First of all, I just need to get this off my chest: at least 75% of the "reviews" for this book are merely people saying that the book arrived in good condition or it didn't come with the CD-ROM, etc.This isn't Ebay, these aren't actually REVIEWS, and nobody cares that you didn't get the CD. As for the book, it gives a decent, thorough coverage of various topics in financial planning, such as insurance, investing, record keeping, etc.There is a moderate amount of fluff in the book, such as case studies that sound fabricated, and examinations of various commercial products, like credit cards or financial services that read like ads.It's hard not to wonder if the publishers took money from these companies to waste pages talking about their products.
The most important thing to tell you is this: In the back of the book is a personal financial planner you may be asked to fill out for a college course, or you may want to use for your own benefit. If you'd rather not write in the book or rip the pages out, you can download a software version of this planner from the McGraw Hill website.However, this is the crappiest, most buggy, unreliable piece of junk ever.I spent WEEKS inputting all my information, only to have it all disappear with no trace. I am quite computer literate, and I scrounged the computer for a trace of my lost data, but it was nowhere to be found.Now, when I fill out a page in the planner, I hit SAVE immediately.But even then, when I switch to another page and go back to the page I already filled out, the data is gone.No customer support.Junk.Either don't use it, or print out each page as you fill it out.
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