Practical Guide to Personal Financial Awareness - What Every High-School Graduate Should Know About Money

This book is a down-to-earth guide for managing your finances that provides a mindful and holistic approach to personal money matters. Financial content is presented that is appropriate for high school through retirement. The book is also a personal story documenting one man's journey to financial awareness and the trials and tribulations along the way. Having successfully navigated the rough and often murky waters of personal finance, Lorenz provides many real-world examples combined with life lessons learned. This book is an overview of personal finance concepts that can help the average person deal more effectively with money situations in their lives, whether it's buying a car or home, investing for retirement, paying for college, or improving their credit score. The book is packed with relevant and interesting anecdotes describing financial situations that many have been or will go through. These are interspersed with important financial concepts and useful tips, delivered in an easy-to-read conversational style.