Managing your personal finances, 7th ed.

Abstract

While focusing on the student’s role as citizen, student, family member, consumer, and active participant in the business world, Managing Your Personal Finances 7e informs readers of their various financial responsibilities. Students will discover new ways to maximize their earning potential, develop strategies for managing resources, explore skills for the wise use of credit, and gain insight into the different ways of investing money. Special features in each chapter focus on current trends and issues that consumers face in the marketplace and help students learn to secure their financial future. The 7th edition provides updated coverage of timely topics including social media, health care, and identity theft, to increase student awareness in these critical areas of personal finance. • Ensuring that basic personal financial management skills are attained, this content is aligned with the Jump$tart Coalition’s national standards for personal financial literacy. • To prepare students to become knowledgeable and ethical consumers, this content meets the standards for personal financial literacy established by the National Business Education Association (NBEA).