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Authors: Jill Gianola
ISBN-13: 9780071413558, ISBN-10: 0071413553
Format: Paperback
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Companies, The
Date Published: November 2003
Edition: First Edition

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Author Biography: Jill Gianola

Jill Gianola is the founder of Gianola Financial Planning. A popular columnist for the leading women's website ivillage.com, she has been featured in the New York Times, the Wall Street Journal, Kiplinger's Personal Finance, and other prominent publications.

Book Synopsis

Specific Strategies for Overcoming Common Money Worries and Making Smart Financial Decisions Together

Paying off five- and six-figure student loans ... Launching careers in a confusing and uncertain job market ... Young couples today face dozens of financial stresses and difficulties that their parents never dreamed of. The Young Couple's Guide to Growing Rich Together takes a unique and personal approach to successfully addressing them all. Calming and reassuring, it provides the advice and answers you need to combine two financial lives into one, discussing everything from eliminating old debt and starting a family to buying a home, saving for retirement, and much more.

Nationally known financial advisor Jill Gianola follows the experiences of a typical couple to offer commonsense guidance on both the financial and nonfinancial aspects of a special and still-developing relationship. Let this insightful, entertaining book provide you with:

  • Strategies for establishing a workable savings, investment, and tax-cutting plan from day one
  • Techniques for controlling your costs and saving for what you really want
  • Flexible financial strategies that will adapt to meet the lifetime needs of your growing family

The most challenging, yet rewarding, business partnership you will ever enter is that between you and your companion. Make it work from the start, and discover how to build a financially rewarding life together, with The Young Couple's Guide to Growing Rich Together.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgmentsvii
Introductionix
Chapter 1Meet Mike and Cathy1
Chapter 2Getting Started4
Chapter 3Planning for Now and Later22
Chapter 4How Your Cash Flows35
Chapter 5Borrowing Wisely60
Chapter 6Managing Your Risk80
Chapter 7The Big Stuff--Buying a House and Car104
Chapter 8Getting on the Path to Financial Independence124
Chapter 9The Scoop on Investing150
Chapter 10And Baby Makes Three176
Chapter 11Tax Saving for Couples188
Chapter 12Estate Planning: Get Specific210
Chapter 13Before You Get Married222
Chapter 14Special Issues for Unmarried Couples228
Chapter 15Getting Help: How to Choose and Work with a Financial Advisor234
Chapter 16You Can Take It from Here244
Index255

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