The Wall Street Journal Guide to the New Rules of Personal Finance : Essential Strategies for Saving, Investing, and Building a Portfolio in a World Turned Upside Down

From the world’s most respected business publication comes the definitive guide to the new, ever-changing landscape of personal finance. The Wall Street Journal Guide to the New Rules of Personal Finance is an essential tool for anyone looking for sound financial advice in a world where everything you thought you knew about saving, managing risk, and constructing a portfolio has been turned upside-down. In the aftermath of the most severe economic downturn since the Great Depression, The Wall Street Journal Guide to the New Rules of Personal Finance is the navigator every investor needs to thrive in a still uncertain financial climate.

This essential guide delivers a practical, post-crisis playbook for rebuilding your wealth:

• Retirement Planning: Learn why your 401(k) is only the beginning and discover strategies for IRAs, insurance, and annuities to secure your future.
• True Diversification: Move beyond a stock-centered portfolio by learning how to invest in commodities, overseas markets, and other asset classes for real-world protection.
• A New Approach to Real Estate: Understand the most important new rule—your house should be a home, not an ATM—and make smarter decisions about your biggest asset.
• The Power of Thrift: Master the art of budgeting, eliminating credit card debt, and building a rainy-day fund as the foundation for lasting wealth.

The editor of The Wall Street Journal's Money & Investing section and editor in chief of TheStreet.com, Dave Kansas is the chief markets commentator and a personal finance columnist for The Wall Street Journal. He is also the author of The Wall Street Journal Guide to the End of Wall Street as We Know It, The Wall Street Journal's Complete Money & Investing Guidebook, and TheStreet.com Guide to Investing in the Internet Era. He lives in New York City.