PERSONAL FINANCE FOR OVERSEAS AMERICANS

How to direct your own financial future while living abroad

Americans living abroad find that managing their finances is no easy matter. The new book Personal Finance for Overseas Americans, by Barbara Frew (GIL Financial Press) offers insightful ways for U.S. expatriates to manage their complicated financial affairs.

For Americans living abroad, financial planning cannot be reduced to a few simple steps. This book gives U.S. expatriates the tools and information they need to build a workable financial plan. Financial statements, designed specifically for the overseas American, clarify the reader's current financial position. Financial worksheets and tables help the reader determine how much a goal will cost, how much to save, and how to invest the savings. The book encourages its readers to scrutinize their spending patterns for harmful habits that keep them from achieving their goals.

Personal Finance for Overseas Americans contains detailed information on managing cash, debt, financial risk, investments, and taxes. It explains how various treaties can affect not only the taxes U.S. expatriates pay, but also their ability to qualify for U.S. social security benefits. The book gives advice on choosing various U.S. or foreign insurance policies and avoiding situations that could leave their U.S. home uninsured. It presents ways to manage multiple bank accounts in more than one country and currency, and to reduce foreign exchange expenses.

While the emphasis in much of the investment media is on market timing, this book urges its readers to think in terms of their own timing. The author presents an examination of investment risks for various investments over several holding periods. Based on this analysis the author teaches her readers to reduce their exposure to investment risks by tailoring their investments to their holding periods.

The appendices contain financial statements, worksheets, and tables referred to in the text. As personal circumstances change the reader will want to refer back to this book, aided by the book's thorough index and comprehensive glossary. In addition, readers can continue to use the procedures and techniques this book presents after they return to the United States.

Personal Finance for Overseas Americans is for the person who prefers to carefully weigh options before making a decision. With this book, U.S. expatriates have the information they need to make financial choices that fit their unique life style.

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