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Debt Man Walking, a 10-Step Investment and Gearing Guide for Generation X

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Debt Man Walking

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a 10-Step Investment and Gearing Guide for Generation X

The key to wealth is ... a four-letter word. Debt, growth assets and time are the perfect ingredients for Generation X to create real wealth. If you were born in the '60s or '70s, remember Billy Ray Cyrus, BMX Bandits, Sony Walkmans, the fall of the Berlin Wall, & lsquo;Who Shot JR?', the dot-eating Pac-Man€-- and you're wondering how any of that could improve your financial position-- then this book is wa-a-ay overdue. Debt Man Walking will have you marching to a different financial beat, because Gen X's money needs are distinctive. Inside this

Title; Copyright; Dedication; Acknowledgements; About the author; Prologue; Introduction; Step 1: Write your own ticket; What's your dream dollar figure?; 'Can't Buy Me Love'; No incentive, no point; Write your own ticket; What drives me?; But plans change; 'Money for Nothing'; Step 2: Money's simple rules; 'Livin'; On the Edge; Plotting the path for Gen X; Money's universal rules; Australia's unique money rules; Insidious inflation; A rule for couples: talk about it; Step 3: Risky business; Dangerous Liaisons; Time, the Oil of Ulan; Gen X: youth is on your sideShort-term targets Volvo engineer ... or Evel Knievel? Take the test!; Profiler by the numbers; Understanding your risk profile; Should my risk profile rule all my investment decisions?; Push It; Avoiding a War of the Roses; 'Highway to the Danger Zone; Investment insomnia; That's not an investment!; Step 4: Gen X's investment edge; An impossibly wide choice; Keep it simple, stupid (KISS); Gen X and growth assets " the perfect mix; Risk profiles the practice; Owning small bits of big companies; Sheltering the needy; A home for everybody; A home for everythingTime for a reality checkRiding the cycle; Holding on for a return; Halve your tax; Showdown: shares versus property; Step 5: Home: investment central; A place to stash your stuff; Till death do us part?; Choose your strategy; Introducing Anna Buyer; Being disciplined; Renting is forever; Investment central; Iâ€d buy, but homes are unaffordable!; Step 6: Investing: the debt mantra; Mission Impossible; Debt â€" the secret investment ingredient; A world in black and white; 'Mum, where does cash come from?; Not all debt is bad the DOG of debt; So, why borrow?; A smooth Gere changeTime and money, money and timeGen X: we've got the time and the money, honey; Shifting up a gear; Positive gearing; Negative gearing; Neutral gearing; Gearing: it's not just about property; Bob the (investment portfolio) Builder; Maximising investment debt; Know where your brakes are; Little things ... ; Step 7: Tax, Santa and other little helpers; Valuing advice; Tax planning 101; Money coach: your financial adviser; Advisers ain't advisers; How can they help you?; Team building; Step 8: Blockbuster budgeting; 'I have a dream!'; Sooner or later, the goal will be scoredStep 9: Cover your ass(ets)'What, me worry?; How much insurance do I need?; How long do I need it?; Saving bucks with the super credit card; Step 10: Choose your own ... neverending story; 'So Far Away ... ; Super made simple; How super is invested; Where's your super hanging out now?; Self-managed super funds; Geared super (Super Debt Man?); Conclusion; Appendix A: The X-Flips; Appendix B: 50 investment, gearing and 'Gen X Rules rules; Appendix C: Glossary; Recommend to a friend; Index