Get Financially Naked: How to Talk Money with Your Honey »

Manisha Thakor, MBA, CFA (Houston, TX and Santa Fe, NM) and Sharon Kedar, MA, CFA (San Francisco, CA) are best girlfriends and the coauthors of the hit book On My Own Two Feet: A Modern Girl's Guide to Personal Finance. Both Thakor and Kedar earned MBA degrees from Harvard Business School and are Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) charterholders. As personal finance experts, their work has been featured in national media such as BusinessWeek, US News & World Report, Glamour, Woman's Day and NBC Nightly News. Thakor and Kedar are fully committed to getting financially naked with their husbands and effectively managing their household finances.

You may think that marital bliss means money doesn't matter, but in today's troubled economic times, that's simply false hope. And with layoffs galore and debt mounting, financial stress is through the roof. Think keeping afloat and affectionate is impossible? Think again.

This inspiring, action-oriented guide helps young women in committed relationships understand and manage their money matters. Complete with charts, graphs, case studies, and tip-based advice, this succinct, straightforward guide speaks to worried women in the same way that made On My Own Two Feet a mega-success.

Accessible and easy to follow, the three-part process presented in this book teaches you how to:

• Accurately interpret your current financial condition
• Become truly involved in the costs of the couple
• Move forward using the 'three powers steps to financial success'

This expert author team is here to help once more. Clearing up confusion, stating the truth, developing a plan-and now, helping create a happy home.

Introduction: What This Book Can Do for You xi

Part A Own Your Finances, Own Your Life 1

Chapter 1 Get Financially Naked 3

Chapter 2 Uncover Your Current Financial Beliefs 23

Chapter 3 Do It with Your Partner 41

Part B Talking Money with Your Honey 51

Chapter 4 How Financially Compatible Are You? 53

Chapter 5 The Five Power Steps to Financial Success 75

Chapter 6 For Better or for Worse ... You Get the Family Too 93

Part C Time to Get Tactical 105

Chapter 7 Save Wisely for Your Financial Goals 107

Chapter 8 Invest Your Hard-Earned Money So It Works Hard for You 129

Chapter 9 Sustain Your Financial Plan 145

Appendix A Commonly Asked Questions 159

Index 177

Acknowledgments 183

About the Authors 185