TY - BOOK AU - Arthur J Keown TI - Personal Finance: Turning money into wealth: Arthur J Keown SN - 0132213893 SN - 97801322 AV - HG179.K47 PY - 2007/// CY - Upper Saddle River PB - Pearson Prentice Hall KW - Investments. KW - Personal Finance N1 - includes index; Pt. 1. Financial planning. The financial planning process ; Measuring your financial health and making a plan ; Understanding the time value of money ; Tax planning and strategies -- part 2. Managing your money. Cash or liquid asset management ; Using credit cards: the role of open credit ; Using consumer loans: the role of planned borrowing ; The home and automobile decision -- part 3. Protecting yourself with insurance. Life and health insurance ; Property and liability insurance -- part 4. Managing your investments. Investment basics ; Securities markets ; Investing in stocks ; Investing in bonds and other alternatives ; Mutual funds: an easy way to diversify -- part 5. Life cycle issues. Retirement planning ; Estate planning: saving your heirs money and headaches ; Fitting the pieces together -- Appendix A: Compound sum of $1 -- Appendix B: Present value of $1 -- Appendix C: Compound sum of an annuity of $1 for n periods -- Appendix D: Present value of an annuity of $1 for n periods -- Appendix E: Monthly installment loan tables ER -