Essential Personal Finance - A Practical Guide for Students

Essential Personal Finance is a guide to all the key areas of personal finance: budgeting, managing debt, savings and investments, insurance, securing a home and laying the foundations for retirement. The second edition has been fully updated and includes additional case studies.

List of contents

Part I: Have a vision and a plan 1. The necessity of private wealth 2. Defining and achieving your desired lifestyle and legacy 3. Money and happiness 4. Plan your future Part II: Build a secure foundation 5. The pillars of wealth: budgeting and saving 6. Insuring personal risks Part III: Multiply your wealth 7. Passive income 8. A place to live 9. Make wise investments 10. Saving for later life 11. Help from your family Part IV: The next steps 12. Take action. Glossary.

About the author

Lien Luu is an Associate Professor and Curriculum Lead in Finance at Coventry Business School. She is a Chartered and Certified Financial Planner and a fellow of the Chartered Institute of Insurance (CII) and Chartered Institute of Securities and Investment (CISI).
Jonquil Lowe is a Senior Lecturer in Economics and Personal Finance at The Open University. She has previously worked as an investment analyst and head of the Money Research Group at Which?.
Jason Butler is Head of Financial Education at Salary Finance, columnist and podcaster and spent 25 years as a financial adviser. He is a Chartered Fellow of the Chartered Institute for Securities & Investment and the Personal Finance Society.

Product details

• Authors: Jason Butler, Lowe Jonquil, Lien Luu, Lien (Coventry Business School Luu
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 05.06.2025
• EAN: 9781032799421
• ISBN: 978-1-0-3279942-1
• No. of pages: 326
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Business > Business administration; BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Personal Finance / General, Pensions, Business & Economics / General, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Economics / General, Insurance & actuarial studies, Investment & securities, Investment and securities, Insurance and actuarial studies