The index card : why personal finance doesn't have to be complicated / Helaine Olen and Harold Pollack
- Author:
- Olen, Helaine
- Published:
- New York, New York : Portfolio/Penguin, [2016]
- Physical Description:
- 245 pages ; 19 cm
- Contents:
- Rule #1: Strive to save 10 to 20 percent of your income -- Rule #2: Pay your credit card balance in full every month (and how to deal with other forms of debt) -- Rule #3: Max out your 401(k) and other tax-advantaged savings accounts -- Rule #4: Never buy or sell individual stocks -- Rule #5: Buy inexpensive, well-diversified indexed mutual funds and exchange-traded funds -- Rule #6: Make your financial advisor commit to the fiduciary standard -- Rule #7: Buy a home when you are financially ready -- Rule #8: Insurance--make sure you're protected -- Rule #9: Do what you can to support the social safety net -- Rule #10: Remember the index card.
- Summary:
- Offers guidance on managing personal finance based on ten simple, proven rules that have been shown to outperform more complicated strategies, including saving ten to twenty percent of income and maxing out employer 401K programs.
- Subject(s):
- ISBN:
- 9781591847687 (hardcover)
1591847680 (hardcover)
9780143130529 - Bibliography Note:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 219-236) and index.
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