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Personal Finance
Personal finance is the financial management which an individual or a family unit performs to budget, save, and spend monetary resources over time, taking into account various financial risks and future life events.
- Author
- Lumen Learning
- Publisher
- Lumen Learning
- Source
- LibreTexts
- License
- CC0 / Public domain
- Language
- EN
- Category
- Economics
Contents· 52 sections
- 01: Personal Budgeting
- 1.01: Making a Budget
- 1.02: Creating Your Budget
- 1.03: Understanding College Costs
- 1.04: Saving and Investing
- 02: Personal Balance Sheet
- 2.01: Financial Statements
- 03: Credit Reports
- 3.01: Free Credit Reports
- 3.02: Building a Better Credit Report
- 04: Taxes
- 4.01: After Youve Filed Your Federal Taxes
- 4.02: Business Tax Information
- 4.03: Filing Your Federal Taxes
- 4.04: Frequently Requested Tax Benefits
- 4.05: Get Help with Your Taxes
- 05: Housing
- 5.01: Buying a Home
- 5.02: Mortgages
- 5.03: Housing-Related Complaints
- 06: Vehicles
- 6.01: Buying a Car
- 6.02: Buying a New Car
- 07: Insurance
- 7.01: Understanding Your Health Coverage
- 7.02: Buying Insurance
- 7.03: Personal Insurance
- 7.04: Property Insurance
- 08: Investment
- 8.01: Bonds
- 8.02: Saving and Investing
- 8.03: Stocks
- 8.04: Mutual Funds
- 09: Banking
- 9.01: Choose a Bank Account
- 9.02: How Are My Deposit Accounts Insured by the FDIC
- 9.03: Deposit Insurance FAQs
- 9.04: Failed Bank List
- 9.05: Learning Bank Checking and Savings Accounts
- 9.06: Frauds and Scams
- 9.07: Complaints About Banks and Lenders
- 10: Retirement
- 10.01: Retirement
- 10.02: Types of Retirement Plans
- 11: Estate Planning
- 11.01: Getting Your Affairs in Order
- 11.02: Estate and Gift Taxes
- 11.03: Planning Your Own Funeral
- 11.04: Saving and Investing
- 12: Living Within Your Means
- 12.01: Cost of College
- 12.1.01: College Affordability and Transparency Center