Financial Planning DIY Guide : Everything You Need to Successfully Manage Your Money and Invest for Wealth Creation

"Financial Planning DIY Guide is the only Australian all-in-one handbook to getting the most from your money. Written by expert financial planner Sam Henderson, this comprehensive guide will help you build and manage your assets no matter what your stage of life, and show you how to create your own one-page financial plan and put it into practice. Inside you'll learn how to: reduce your tax, boost your savings and maximize your income; structure your investment portfolio (including investing in shares and property) and manage risk; make the most of your superannuation plan your income for retirement; protect your wealth through estate planning. It's never too soon (or too late) to plan your financial future and this book will show you how!"--Publisher description Financial Planning DIY Guide......Page 1 Contents......Page 7 About the author......Page 9 Acknowledgements......Page 11 Preface......Page 13 Chapter 1: Getting started: financial planning essentials......Page 17 Chapter 2: How to increase your income and make the most of your salary......Page 35 Chapter 3: How to reduce your tax......Page 49 Chapter 4: Five key asset classes and portfolio construction......Page 61 Chapter 5: Residential property investment: investing in property to get off the money-go-round......Page 91 Chapter 6: How to make real money investing in shares......Page 123 Chapter 7: Superannuation: real tax-effective investing......Page 149 Chapter 8: Self managed superannuation funds......Page 175 Chapter 9: Someone else’s money and credit......Page 189 Chapter 10: Risk management and insurance......Page 207 Chapter 11: Centrelink and social security......Page 219 Chapter 12: All you need to know about aged care......Page 237 Chapter 13: Estate planning: how to protect your family’s wealth......Page 251 Chapter 14: 12 strategies to instantly boost your wealth......Page 263 Chapter 15: Your one-page financial plan......Page 289 Appendix A: Budget planner......Page 303 Appendix B: Your personal risk profile questionnaire......Page 306 Appendix C: Stamp duty rates......Page 308 Appendix D: Land tax rates......Page 312 Appendix E: Five-step aged care checklist worksheet......Page 314 Index......Page 317 There.s no need to a see a financial planner with this amazing one-stop-shop solution to securing your financial future