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Introduction.Part I: Assessing Your Financial Fitness and Setting Goals.Chapter 1: Improving Your Financial Fitness.Chapter 2: Setting and Achieving Goals.Part II: Saving More, Spending Less.Chapter 3: Determining Where Your Money Goes.Chapter 4: Conquering Debt and Credit Problems.Chapter 5: Reducing Your Spending.Chapter 6: Taming Taxes.Part III: Building Wealth through Investing.Chapter 7: Important Investment Concepts.Chapter 8: Choosing Your Investment Vehicles.Chapter 9: Investing in Mutual Funds.Chapter 10: Registered Retirement Savings Plans.Chapter 11: Investing in Retirement Plans.Chapter 12: Investing Outside Retirement Plans.Chapter 13: Investing for Education Expenses.Chapter 14: Investing in Real Estate.Part IV: Insurance: Protecting What You've Got.Chapter 15: Insurance: Getting What You Need at the BestPrice.Chapter 16: Insurance on You: Life, Disability, and Health.Chapter 17: Covering Your Assets.Part V: Where to Go for More Help.Chapter 18: Working with Financial Planners.Chapter 19: Computer Money Management.Chapter 20: On Air and in Print.Part VI: The Part of Tens.Chapter 21: Survival Guide for Ten Life Changes.Chapter 22: Ten Things More Important Than Money.Glossary.Index.