
14. Planning for Retirement.
15. Preserving Your Estate.

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