The Value of Debt in Building Wealth: Creating Your Glide Path to a Healthy Financial L.I.F.E. - Hardcover

Anderson, Thomas J.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1119049296 ISBN 13: 9781119049296

Verlag: Wiley, 2017

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The book of financial wisdom that your future self will thank you for reading

For many adults under 40, 'debt' is a four-letter word―something that should be avoided but is all too often unavoidable. In The Value of Debt in Building Wealth, bestselling author Thomas J. Anderson encourages you to rethink that. You'll walk away from this book with an understanding of how you can use debt wisely to secure the financial future you envision for yourself and your family. Student loans, mortgages, lines of credit, and other forms of debt are all discussed in detail, with a focus on smart planning for those who are accumulating assets―and debt―now.

Should you rent or buy? How important is liquidity? What is good versus bad debt? How much debt should you have? What debt-to-income and debt-to-asset ratios should you aim for? Fixed debt or floating debt? What's the best way of saving for college and retirement? These are big questions that deserve thorough answers because the choices you make now could influence the course of your life. This thought-provoking book will open your eyes to savvy financial strategies for achieving your goals faster and with healthier bank accounts.

• Explore strategies for smart debt management, explained by one of the nation's top financial advisors
• Gain an understanding of investment basics and key financial concepts you'll need to achieve your long-term goals
• Understand the risks of having debt and the potential risks of being debt-free
• Make financial decisions now that will maximize your wealth, freedom, and opportunity later

This book is not about buying things you cannot afford. It is about liquidity, flexibility and optimizing your personal balance sheet. The Value of Debt in Building Wealth is full of ideas you can apply to your own situation―no matter what your current asset level. Read this book today and thank yourself later.

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THOMAS J. ANDERSON is founder and CEO of Supernova Companies, a financial technology company providing a comprehensive platform focused on managing both sides of an individual’s balance sheet. A nationally renowned financial planning expert, he is author of The Value of Debt, which made the bestseller list at The New York Times and USA Today.

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Conventional financial management advises people to pay off debt as quickly as possible, but The Value of Debt in Building Wealth turns this idea on its head and shows you how to strategically use debt to your advantage. This comprehensive road map provides specific and actionable direction on how to leverage both sides of your balance sheet so you can establish a financial safety net, grow your personal wealth, support your dreams, and save for retirement.

In his bestselling The Value of Debt, nationally renowned financial planning expert Thomas Anderson introduced his thought-provoking approach to growing wealth by incurring strategic and purposeful types of debt. In this long-awaited follow-up, he applies his widely proven approach to all stages of your financial life with up-to-date case studies and a tangible framework that makes it easy to custom-fit his methodology to your unique circumstances and practice it in the real world. He provides tools and specific guidance for optimizing your assets and debt in order to evolve into the next phase and eventually retire―possibly making more money than you did when you were employed! The cornerstone to his accessible approach lies in the power of compound interest, one of the most basic investing principles, and this extensive guide offers in-depth discussions on the asset side of your personal balance sheet with actionable ideas on risk, return, and diversification so you can capture the spread over time in bull and bear markets. From investment basics to the nuances of fixed and floating debt, this authoritative guide shows you how to make debt work for you, and includes discussion of:

• Where you should direct your cash flow funds
• How to get a very important jumpstart on maximizing your investments earmarked for retirement
• The importance of liquidity and lines of credit

The Value of Debt in Building Wealth reveals a path to balance and financial security through optimizing your resources.

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Conventional financial management advises people to pay off debt as quickly as possible, but The Value of Debt in Building Wealth turns this idea on its head and shows you how to strategically use debt to your advantage. This comprehensive road map provides specific and actionable direction on how to leverage both sides of your balance sheet so you can establish a financial safety net, grow your personal wealth, support your dreams, and save for retirement.

In his bestselling The Value of Debt, nationally renowned financial planning expert Thomas Anderson introduced his thought-provoking approach to growing wealth by incurring strategic and purposeful types of debt. In this long-awaited follow-up, he applies his widely proven approach to all stages of your financial life with up-to-date case studies and a tangible framework that makes it easy to custom-fit his methodology to your unique circumstances and practice it in the real world. He provides tools and specific guidance for optimizing your assets and debt in order to evolve into the next phase and eventually retire?possibly making more money than you did when you were employed! The cornerstone to his accessible approach lies in the power of compound interest, one of the most basic investing principles, and this extensive guide offers in-depth discussions on the asset side of your personal balance sheet with actionable ideas on risk, return, and diversification so you can capture the spread over time in bull and bear markets. From investment basics to the nuances of fixed and floating debt, this authoritative guide shows you how to make debt work for you, and includes discussion of:

• Where you should direct your cash flow funds
• How to get a very important jumpstart on maximizing your investments earmarked for retirement
• The importance of liquidity and lines of credit

The Value of Debt in Building Wealth reveals a path to balance and financial security through optimizing your resources.

Details zur Ausgabe

• Verlag: Wiley
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2017
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 1119049296
• ISBN 13: 9781119049296
• Einband: Gebundene Ausgabe
• Auflage: 1
• Anzahl der Seiten: 272
• Kontakt zum Hersteller: Wiley-VCH GmbH; product_safety@wiley.com; ; Boschstrasse 12; Weinheim; 69469; Deutschland