The Ultimate Financial Plan (ePub)

Foreword xi Preface xv Acknowledgments xix Introduction xxi Chapter 1 The Gift of Money: Money 101 1 The Value of Money 3 Money Beliefs 4 Chapter 2 The Gift of Purpose: Personal Principles and Goals 7 Personal Principles 7 Goals 10 Chapter 3 The Gift of Discipline: Household Cash Flow 17 Personal Financial Statements 17 Financial Crises 25 Chapter 4 The Gift of Enough: Debt and Financial Freedom 27 Financial Freedom 28 The Danger of Discontent 29 Emergency Reserves 32 Bad Debt 35 Better Debt 39 Economics and Emotions 41 The Cure for More 43 Chapter 5 The Gift of Discernment: Risk Management Decisions 45 The Accident 47 Risk Management Techniques 48 How Insurance Works 50 Chapter 6 The Gift of Security: Life Insurance 55 Life Insurance: Why? 55 Life Insurance Needs 59 Life Insurance: How? 62 Life Insurance Wants 67 Different Types of Life Insurance 70 Purchasing Life Insurance 73 Chapter 7 The Gift of Certainty: Auto, Home, and Liability Insurance 77 Auto Insurance 79 Homeowner's Insurance 82 Excess Liability (Umbrella) Insurance 84 Chapter 8 The Gift of Health: Health, Disability Income, and Long-Term Care Insurance 87 Health Insurance 89 Types of Plans 89 HSAs and FSAs 90 Recent Health Insurance Changes 93 Disability Income Insurance 95 DI Moving Pieces 96 Social Security, Medicaid, and Medicare 99 Long-Term Care Insurance 100 LTC Moving Pieces 101 Chapter 9 The Gift of Clarity: Investing and Portfolio Management 107 Stocks and Bonds 109 All Things Considered Equal? 111 Mutual Funds 112 Economic Analysis 115 Market Valuation Analysis 117 Technical Market Analysis 118 Efficient or Not? 119 Passive versus Active 119 Investing with "Style" 121 Relative Return versus Absolute Return 123 Index Huggers, Return Chasers, and Risk Managers 126 Decisions, Decisions 128 Chapter 10 The Gift of Transparency: Annuities 131 Immediate Annuities 134 Fixed Annuities 136 Variable Annuities 137 Equity Indexed Annuities 140 Annuity Disadvantages 141 Annuity Advantages 143 Chapter 11

Jim Stovall is among today's most sought-after motivational speakers. The author of fifteen books, including the bestselling The Ultimate Gift and The Ultimate Life, both of which have been made into major motion pictures by 20th Century Fox, he has been a champion Olympic weightlifter, a successful investment broker, and an entrepreneur. He is the cofounder and President of the Emmy Award-winning Narrative Television Network, which makes movies and television accessible for America's thirteen million blind and visually impaired people and their families. In June 2000, Stovall was selected as the International Humanitarian of the Year.

Tim Maurer is a financial planner, educator, and blogger. He is Vice President of the Financial Consulate, a Fee-Only¯® financial management firm in Hunt Valley, Maryland. He teaches financial planning at his alma mater, Towson University, and educates through his blog, TimMaurer.com. Maurer has been a frequent guest on CNBC and featured on ABC's Nightline. The co-host of Money, Riches & Wealth, a weekly Baltimore radio show, he has contributed to the Wall Street Journal, the New York Times, the Washington Post, and Money magazine, among other leading publications.

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