Rosefsky's Personal Finance gives students a practical, down-to-earth introduction to sound money management. It explores the real-life problems that students will face, and trains them to solve those problems. Students will develop the skills needed to deal with housing, insurance, investments, budgeting, the workplace, retirement, smart shopping, borrowing and more.

This edition takes advantage of the flexibility of the Internet to provide weekly updates of information on the companion web site for the book. The web site contains such resources as selected articles from the Wall Street Journal's website, and links to valuable information sources that supplement and enhance the text.