Personal Finance For Beginners In 30 Minutes, Volume 2: How to build savings and investments to secure your financial future

by Ian Lamont

Five years from now, what are you going to do when a major expense pops up? In ten years, will you still be renting an apartment? Thirty years from now, will you have enough money for retirement? Planning your current finances is hard enough, but looking ahead to the future can be downright frightening! "Personal Finance For Beginners In 30 Minutes, Volume 2," is here to help. In 30 short minutes, you'll get a quick but solid lesson in planning your financial future. Using plain English and lots of examples, the book explains: * How to fund a special savings account for emergencies and other unexpected costs * Compound interest and how it can help you save more * Tips for buying a home * Mortgage basics, from ARMs to points * IRA and 401(k) retirement accounts * How to fund retirement accounts, with examples * The pros and cons of mutual funds * Low-risk mutual funds for your retirement portfolio * Disability and life insurance basics * Four types of legal documents you should prepare now If you've been delaying planning your future finances, now is the time to get started on the practical steps that can put real money in your pocket when you need it most! Years from now, you'll thank yourself for taking some of the practical steps described in "Personal Finance For Beginners In 30 Minutes, Volume 2." Buy it now! (For tips on how to control spending, reduce debt, and better manage your day-to-day finances, please refer to "Personal Finance For Beginners In 30 Minutes, Volume 1"). "Personal Finance For Beginners In 30 Minutes, Vol. 1" and "Vol. 2" are authored by Ian Lamont, an award-winning business and technology journalist. He has written for more than a dozen online and print publications, and served as the managing editor of "The Industry Standard." His writing and editorial work has garnered industry awards from the Society of American Business Editors and Writers and the American Society of Business Publication Editors. "IN 30 MINUTES Guides are not affiliated with "For Dummies" books or any other publication or series."

102 pages, Paperback

First published May 20, 2014

About the author

I am the author of a half-dozen “In 30 Minutes” guides, including Google Drive & Docs In 30 Minutes, Dropbox In 30 Minutes, Excel Basics In 30 Minutes, and Twitter In 30 Minutes. I’ve been writing about business, technology, education, and culture for years, starting with newspapers and magazines in the 1990s and later expanding to online media. I was the senior editor, new media for IDG’s Computerworld and served as the managing editor of The Industry Standard. My articles, essays, and blog posts have appeared in numerous locations, from the BBC World Service website to Lifehacker.

My interest in technology is rooted in early exposure to computers, video games, and science fiction. I am old enough to remember the original Battlestar Galactica, and read Gene Wolfe’s Shadow of the Torturer when I was 12. I have been writing science fiction short stories for more than 10 years, but in 2014, I took part in NaNoWriMo and managed to produce the first draft of my first science fiction novel which, unfortunately, requires significant revisions before it can be released!

My latest project is Lean Media (leanmedia.org) which is a framework for creating all kinds of media, from books to videogames. The first draft was completed in September 2016, and I expect the book to come out in 2017.

Reviews

[Jan · Rating 2 out of 5]

Wordy. Long.