The Financial Times Guide to Managing Your Money: How to be better off by making better financial decisions

If you want to be better at money management, feel more secure about your financial future and be on top of your personal finances than this is the book for you.
By adopting simple, everyday techniques in eight key areas, you can develop your own personal and practical approach to money management. This will help you make better decisions about both your monthly budgeting and long-term financial planning.
Because finances don't have to be boring, in an informative and entertaining style, this book will:
* Give you lively advice and practical examples about every aspect of money including budgeting, spending, borrowing, saving, investing and scams.
* Ensure you have the basics covered in a way that is most financially beneficial for you.
* Ensure you feel more confident about tackling many of life's biggest financial challenges such as buying a home, buying and running a car, holidays, marriage, the expense of raising children, sickness, unemployment and other hiccups.
A MUST-HAVE BOOK FOR ANYONE WHO WANTS TO GET ON TOP OF THEIR FINANCES
No matter how much or how little money you have, this book will help you get to grips with the basics. And as the credit crunch bites, what better time to make sure that you have things under control?
The idea of managing your money can seem confusing, boring, and even pointless. But the FT Guide to Managing Your Money makes the advantages of getting to grips with your budgeting, spending and saving crystal clear and is packed with practical, easy-to-use advice on what you need to do to master your money.
In eight easy-to-follow chapters, you will learn the simple secrets of financial success, including how to:
increase the amount of money you have coming in, while reducing the amount going out
borrow money while paying as little interest as possible
buy a home without putting a strain on your finances
earn more cash from your savings ü protect yourself and the things that are important to you
build wealth over the years through investing
retire comfortably by planning ahead
make sure that no swindlers steal your hard-earned stash!