SAFE MONEY IN TOUGH TIMES
Everything You Need to Know to Survive the Financial Crisis
By Jonathan Pond
Bestselling personal finance guru Jonathan Pond shares his prescription for the financial crisis, showing readers how to take control of their investments, weather the recession, manage money when times are tough, and develop an all-weather portfolio that will last a lifetime.
In SAFE MONEY IN TOUGH TIMES (McGraw-Hill; February; Hardcover: $19.95), PBS financial advice expert Jonathan Pond delivers a plan that shows readers how to manage money and protect assets during these financially difficult times.
The "perfect storm" of global economic disaster is now hitting every component of one's personal financial life. Retirement accounts, jobs, credit, home prices, and all other investments are being swept away in the chaos. Pond believes that individuals can either passively wait out the storm or take immediate action to protect themselves, their family, and their future. SAFE MONEY IN TOUGH TIMES offers advice and easy-to-implement tactics that show readers how to protect investments, manage their credit through wild interest rate swings, protect their retirement nest egg and survive the fallout of the economic downturn (loss of job, selling a home in a down market, etc.).
Pond helps readers cope with difficult conditions now and also explains how to be in a position to thrive when the inevitable rebound arises. He provides readers with methods for putting together an all weather portfolio for life, checklists for evaluating investments and bulletproofing one's financial life.
Topics covered include:
• Turbulent investment markets
• Unemployment
• Property devaluation
• Staving off foreclosure
• Loss of credit
• Shrinking savings
• Mounting debt
• Balancing long-term needs with short-term fears
• Preparing for the next economic boom
SAFE MONEY IN TOUGH TIMES delivers immediately applicable solutions for protecting assets, managing debt, and weathering the recession.
JONATHAN POND is an Emmy-award-winning contributor and host of 18 prime-time public television specials about investing and personal finance. He makes regular national appearances on all of the network and cable television stations, including CNN and NBC's "Today Show." Pond is the recipient of many awards including the Malcolm Forbes Public Awareness Award for Excellence in Advancing Financial Understanding. The American Society of Association Executives and the Newsletter Writers Association have recognized Jonathan as an outstanding author, and over one million copies of his books have been sold. He was educated at the University of North Carolina, Emory University, and the Harvard Business School.
