What's your future worth? : using present value to make better decisions /
Peter Neuwirth
- Oakland, CA : Berrett-Koehler Publishers, 2015
- 178 p.; 21 cm
Cover Page; Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication; Contents; Preface; Introduction Thinking About the Future in a Systematic Way; Chapter 1 Mordecai's Proposition-A Question of Present Value; Chapter 2 Present Value in the Day-to-Day World; Chapter 3 Making Big Decisions; Chapter 4 The Mechanics of Present Value-What Is a Discount Rate?; Chapter 5 Step 1-Clarify the Choice; Chapter 6 Step 2-Imagine the Future; Chapter 7 Step 3-Evaluate the Possibilities; Chapter 8 Step 4-Weigh the Now and the Later; Chapter 9 Step 5-"Do the Numbers"; Chapter 10 Present Value for Organizations and Communities. Chapter 11 When Money Doesn't MatterChapter 12 Present Value and the Distant Future-Planting Trees and Leaving a Legacy; Chapter 13 The Value of the Actuarial Perspective and "The Rest of Your Life"; Notes and References; Acknowledgments; Index; About the Author.
We weigh every significant decision based on how it will affect our future. But when it comes to figuring that out, we mostly make the process up as we go along. While financial professional Peter Neuwirth can't help you actually predict the future, he can offer a simple, systematic way to make much better guesses about it-and so make better decisions. Neuwirth offers an accessible, step-by-step guide to using the powerful concept of Present Value-which allows you to determine the value today of something that might happen in the future-to evaluate all of the outcomes that might arise from choo.