Insurance for Dummies
Jan/120
Insurance for Dummies
Now updated — your guide to getting the best insurance policyAre you intimidated by insurance? Have no fear — this easy-to-understand guide explains everything you need to know, from getting the most coverage at the best price to dealing with adjusters, filing claims, and more. Whether you’re looking for personal or business insurance, you’ll see how to avoid common pitfalls, lower your costs, and get what you deserve at claim time. Get to know the basics — understand how to make good insurance decisions and reduce the chances of a financial loss in your life Take your insurance on the road — manage your personal automobile risks, handle special situations, insure recreational vehicles, and deal with insurance adjusters Understand
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Insurance for Dummies Reviews
Aug/110
Insurance for Dummies
Now updated — your guide to getting the best insurance policyAre you intimidated by insurance? Have no fear — this easy-to-understand guide explains everything you need to know, from getting the most coverage at the best price to dealing with adj
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Asset Allocation For Dummies
Dec/093
Product Description
You don’t need to be an expert analyst, a star stock-picker, or a rocket scientist to have better investment results than most other investors. You just need to allocate your assets in the right way, and have the conviction to stick with that allocation.
The big secret behind asset allocation — the secret that most sophisticated investors know and use to their benefit — is that it’s really not all that hard to do.
Asset Allocation For Dummies serves as a comprehensive guide to maximizing returns and minimizing risk — while managing taxes, fees and other costs — in putting together a portfolio to reflect your unique financial goals.
Jerry A. Miccolis (Basking Ridge, NJ), CFA®, CFP®, FCAS, MAAA is a widely quoted expert commentator who has been interviewed in The New York Times and the Wall Street Journal, and appeared on CBS Radio and ABC-TV. He is a senior financial advisor and co-owner of Brinton Eaton Wealth Advisors (www.brintoneaton.com), a fee-only investment management, tax advisory and financial planning firm in Madison, N.J. Dorianne R. Perrucci (Scotch Plains, NJ) is a freelance writer who has been published in The New York Times, Newsweek, and TheStreet.com, and has collaborated on several financial books, including I.O.U.S.A, One Nation, Under Stress, In Debt (Wiley, 2008).
From the Back Cover
Use allocation strategies of the pros and protect your financial future
You don’t have to be an investment expert to allocate your assets successfully. This plain-English guide demystifies the process, giving you timely advice on diversifying your investment portfolio to help insulate it against volatility. You’ll see how to develop your personal investment strategy, avoid costly mistakes, and rebalance to generate extra return.
- The ABCs of asset allocation discover how it works, why to do it, and the level of risk you’re comfortable with
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Explore the different asset categories from cash and bonds to stocks, mutual funds, exchange-traded funds, and more
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Plan your investment strategy set your portfolio constraints, outline your financial goals, and select your asset classes
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Choose securities and accounts select the best ones, understand fees and expenses, and take advantage of tax breaks
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Maintain your portfolio keep tabs on your investments, know when to rebalance, and measure your results against appropriate market benchmarks
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Go beyond the basics consider alternative investments (such as real estate and commodities), maximize after-tax results, and work with the pros when you need help
Open the book and find:
- The top asset allocation mistakes
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How to match the right investments with the right accounts
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Ways to successfully manage risk
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Best practices for portfolio rebalancing
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“What if?” investment scenarios
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Historical rates of return on ten asset classes and subclasses
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How to project your financial future
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Guidance for fine-tuning your long-term allocation plan
Trading Options For Dummies
Dec/093
Product Description
This plain-English guide explains the common types of options and helps you choose the right ones for your investing needs. You find out how to weigh option costs and benefits, combine options to reduce risk, and build a strategy that allows you to gain no matter what the market may bring. You’ll learn the basics of market and sector analysis and what to look for when trying out a new option strategy. You’ll also find what you need to know about options contract specifications and mechanics. Discover how to:
- Understand option contracts and orders
- Determine and manage your risk
- Guard your assets using options
- Trade options on securities exchanges
- Protect your rights and satisfy your contract obligations
- Target sectors using technical analysis
- Minimize potential losses and optimize rewards
- Map out your plan of attack
- Limit your downside when trading the trend
- Combine options to limit your position risk
- Benefit from exchange traded funds
- Key in on volatility for trading opportunities
- Capitalize on sideways movements
Trading options is serious business. Trading Options For Dummies gives you the expert help you need to succeed.
From the Back Cover
Navigate options markets and bring in the profits
Thinking about trading options? This plain-English guide explains the common types of options and helps you choose the right ones for your investing needs. You’ll see how to weigh option costs and benefits, combine options to reduce risk, and build a strategy that allows you to gain no matter the market conditions.
Discover how to:
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Understand option contracts and orders
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Know and manage your risk
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Use technical analysis
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Guard your assets with options
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Minimize potential losses
Trading Futures For Dummies
Dec/090
Product Description
Protect your assets and maximize your profits in this risky yet lucrative market
Want to take advantage of the futures market? This plain-English guide gives you the surefire strategies you need to be a successful trader, with up-to-the-minute advice on the various types of futures, conducting research, finding a broker, entering and exiting positions, and minimizing your losses. You also get bearish and bullish strategies and tips for trading online.
Discover how to:
- Understand trends in the global economy
- Use charting patterns and indicators
- Execute successful trades
- Set realistic goals
- Avoid common trading pitfalls
- Keep your downside risk under control
From the Back Cover
Protect your assets and maximize your profits in this risky yet lucrative market
Want to take advantage of the futures market? This plain-English guide gives you the surefire strategies you need to be a successful trader, with up-to-the-minute advice on the various types of futures, conducting research, finding a broker, entering and exiting positions, and minimizing your losses. You also get bearish and bullish strategies and tips for trading online.
Discover how to:
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Understand trends in the global economy
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Use charting patterns and indicators
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Execute successful trades
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Set realistic goals
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Avoid common trading pitfalls
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Keep your downside risk under control
Business Leasing for Dummies
Dec/090
Product Description
From the Back Cover
“Provides valuable insight and direction for both lessors and lessees. Every business person should read it before negotiating an equipment lease.” – Michael J. Rizzo, President & CEO, U.S. Bancorp Business Equipment Finance Group
The pain-free way to decide whether to lease or buy
The fun and easy way to save money by business leasing! So you’ve decided to lease. Confusing stuff, huh? Nahhh ? not with expert David Mayer at your side! From clear explanations of the fundamentals of the leasing process to savvy tips for avoiding costly mistakes, this unintimidating reference guides you every step of the way.
Business Math For Dummies
Sep/092
Product Description
Now, it is easier than ever before to understand complex mathematical concepts and formulas and how they relate to real-world business situations. All you have to do it apply the handy information you will find in Business Math For Dummies. Featuring practical practice problems to help you expand your skills, this book covers topics like using percents to calculate increases and decreases, applying basic algebra to solve proportions, and working with basic statistics to analyze raw data. Find solutions for finance and payroll applications, including reading financial statements, calculating wages and commissions, and strategic salary planning.
Navigate fractions, decimals, and percents in business and real estate transactions, and take fancy math skills to work. You’ll be able to read graphs and tables and apply statistics and data analysis. You’ll discover ways you can use math in finance and payroll investments, banking and payroll, goods and services, and business facilities and operations. You’ll learn how to calculate discounts and markup, use loans and credit, and understand the ins and outs of math for business facilities and operations. You’ll be the company math whiz in no time at all! Find out how to:
- Read graphs and tables
- Invest in the future
- Use loans and credit
- Navigate bank accounts, insurance, budgets, and payroll
- Calculate discounts and markup
- Measure properties and handle mortgages and loans
- Manage rental and commercial properties
Complete with lists of ten math shortcuts to do in meetings and drive your coworkers nuts and ten tips for reading annual reports, Business MathFor Dummies is your one-stop guide to solving math problems in business situations.
From the Back Cover
Features tons of formulas and practice problems to hone your skills
The fun and easy way to do financial computations to be successful in business
Are you baffled by business math? Never fear — this easy-to-understand guide explains complex formulas and concepts in plain English and shows you how to use them day to day on the job. From using basic algebra to solve proportions and statistics to analyze data to reading financial statements, calculating wages and commissions, and managing investments, you’ll gain the skills you need to conduct real-world business.
Discover how to:
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Apply formulas and theories to everyday business
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Navigate payroll situations
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Use formulas in spreadsheets
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Manage inventory or properties
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Improve your analytical thinking
Insurance for Dummies
Aug/0912
Product Description
Now updated your guide to getting the best insurance policy
Are you intimidated by insurance? Have no fear this easy-to-understand guide explains everything you need to know, from getting the most coverage at the best price to dealing with adjusters, filing claims, and more. Whether you’re looking for personal or business insurance, you’ll see how to avoid common pitfalls, lower your costs, and get what you deserve at claim time.
- Get to know the basics understand how to make good insurance decisions and reduce the chances of a financial loss in your life
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Take your insurance on the road manage your personal automobile risks, handle special situations, insure recreational vehicles, and deal with insurance adjusters
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Understand homeowner’s and renter’s insurance know what is and isn’t covered by typical policies, common exclusions and pitfalls, and how to cover yourself against personal lawsuits
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Buy the right umbrella policy discover the advantages, and coordinate your policies to cover the gaps
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Manage life, health, and disability risks explore individual and group policies, understand Medicare basics, and evaluate long-term disability and long-term-care insurance
Open the book and find:
- The best life, health, home, and auto policies
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Strategies for handling the claims process to get what you deserve
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Tips on adjusting your deductible to suit your lifestyle
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How to navigate healthcare policies
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Ways to reduce your risk and your premiums
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Common traps and loopholes
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Considerations for grads, freelancers, and remote workers
From the Back Cover
“Jack Hungelmann actually manages to make insurance interesting.” Janet Eian, Chief Administrative Officer, Endurant Business Solutions “Loaded with tips that can save buyers money.” George Williams, CPCU, Editor-in-Chief, American Agent & Broker magazine Praise for Insurance For Dummies® “An indispensable walk through the insurance maze
. The book’s true value lies in the prevention of heartaches, headaches, and potential insolvency
. An invaluable resource.” Danelle J. Wolf, Owner, Wolf’s Wayzata Pharmacy, Inc. “You can’t afford not to read this now!” Carmen Ellingson, Education Director, Minnesota Society of CPCU
Find out what kind of insurance you need before it’s too late
Confused by insurance fine print? Relax! From deciding how much coverage you need to locating the best policies, insurance pro Jack Hungelmann shows you step-by-step how to get the right amount of protection at the best price. If you’re looking for savvy advice on any type of insurance life, health, home, auto, you name it this friendly guide is just the ticket.
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