Planning Your Financial Future / With 3.5" Disk - 2nd edition

Boone, Louis E. : University of South Alabama

Louis E. Boone (Ph.D., University of Arkansas) holds the Ernest G. Cleverdon Chair of Business and Management at the University of South Alabama. He formerly chaired the Divisions of Management and Marketing at the University of Tulsa and has taught marketing in Australia, Greece, and the United Kingdom. Dr. Boone is a prolific researcher and writer. In addition to authoring numerous marketing and business texts and computer simulation games, he is author of Quotable Business, published by Random House. His current research focuses on event and sports marketing. Dr. Boone's research has been published in such journals as the Journal of Marketing, Journal of Business Strategy, Journal of Retailing, Business Horizons, Journal of Business Research, Journal of Business of the University of Chicago, Journal of Personal Selling & Sales Management, Journal of Marketing Education, Business, and Health Marketing Quarterly. He has served as vice president of the Southern Marketing Association.

Kurtz, David L. : University of Arkansas

David L. Kurtz (Ph.D., University of Arkansas) is the R.A. and Vivian Young Chair of Business Administration at the University of Arkansas. Dr. Kurtz has also taught at Seattle University, Eastern Michigan University, Davis & Elkins College, and Australia's Monash University. Dr. Kurtz has authored or co-authored 30 books and more than 100 articles, cases, and papers. Dr. Kurtz's recent work has appeared in such publications as the Journal of Marketing, Journal of Retailing, Journal of Business Research, and numerous other well-known journals.

Hearth, Douglas : University of Arkansas

Dr. Douglas Hearth (Ph.D., University of Iowa) is currently a member of the finance faculty at the University of Arkansas where he teaches courses in personal finance and investments. He served as Chair of the Finance Department at the University of Arkansas between 1989 and 1996. Dr. Hearth has also held faculty appointments at the University of Colorado and the University of Iowa. He earned his bachelor's degree at the University of Wisconsin and his masters and Ph.D. at the University of Iowa. Dr. Hearth is the author of Planning Your Financial Future, also published by the Dryden Press. He has published numerous papers in academic and practitioner journals and has served as a consultant to industry and government.

1. Overview of Personal Financial Planning
2. Career Aspects of Personal Finance
3. Developing Financial Statements, Plans, and Budgets
4. Cash Management
5. Understanding Credit and Loans
6. Tax Planning
7. The Informed Consumer
8. The Housing Decision
9. The Insurance Decision
10. Life Insurance
11. Health and Disability Insurance
12. Property and Liability Insurance
13. The Investing Environment
14. Buying and Selling Securities
15. Mutual Funds
16. Planning for Retirement
17. Estate Planning


Appendix A: Time Value of Money Tables
Appendix B: Comprehensive Case