Why Smart People Do Stupid Things with Money Overcoming Financial Dysfunction
by Whitehead, Bert; Weil, AndrewEdition: 3rd
Format: Paperback
Pub. Date: 2009-06-02
Publisher(s): Sterling
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Summary
For many of us, planning our own financial future presents pitfalls at every turn, because the truth is, when it comes to money, we are not always rational. Now you can take control of your economic life with confidence. Bert Whitehead, one of the top money-management advisors in America, gives you all the information you need to manage your wealth wisely by relying on your strongest asset-yourself. Book jacket.
Table of Contents
| Foreword | p. ix |
| Introduction to the Paperback Edition | p. 1 |
| Financial Freedom | p. 8 |
| How We Help | p. 9 |
| Financial Complications | p. 11 |
| The Good News | p. 14 |
| What Is Financial Dysfunction? | p. 15 |
| Springboards of Financial Dysfunction | p. 17 |
| Time to Change | p. 21 |
| Your Financial Personality | p. 22 |
| Know Thyself | p. 23 |
| Extreme Personality Types | p. 27 |
| More Common Personality Types | p. 34 |
| The Limitations of Any Model | p. 40 |
| The Symptoms of Financial Dysfunction | p. 43 |
| Times Are Changing | p. 43 |
| Seven Symptoms of Financial Dysfunction | p. 45 |
| Self-Examination | p. 56 |
| Tailoring Your Finances to Your Situation | p. 57 |
| Asset Allocation | p. 59 |
| The Journey | p. 60 |
| Risk and Reward | p. 61 |
| Your Financial Plan | p. 66 |
| Your Income | p. 68 |
| Appropriate Risk Exposure | p. 70 |
| Information and Knowledge | p. 73 |
| Your Own Road Map to Financial Freedom | p. 81 |
| Goal Setting and Values | p. 84 |
| Visualization Exercise | p. 86 |
| The Financial Life Cycle: Benchmark Yourself | p. 90 |
| Capitalism: Understanding How the Game Is Played | p. 92 |
| The Formative Years | p. 93 |
| The Accumulation Years | p. 103 |
| The Conservation Years | p. 142 |
| The Largess Years | p. 151 |
| Functional Asset Allocation: A Simple, Sensible Strategy | p. 161 |
| The Three Asset Categories of Functional Asset Allocation | p. 163 |
| The Analogy of the Farmer | p. 165 |
| The Cambridge Pyramid | p. 167 |
| Structuring a Portfolio Using Functional Asset Allocation | p. 172 |
| Now It's Up to You | p. 200 |
| Where to Find a True Fee-Only Personal Financial Advisor/Fiduciary | p. 205 |
| How to Evaluate a Personal Financial Advisor | p. 211 |
| Where to Start Looking | p. 215 |
| How to Become a True Fee-Only Personal Financial Advisor | p. 220 |
| Who Is Suited to Be a Fee-Only Advisor? | p. 221 |
| What Will You Need? | p. 223 |
| Suggested Reading for Aspiring Planners | p. 224 |
| About the Author | p. 225 |
| Index | p. 227 |
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