The Smart, Savvy Young Consumer

The Smart, Savvy Young Consumer: How toSave and Spend WiselyIf you are 14 to 34... and you're smart, savvy, and sophisticated, then this book's for you!Learn how to make smart and savvy decisions about saving, investing and preparing for yourfuture! Avoid common mistakes, use proven strategies to invest and feel good and stress freeabout your life!? Understand? How money works ? calculate Interest ? find out your credit rating, investin stocks, mutual funds and a TFSA? Discover? ways to save money, buy used goods, save on a car purchase, and use yourpurchasing power to change the world? Appreciate? the value in spending less than you make, good debt vs. bad debt? Find out how to? get the best deal on cell phone plans, car insurance, apartment leasing,home buying? Get the inside story on how to ? save on monthly bills, play companies off against eachother, use your purchasing power to influence social change? Deal with It?find out how to ? get the best deal on cell phone plans, car insurance? Be an Investigator?Get the inside story on how to ? save on monthly bills, playcompanies off against each other? Make a Difference?Flex Your Social Power--where and how you spend matters?useyour purchasing power to make a difference

Pat Foran is an award-winning journalist and host of a feature segment on CTV Toronto called 'Consumer Alert' and he can also be seen every Thursday morning as a consumer reporter on Canada AM. Pat has helped consumers recover tens of thousands of dollars, exposed scams, warned about unsafe products, and passed on countless money saving tips to the public. Thousands of phone calls, e-mails, and letters proved to Pat there is an intense public thirst for solid, trustworthy consumer information. Pat is also the author of "Canadian Consumer Alert - 101 Ways to Protect Yourself and Your Money" and The Smart Canadian's Guide to Building Wealth? and ?The Smart Canadian's Guide to Saving Money".