- Budgeting
- Cash Management
- Consumer and Mortgage Loans
- Debt and Debt Reduction
- Time Value of Money 1: Present and Future Value
- Time Value of Money 2: Inflation, Real Returns, Annuities, and Amortized Loans
- Insurance 1: Basics
- Insurance 2: Life Insurance
- Insurance 3: Health, Long-term Care, and Disability Insurance
- Insurance 4: Auto, Homeowners, and Liability Insurance
- The Home Decision
- The Auto Decision
- Family 1: Money and Marriage
- Family 2: Teaching Children Financial Responsibility
- Family 3: Financing Children’s Education and Missions
- Introduction
- Decide How Education Relates to Your Financial Goals
- Understand the Principles of Financing Education and Missions
- Understand the Priority of Money for Financing Education
- Recognize How to Save for Your Children’s Education
- Recognize How to Save for Your Children’s Missions
- Know How to Reduce the Cost of Education and Apply for Aid
- Summary
- Assignments
- Investments A: Key Lessons of Investing
- Investments B: Key Lessons of Investing
2. Replace ordinary income with capital gains
Capital gains are taxed at a much lower rate (15 percent if your marginal tax rate is greater than 15%, and 5% if your marginal tax rate is 15% or less) than ordinary income, which may be taxed at up to 35 percent. Earn as much of your income as possible in the form of long-term capital gains. Spend your time picking good, well diversified, and tax efficient mutual funds, and then hold those funds for a long time.
