Short description
Award-winning personal finance columnist Weston introduces the "three pillars" of money simplification--consolidate, automate, and delegate--to alleviate money stress, reduce paper clutter, get records under control, and even safeguard finances against identity theft.
Long description
Today, individuals have to make more financial decisions than ever before. They must keep track of more details, too - about everything from retirement investments to credit cards to health insurance and the penalties for making mistakes just keep on escalating. But there's a solution! In Easy Money, award-winning personal finance columnist Liz Weston introduces the three pillars of money simplification --consolidate, automate, and delegate. Learn how to winnow down your choices, streamline financial systems, and select strategies that will work as simply and efficiently as possible. Weston offers up-to-the-minute advice on using technology to alleviate money stress (and warns against the technologies that can put individuals even further behind!) Discover practical tips for reducing paper clutter, getting records under control, and even safeguarding finances against identity theft. Along the way, Weston offers advice for simplifying every aspect of financial life: spending, credit cards, mortgages, college and retirement savings, insurance, estate planning, and a whole lot more.