Authors: Jill Gianola
ISBN-13: 9780071413558, ISBN-10: 0071413553
Format: Paperback
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Companies, The
Date Published: November 2003
Edition: First Edition
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.
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:
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.
Acknowledgments | vii | |
Introduction | ix | |
Chapter 1 | Meet Mike and Cathy | 1 |
Chapter 2 | Getting Started | 4 |
Chapter 3 | Planning for Now and Later | 22 |
Chapter 4 | How Your Cash Flows | 35 |
Chapter 5 | Borrowing Wisely | 60 |
Chapter 6 | Managing Your Risk | 80 |
Chapter 7 | The Big Stuff--Buying a House and Car | 104 |
Chapter 8 | Getting on the Path to Financial Independence | 124 |
Chapter 9 | The Scoop on Investing | 150 |
Chapter 10 | And Baby Makes Three | 176 |
Chapter 11 | Tax Saving for Couples | 188 |
Chapter 12 | Estate Planning: Get Specific | 210 |
Chapter 13 | Before You Get Married | 222 |
Chapter 14 | Special Issues for Unmarried Couples | 228 |
Chapter 15 | Getting Help: How to Choose and Work with a Financial Advisor | 234 |
Chapter 16 | You Can Take It from Here | 244 |
Index | 255 |