TY - BOOK AU - Luna, Rob TI - Close your wealth gap: financial lessons to upgrade your life SN - 9781394195602 U1 - 332.024 PY - 2023/// CY - New Jersey PB - John Wiley & Sons, Inc. KW - Financial lessons N1 - Table of content: Acknowledgments ix Introduction xi Part I: All About the Wealth Gap and Your Relationship to Money 1 Chapter 1: The Wealth Gap 3 Chapter 2: What Is Your Relationship with Money? 13 Part II: Financial Boot Camp 19 Chapter 3: Starting Today 21 Chapter 4: Managing Your Financial Life in a Dashboard 29 Chapter 5: Improving Your Financial Dashboard 41 Chapter 6: Building Your Financial Roadmap 63 Part III: How to Match Your Investments To Your Needs 73 Chapter 7: Managing Your Financial Buckets 75 Chapter 8: Minimizing Taxes 105 Chapter 9: Buying or Avoiding Life Insurance and Annuities 121 Chapter 10: Developing a Wealth- Maximizing Mindset 133 Part IV: a Financial Case Study 149 Chapter 11: Building Your Own Action Plan 151 Chapter 12: Start Young: What to Do Ages 0–18 159 Chapter 13: Welcome to Adulthood: What to Do Ages 18–24 163 Chapter 14: The Ramp- Up Years: What to Do Ages 24–30 169 Chapter 15: Learn and Earn: What to Do Ages 30–40 177 Chapter 16: Full Speed Ahead: What to Do Ages 40–50 189 Chapter 17: Catch Up and Assess: What to Do Ages 50–60 203 Chapter 18: The Work- Optional Years: What to Do Ages 60+ 217 Chapter 19: Case Study Executive Summary 227 Epilogue 235 Appendix A: Resources 239 Appendix B: Glossary of Financial Terms 245 About the Author 251 Index 253 [https://www.wiley.com/en-gb/Close+Your+Wealth+Gap%3A+Financial+Lessons+to+Upgrade+Your+Life-p-9781394195619#tableofcontents-section] N2 - Simple and accessible strategies to build personal wealth and improve your life In Close Your Wealth Gap: Financial Lessons to Upgrade Your Life, veteran wealth manager Rob Luna delivers a collection of actionable lessons you can implement immediately to ensure you make the most of the money you make and retire comfortably. You’ll learn everything you need to know about generating personal wealth, from how to understand balance sheets and cash flow statements to constructing a personal portfolio that effectively balances risk and potential reward. The author explains the basics of maximizing your income with side hustles and passive income while, at the same time, increasing the impact of every dollar you earn. You’ll also find: Action plans for every stage of your life, including ways to prepare your children for a lifetime of financial independence and security Explanations of the difference between qualified and non-qualified accounts Strategies for avoiding “bad debt” while intelligently incurring—when necessary—good debt Perfect for young professionals, people with new families, and anyone else with a desire to live well and retire rich, Close Your Wealth Gap is an indispensable recipe for financial security that belongs on the bookshelves of people everywhere. (https://www.wiley.com/en-gb/Close+Your+Wealth+Gap%3A+Financial+Lessons+to+Upgrade+Your+Life-p-9781394195619#description-section) ER -