Book Description
This text guides the reader to appropriate Internet resources, the WSJI site and others, to apply the subjects learned in the textbook's discussion. Personal Finance is an interactive teaching tool that teaches the questions one needs to ask themselves regarding personal finance and provides them with appropriate Internet resources to research, interpret the answers and make decisions about their personal finances. Readers can easily apply the material to their current financial situation and they are provided with reference tools and skills that will be useful as their financial situation and financial goals change.
From the Back Cover
GET STREET SMART WITH THE WALL STREET JOURNAL!
With the purchase of a new copy of Personal Finance students get access to WSJ.com for the duration of the course and a 10-week subscription of The Wall Street Journal!
The Wall Street Journal contains articles and activities that put the reader at the cutting-edge of today's finance world. From award-winning reports about current practices, to a goldmine of resources fort research and advice on career development, the Journal offers essential tools for success!
Best of all, the Personal Finance Web site integrates the rich variety of learning and career development opportunities of the Journal with chapter learning activities.
About the Author
Walt J. Woerheide is the Vice-President of Academic Affairs at The American College in Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania. Prior to that, he held faculty administrative positions at the Rochester Institute of Technology, University of Michigan - Flint, and the University of Illinois at Chicago, and served as a Visiting Scholar with the Federal Home Loan Bank Board in Washington, D.C. He has published in a wide variety of journals, including Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis, Financial Services Review, Financial Counseling and Planning, Journal of Consumer Affairs, Journal of Financial Planning, Journal of Retail Banking, Journal of Institute of Certified Financial Planners, and Real Estate Issues. He has served as President of the Academy of Financial Services and the Midwest Finances Association. Dr. Woerheide's undergraduate degree is in mathematical-economics from Brown University, and both his M.B.A. and Ph.D. with concentrations in finance are from Washington in St. Louis.
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