The Couple's Business Plan for Love and Money We've all heard that money is the number one cause of arguments among married couples, yet surprisingly few of the many personal finance books published each year address this issue head on and offer workable solutions. The Family CFO takes a novel approach to personal finance among couples by teaching them to apply principles they use at work to their money lives.
It works like this: your family is a business, and like any business, it needs a business plan to succeed.

It also needs the equivalent of a Board of Directors, a Chief Financial Officer, an organizational chart, job descriptions, and standard operating procedures.

The authors guide you through the process and help you learn to manage the money conflicts that arise in most relationships. Once the framework for running your family "business" is set up, the book discusses how to use it to arrive at decisions for common issues, such as handling debt, buying a home, deciding whether to change jobs, planning for kids and retirement, creating a financial safety net with insurance and emergency funds, and handling job loss and other financial crises.

The Family CFO is not an investment guide. It's a fresh and innovative approach to meeting your financial goals and dreams as a couple with a minimum of stress, anxiety, anger, and frustration. ;

Bottom Line: The most refreshing personal finance book of the year.