LibGuides: LMU Library Staff Picks: Financial Literacy

Financial Literacy: E-books

The Automatic Millionaire: A Powerful One-step Plan to Live and Finish Rich by David Bach
Publication Date: 2016
Common Sense Finance: Finance for Individuals and Entrepreneurs by Sean Stein Smith
Publication Date: 2017
This book addresses the implications of finance, financial literacy, and the importance of understanding finance for both individuals and entrepreneurs.
The Complete Direct Investing Handbook by Kirby Rosplock
Publication Date: 2017
The practical guide to direct investing strategies and best practices.
The Conceptual Foundations of Investing: A Short Book of Need-to-know Essentials by Bradford Cornell, Andrew Cornell, Shaun Cornell
Publication Date: 2018
This book explains the conceptual foundations of investing to improve investor performance.
Confessions of a Credit Junkie: Everything You Need to Know to Avoid the Mistakes I Made by Beverly Harzog
Publication Date: 2015
Advice from the credit card expert and former CPA, Beverly Harzog who has helped thousands of consumers dig out from under mountains of debt.
Dealing with Debt and Financial Stress by Justin Healey
Publication Date: 2018
This is a helpful guide to understand and avoid financial stress, with advice on how to deal with debt, manage money through budgeting and savings, and develop your financial literacy.
Financial Literacy: Empowerment in the Stock Market by Ali Saeedi, Meysam Hamedi
Publication Date: 2018
This book provides an overview of current issues associated to financial literacy improvement.
Financial Literacy for Generation Z: A Practical Guide to Managing Your Financial Life by Kenneth O. Doyle
Publication Date: 2019
This resource explains principles of financial planning and financial psychology to help young adults make good financial decisions now and achieve their financial goals.
Get a Financial Life: Personal Finance in Your Twenties and Thirties by Beth Kobliner
Publication Date: 2017
This book is designed to guide younger adults through the world of personal finance.
Mastering the Market Cycle: Getting the Odds on Your Side by Howard Marks
Publication Date: 2018
This book shows how to identify and master the cycles that govern the markets. Named one of the Best Business Books of 2018 by Business Insider.
The Social Meaning of Extra Money: Capitalism and the Commodification of Domestic and Leisure Activities by Sidonie Naulin, Anne Jourdain
Publication Date: 2020
This book explores the marketization of blogging, cooking, craftwork, gardening, knitting, selling second-hand items, sexcamming, and more generally the economic use of free time.
Tailored Wealth Management: Exploring the Cause and Effect of Financial Success by Niall J. Gannon
Publication Date: 2019
The book educates readers with a deeper understanding of their place on the national and global scales of wealth.
Young Money: 4 Proven Actions to Design Your Wealth While You Still Can by Dasarte Yarnway
Publication Date: 2018
This book offers a 4-step process you can use to become a Master Wealth Builder.
You Only Live Once: The Roadmap to Financial Wellness and a Purposeful Life by Jason Vitug
Publication Date: 2016
This book is the guide to achieving your best life through smart money moves.

Financial Literacy: Streaming Video

Time and Money Management Skills
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This video provides key concepts and practical advice to better manage time and money. Viewers will learn how to identify their responsibilities, prioritize, plan, and monitor their progress.
Understanding Budgets
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This video reviews the basics in money management skills in order to build a solid financial foundation for college years and beyond.
Understanding Credit
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This video will explain what credit means, the various types of credit available, interest rates, as well as credit scores.