Personal Financial Planning (Available Titles CourseMate) - Hardcover

Gitman, Lawrence J.; Joehnk, Michael D.; Billingsley, Randy

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1439044473 ISBN 13: 9781439044476

Publisher: Cengage Learning, 2010

Synopsis

In the midst of today's shifting financial environment and fast-paced, changing lives, solid financial planning is more important than ever. Gitman/Joehnk/Billingsley's market-leading PERSONAL FINANCIAL PLANNING, 12E provides your students with the tools, techniques, and understanding they need to define and achieve their financial goals. The book follows a life-cycle approach -- addressing financial plans, assets, credit, insurance, investment, and retirement -- as individuals and families progress through a lifetime. The latest updates throughout this edition reflect the most recent financial developments and research -- from new tax laws to professional financial advice that considers the impact of the recent global financial crisis. This edition's inviting new design incorporates opening vignettes, cases, and numerous examples from life as well as a proven, integrated learning system to ensure understanding. Step-by-step features teach students to use today's most critical financial tools and technology, including financial planning software. CFP practice questions provide valuable practice. A complete support package, including CengageNOW online course management system, helps you put the best in personal financial planning in your students' hands.

About this title

About the Author:

Lawrence J. Gitman is an emeritus professor of finance at San Diego State University. He received his BA from Purdue University, MBA from the University of Dayton, and PhD from the University of Cincinnati. A prolific author, Dr. Gitman has published more than 50 articles appearing in FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT, the FINANCIAL REVIEW, JOURNAL OF FINANCIAL PLANNING, JOURNAL OF RISK AND INSURANCE, FINANCIAL SERVICES REVIEW, JOURNAL OF FINANCIAL RESEARCH, FINANCIAL PRACTICE AND EDUCATION, JOURNAL OF FINANCIAL EDUCATION, and other scholarly publications. He has authored and coauthored numerous best-selling textbooks on various finance and business topics as well as investing. An active member of numerous professional organizations, Dr. Gitman is past president of the Academy of Financial Services, the San Diego Chapter of the Financial Executives Institute, the Midwest Finance Association, and the FMA National Honor Society. In addition, he is a Certified Financial Planner (CFP). Dr. Gitman formerly served as a director on the CFP Board of Governors, as vice president of Financial Education for the Financial Management Association, and as director of the San Diego MIT Enterprise Forum. He has two grown children and lives with his wife in La Jolla, California, where he is an avid cyclist.

About this edition

• Publisher: Cengage Learning
• Publication date: 2010
• ISBN 10: 1439044473
• ISBN 13: 9781439044476
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 576