| Introduction: Reversal of Fortune |
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PART ONE Wrapping Your Mind Around Your Money |
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1 Bad Things Happen to Good People |
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3 | (4) |
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2 Lifestyles of the Broke and Homeless |
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7 | (3) |
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3 What Marshmallows Can Teach You About Money |
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10 | (3) |
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4 A Map Won't Help Without a Destination |
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13 | (6) |
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PART TWO Master Your Universe |
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5 Focus on Your Net Worth |
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19 | (4) |
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6 The Thrill of a Budget Beats the Agony of Poverty |
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23 | (4) |
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27 | (3) |
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30 | (7) |
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PART THREE Freedom from Debt |
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37 | (4) |
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41 | (4) |
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11 The Nuclear Debt Option |
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45 | (4) |
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49 | (6) |
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PART FOUR The Home Dilemma |
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13 Investing in Your Home |
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55 | (4) |
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14 Home Economics: Should You Buy or Rent? |
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59 | (4) |
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15 Foreclosures and Short Sales |
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63 | (4) |
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16 Outliving Your Mortgage |
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67 | (8) |
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PART FIVE Rest Insured: Solving the Insurance Rubik's Cube |
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75 | (6) |
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18 Cash Value Life Insurance |
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81 | (5) |
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19 Annuities: Don't Toss the Baby Out with the Bathwater |
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86 | (5) |
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91 | (8) |
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PART SIX The Investment Industry: Friend and Foe |
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21 Goldman Sachs: Paragon or Pariah? |
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99 | (4) |
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103 | (4) |
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107 | (4) |
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111 | (8) |
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PART SEVEN Don't Fight the Markets |
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25 Don't Just Do Something---Stand There |
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119 | (3) |
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26 May the (Market) Force Be with You |
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122 | (3) |
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27 Why Index Funds Work for Investors |
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125 | (5) |
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28 The Risk-Return Tradeoff |
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130 | (7) |
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PART EIGHT Putting Your Money to Work |
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29 Assessing Your Risk Capacity |
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137 | (5) |
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30 Fighting the Worst Enemies of High Returns |
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142 | (4) |
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31 The Simple Logic of Asset Allocation |
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146 | (5) |
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32 A Simple Way to Implement Your Investing Plan |
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151 | (8) |
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PART NINE Real Retirement Planning |
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33 How Much Will You Need? |
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159 | (5) |
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34 Beating the 401(k) Rip-Off |
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164 | (6) |
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35 Making Your Money Outlive You |
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170 | (5) |
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36 Sources of Cash in Retirement |
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175 | (8) |
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PART TEN Life (and Death) Events |
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183 | (5) |
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188 | (5) |
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39 In Sickness and in Wealth |
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193 | (6) |
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40 Estate Planning Basics |
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199 | (10) |
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PART ELEVEN Putting It All Together |
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209 | (3) |
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212 | (3) |
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215 | (3) |
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218 | (3) |
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221 | (3) |
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224 | (5) |
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PART TWELVE Sources, Support, and Supplemental Reading |
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229 | (28) |
| Glossary |
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257 | (12) |
| Appendix: Risk and Return Summaries |
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269 | (6) |
| Acknowledgments |
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275 | (2) |
| Publisher's Note |
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277 | (4) |
| Index |
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