The Student's Guide to Financial Literacy - by Robert Lawless (Hardcover)

About the Book

This book provides an overview of personal finance, and offers advice and guidelines to students and young adults on how to manage their money and investments.

Book Synopsis

Presenting a broad array of financial knowledge, this interesting, easily understandable book will aid students and young adults in achieving their desired levels of wealth, success, and overall financial and personal fulfillment.

The recent global financial crisis was caused, at least in part, by the financial ignorance of many consumers. Many students and young adults in particular have never been taught the basics of financial planning. Yet, the earlier people move from financial illiteracy to literacy, the greater the benefits that will accumulate over time.

As The Student's Guide to Financial Literacy makes clear, practices adopted in the early years of adulthood can have the most dramatic effect on a person's ultimate quality of life, level of success, and age of retirement. This book is designed to convey financial wisdom in terms that are easy to understand with suggestions that are easy to apply. Readers will learn about the importance of budgeting and saving, the compounding of money, and how to create a diversified portfolio of investments. Included is advice on buying a first home, the characteristics of good debt versus bad debt, insurance and tax planning, even choosing the right career.

Review Quotes

"This title covers everything young adults just starting out in the world should be thinking about with respect to their future financial decisions. . . . The chapters on 'Tax Considerations' and 'Insurance' are must-reads. Excellent charts and graphs support the text, and 'Guess What?' and 'Beware!' boxes offer fascinating related facts and cautions against such things as risky mortgage loans. Though this volume is entitled 'The Student's Guide, ' it is most helpful today just for understanding news headlines." --School Library Journal

About the Author

Robert E. Lawless is currently the chief financial officer for an investment and advisory firm that manages over $500 million in assets and the managing director of a registered broker/dealer that raises capital for various investment products.