My Financial Toolbox


Book Description

My Financial Toolbox goes into the nuts and bolts of managing your money. Long-time personal finance blogger Harry Sit opens up his financial toolbox and gives a big show-and-tell of everything he uses to manage his finances, from everyday banking and spending to investing for retirement and college, from every type of insurance to wills and trust, and more. Drawn from firsthand experience, this book shows you which exact provider and product to use and why. The "good enough" and "set and forget" principles guide you to 95% of the results with 5% of the effort.




The Financial Controller and CFO's Toolkit


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Simplify and streamline your way to a winning legacy The Financial Controller and CFO's Toolkit is a hybrid handbook and toolkit with over 100 lean practice solutions and a wealth of practical tools for senior financial managers of small, midsized and large companies. This book outlines the mindset of paradigm shifters relevant to future-ready finance teams, and contains guidelines on how to become an effective change leader. Guidance from world leading expert David Parmenter provides the insight and tools you need to reach your true leadership potential and achieve more for your organization. Packed with templates and checklists, this book helps you adhere to the best practices in reporting, forecasting, KPIs, planning, strategy, and technology. The companion website—a complete toolbox for positive, entrenched change—gives you access to additional resources that reinforce The Financial Controller and CFO's Toolkit strategy. This new second edition has been updated to reflect the latest practices and technology to streamline your workflow and get more done in less time—without sacrificing quality or accuracy. As an all-in-one resource for the CFO role, this book provides a clear, practical strategy for demonstrating your value to your organization. Selling and leading change effectively Get more accurate information from your KPIs Attracting, recruiting and retaining talented staff Invest in and implement new essential tools Investing wisely in 21st century technologies Report the month-end within three days, implement quarterly rolling forecasting, complete the annual plan in two weeks or less, and bring your firm into the 21st century with key tools that get the job done. Be the CFO that your organization needs and the leader that your teams deserve. The Financial Controller and CFO's Toolkit gives you everything you need to achieve more by doing less.




My Money Tool Box


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In today's economy, it does not matter if you are a salary earner, an entrepreneur, rich or operating on a shoestring budget; if you do not save now, then you are living on borrowed time. The looming threat of a sudden reduction in income can be very stressful, but with healthy savings, you can be more at peace.My Money Toolbox is an easy- to-use guide to keep you focused and disciplined in establishing and achieving your financial goals. Even if you are happy with your current finances and savings, there is still room for more. So, if you are serious about improving your financial goals, then this book will help correct wrong money habits and keep you on track as you build a financially secured future for yourself. My Money Toolbox is a smart choice that is designed for the everyday saver. It is full of practical tips that are easy to implement. No matter where you are on your financial journey, this book will help you increase your savings as well as your peace of mind!




Financial Intimacy


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Addressing the common reasons people don't discuss personal finances in detail and in-depth with their partner, this unique approach to managing money goes beyond the superficial to the substantial and significant conversations couples should have about money. In part one, personal profiles of 19 women reflect the financial and emotional challenges every woman, to some degree, eventually faces when the relationships she has with herself, her money, and her mate converge. The second section reviews key individual thoughts, behavior, and expectations concerning money and examines how these affect the expectations of a significant other. The love-and-money dance is the focus of the third part, providing a framework for asking questions and exchanging information that allow any couple to know and understand each other's personal financial history. Assessing and improving the emotional impact of managing money in a romantic relationship, this guidebook elevates the conversation about money and provides women with the tools to take the lead.




Disciplined Entrepreneurship


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24 Steps to Success! Disciplined Entrepreneurship will change the way you think about starting a company. Many believe that entrepreneurship cannot be taught, but great entrepreneurs aren’t born with something special – they simply make great products. This book will show you how to create a successful startup through developing an innovative product. It breaks down the necessary processes into an integrated, comprehensive, and proven 24-step framework that any industrious person can learn and apply. You will learn: Why the “F” word – focus – is crucial to a startup’s success Common obstacles that entrepreneurs face – and how to overcome them How to use innovation to stand out in the crowd – it’s not just about technology Whether you’re a first-time or repeat entrepreneur, Disciplined Entrepreneurship gives you the tools you need to improve your odds of making a product people want. Author Bill Aulet is the managing director of the Martin Trust Center for MIT Entrepreneurship as well as a senior lecturer at the MIT Sloan School of Management. For more please visit http://disciplinedentrepreneurship.com/




Trading in Sync with Commodities


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Use the power of the cosmos to harness your financial life. Get an edge in trading. Stay ahead of big economic trends that can affect your 401(k). Be prepared for upcoming economic shifts in business. "Trading In Sync With Commodities-Introducing Astrology To Your Technical Toolbox" combines Susan Abbott Gidel's expertise and passion for both the commodity markets and astrology into a book valuable to traders, investors and astrologers. Get a trading edge by anticipating dates for potential market highs and lows. Plan your investment strategy based on long-term economic and market outlook. Add commodity markets to your understanding of financial astrology. See when six major markets might make highs and lows through 2020. Written for those who might be unfamiliar with either commodities or astrology, Susan includes "101" chapters on each topic, as well as an astrological glossary. In addition, she covers how astrology can help you discover which markets you might be most attuned to trading. When Markets Peak and Bottom Susan researched six major commodity futures markets-S&P 500, Gold, Soybeans, Crude Oil, Euro FX and U.S. 10-year T-notes-and their connection to astrological transits, the ever-changing position of planets in the sky. To her delight, she found that each market showed tendencies to make important price highs and price lows when certain planets made certain connections to the horoscope chart cast for when each market began trading. This breakthrough research in the commodity markets required having the exact first-trade time and date. Susan obtained those dates and times with painstaking digging into exchange and news archives that sometimes revealed typos and errors in publicly available government documentation. This is where Susan's 40-year career in the commodity industry served her well and enabled her to spot potential discrepancies in first-trade data in order to find true, accurate information, which is essential to first-class astrological analysis.




Foundations of Computational Finance with MATLAB


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Graduate from Excel to MATLAB® to keep up with the evolution of finance data Foundations of Computational Finance with MATLAB® is an introductory text for both finance professionals looking to branch out from the spreadsheet, and for programmers who wish to learn more about finance. As financial data grows in volume and complexity, its very nature has changed to the extent that traditional financial calculators and spreadsheet programs are simply no longer enough. Today’s analysts need more powerful data solutions with more customization and visualization capabilities, and MATLAB provides all of this and more in an easy-to-learn skillset. This book walks you through the basics, and then shows you how to stretch your new skills to create customized solutions. Part I demonstrates MATLAB’s capabilities as they apply to traditional finance concepts, and PART II shows you how to create interactive and reusable code, link with external data sources, communicate graphically, and more. Master MATLAB’s basic operations including matrices, arrays, and flexible data structures Learn how to build your own customized solutions when the built-ins just won’t do Learn how to handle financial data and industry-specific variables including risk and uncertainty Adopt more accurate modeling practices for portfolios, options, time series, and more MATLAB is an integrated development environment that includes everything you need in one well-designed user interface. Available Toolboxes provide tested algorithms that save you hours of code, and the skills you learn using MATLAB make it easier to learn additional languages if you choose to do so. Financial firms are catching up to universities in MATLAB usage, so this is skill set that will follow you throughout your career. When you’re ready to step into the new age of finance, Foundations of Computational Finance with MATLAB provides the expert instruction you need to get started quickly.




Beyond Wealth


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It's not all about the money; the key to true riches Leo Tolstoy said, "Nobody knows where the human race is going. The highest wisdom, then, is to know where you are going." Yet many today chase the false rabbits of success: status, luxury, reputation and material possessions. In the quest to "have it all," our lives often lack real meaning and purpose. Beyond Wealth is the antidote. New York Times bestselling author Alexander Green takes things right down to brass tacks: We are here for a short time. Knowledge is limitless. Therefore, the most critical knowledge is not any particular skill but rather wisdom about "how to live." Fortunately, men and women have had several thousand years to think about what it means to live "the good life." And the answers found here, from Plato and Aristotle to Mahatma Gandhi and Stephen Hawking, will both surprise and delight you. Beyond Wealth provides insightful commentary on the most important aspects of our lives: love, work, honor, trust, freedom, death, fear, truth, beauty and other timeless issues. The book is both a thought provoking read and the ideal gift, guaranteed to ennoble, uplift and inspire.




Let's Talk Money


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Let's Talk Money readers get the same top financial advice sought by the national press. The book's authors comment regularly in The Wall Street Journal, Money, Fortune, Forbes, Smart Money and Kiplingr's Personal Finance >.




Caden's Rich Kid Guide


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Caden's Rich Kid Guide will explain practical money lessons, Teach kids ways they can earn money, Instill the importance of saving money and develop kids budgeting abilities. This book will answer questions about money and how it can be used as a tool. It's the answer to the age old saying, "Money doesn't Grow on Trees."