Introduction: Money Problems Are Financial Opportunities 1(8)
PART ONE SPEND LESS, SAVE WELL, INVEST OFTEN
1 Money Lessons I Learned from My Mother
9(10)
Spending, Saving, Investing: A Personal-Finance Quiz
2 Your 90-Day Number
19(18)
Cold Hard truth Card
3 Save Your Money, Save Your Life
37(14)
Reviving Ghost Money
4 Invest Right, Invest Now
51(16)
5 Investment Rules to Live By
5 Debt-Free First
67(10)
Money Pledge
PART TWO YOUTH AND MONEY: LEARNING & EARNING, DATING & MATING
6 Kids and Cash
77(28)
Test Your Child's Money Smarts
7 The High Cost of Higher Education
105(18)
Quiz: Are You Ready for the High Cost of Higher Ed?
8 Boomers and Boomerangs: When Generations Financially Collide
123(10)
10 Steps for Getting Your Kid Out of Your Basement
9 Young Love and Money
133(14)
10 Financial Questions to Ask Your Partner Before You Move In Together
PART THREE MARRIAGE, MORTGAGE, AND CHILDREN
10 Marriage and Money
147(18)
Get Hitched and Stay Rich: 10 Ways to Minimize Wedding-Spending Madness
11 House Poor, House Rich
165(20)
10 Ways to Renovate Smarter
12 Cash in the Cradle
185(8)
5 Ways to Minimize Baby-Spending Madness
13 Avoiding Money Pits
193(14)
4 More Money Pits to Avoid
PART FOUR MIDLIFE MONEY MATTERS & YOUR FINANCIAL LEGACY
14 Midlife and Money Karma
207(12)
Measure Your Midlife Money Karma
15 Divorce, Remarriage, and Gold Diggers
219(10)
How to Spot a Gold Digger
16 Debt, Divesting, and Downsizing
229(18)
10 Crucial Financial Questions You Must Ask about Late-in-Life Care
Epilogue: Getting to "Enough" 247(2)
Acknowledgments 249(2)
About The Author 251