Revised and updated, this new edition of Idiot's Guides: Personal Finance in Your 20s and 30s, Fifth Edition, explains all the basic information you need to get started in life and plan for your future. You'll learn how to manage all aspects of your personal finances, as well as enhance your financial plan to yield better returns on your investments. • The basics of personal finance, such as creating and following a budget, learning how to maintain a healthy savings, and building an emergency fund. • Up-to-date look at internet and online banking and choosing the best account options. • The truth about credit cards, how to wisely use them, and how to pay off debt wisely. • Creative ideas for developing a plan to pay off student load debt and understanding your choices if you choose to further your education. • Ways to make wise choices on big purchases such as homes and transportation. • Tips on how to make the right choices when you're unemployed or underemployed, short on assets/funds, or lack employer-sponsored healthcare options. • A thorough explanation of 401(k) plans, individual retirement accounts (IRAs), and how to make the most of them. • The basics on investing your money wisely.

Revised and updated, this new edition of Idiot's Guides: Personal Finance in Your 20s and 30s, Fifth Edition, explains all the basic information you need to get started in life and plan for your future. You'll learn how to manage all aspects of your personal finances, as well as enhance your financial plan to yield better returns on your investments. + The basics of personal finance, such as creating and following a budget, learning how to maintain a healthy savings, and building an emergency fund. + Up-to-date look at internet and online banking and choosing the best account options. + The truth about credit cards, how to wisely use them, and how to pay off debt wisely. + Creative ideas for developing a plan to pay off student load debt and understanding your choices if you choose to further your education. + Ways to make wise choices on big purchases such as homes and transportation. + Tips on how to make the right choices when you're unemployed or underemployed, short on assets/funds, or lack employer-sponsored healthcare options. + A thorough explanation of 401(k) plans, individual retirement accounts (IRAs), and how to make the most of them. + The basics on investing your money wisely.

A wise investment. Revised and updated, this new edition of The Complete Idiot's Guide® to Personal Finance in Your 20s and 30s explains all the basic information anyone in this age group will need to manage their personal finances or enhance their financial plan to yield better returns on their investments. *Covers 401(k) and retirement planning plus investment strategies for the next decade *Budgeting tips forspiraling food and fuel costs, as well as the financial impacts of changing jobs and growing families *Homeownership options from building from scratch to townhouses and Condos *Up-to-date information on internetbanking and online mortgage brokers Download a sample chapter.

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The money lessons you wish you’d learned in school Personal Finance in Your 20s & 30s For Dummies helps Millennials and Zoomers like you make smart financial moves. It’s not as tough as it looks to reduce and file your taxes, pay off your student debt, buy a home, keep a budget to save and invest wisely, or start that side hustle, just to name a few. With a little bit of focus, you can start a clear path to financial freedom and avoid mistakes today. Your future self will thank you. This edition is full of updates for the 2020s; wrap your mind around your investment opportunities, the realities of making a second income, higher ed options for career advancement, and lessons learned from the COVID-19 pandemic. If you’re in need of financial guidance—and who isn’t?—this is the book you need. Pay off loans, manage your credit, begin the home-buying journey, and more Set realistic money goals so you can create a solid path for financial success Make smart decisions to beef up your bank account and investment portfolio Protect the money you have today and learn how to put your money to work for the future Get ready to turn up the volume on your financial know-how and stop worrying about money!

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