If you make money or borrow it, if you want to save more, spend less, invest better, or buy smarter, here is the one book you can't afford to be without. From the leading voice in personal finance today, this remarkable resource has all the easy-to-find, easy-to-understand information you need for your own financial well-being-at every stage of life. The MoneyR Book of Personal Finance Compiled by the staff of Money magazine and edited by former executive editor Richard Eisenberg, The Money Book of Personal Finance starts with a helpful fill-in-the-blanks guide to your financial life: income, debt, assets, savings, and investments. Once you know where you stand-and where you stand statistically next to your neighbors-you can use each chapter to correct financial problems, plan for the future, cut your taxes, and put your money to work. The concise, authoritative chapters in this book take you through all the phases of your life, from getting married to retirement, from having kids to putting them through college, from being a kid to taking care of your parents in their old age. Refreshingly written, unbiased, and up-to-date on new changes in tax laws and in the U.S. and world economy, The Money Book of Personal Finance tackles such important issues as: * Borrowing Money: Seven ways to be a smart borrower and lower your monthly payments. * Investing: Where you should put your money and how to create an investment plan that will work for you. * Stocks, Bonds, and Mutual Funds: Boosting your profits whether you're already invested or just getting started. * The Real Story on Retirement: How to fund it, when to take it, and where the best places are to live in retirement. * Men, Women, and Money: How we view money differently, use it differently, and get into trouble with it differently. And how couples can start communicating effectively about their finances. * Buying a House: Your house probably won't be a dazzling investment, so learn how to buy one shrewdly and then get the most out of it financially. Whether you want to find out how much you really spend or learn how to get the right insurance on your home and automobile, The Money Book of Personal Finance is a resource you'll turn to over and over again-and profit from for years to come.