CHAPTER 1:Personal Financial Planning in Action
CHAPTER 1:APPENDIX Time Value of Money
CHAPTER 2:Money Management Skills
CHAPTER 2:APPENDIX Developing a Career Strategy
CHAPTER 3:Taxes in Your Financial Plan
CHAPTER 4:Financial Services: Savings Plans and Payment Accounts
CHAPTER 5:Consumer Credit: Advantages, Disadvantages, Sources, and Costs
CHAPTER 5:APPENDIX Education Financing, Loans, and Scholarships
CHAPTER 6:Consumer Purchasing and Wise Buying Strategies
CHAPTER 6:APPENDIX Consumer Agencies and Organizations
CHAPTER 7:Selecting and Financing Housing
CHAPTER 8: Homeand Automobile Insurance
CHAPTER 9:Health and Disability Income Insurance
CHAPTER 10:Financial Planning with Life Insurance
CHAPTER 11:Investing Basics and Evaluating Bonds
CHAPTER 12:Investing in Stocks
CHAPTER 13:Investing in Mutual Funds
CHAPTER 14:Starting Early: Retirement and Estate Planning
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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.
Melissa Hart is a permanent lecturer in the Poole College of
Management at North Carolina State University. She was inducted
into the Academy of Outstanding Teachers and nominated for the
Gertrude Cox Award for Innovative Excellence in Teaching and
Learning with Technology. She teaches courses in personal finance
and corporate finance and has developed multiple ways to use
technology to introduce real-life situations into the classroom and
online environment. Spreading the word about financial literacy has
always been a passion of hers. Each year she shares her common
sense approach of “No plan is a plan” with various student groups,
clubs, high schools, and outside organizations. She is a member of
the North Carolina Association of Certified Public Accountants
(NCACPA) where she serves on multiple committees. She received her
BBA from the University of Maryland and an MBA from North Carolina
State University. Prior to obtaining an MBA, she worked eight years
in public accounting in auditing, tax compliance, and consulting.
Her hobbies include keeping up with her family’s many
extracurricular activities and traveling. She travels extensively
with her family to enjoy the many cultures and beauty of the state,
the country, and the world.
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