Actionable, intelligent CFO training for the Chief Family Financial Officer
Family Inc. is a roadmap to financial security for the family CFO. Too much personal wealth management advice essentially boils down to goal-setting, which isn't helpful or effective in terms of overall financial planning. This book takes a different track, giving you a crash course in corporate finance and the tools to apply the field's proven, time-tested principles in the context of your family's financial situation. You'll learn the key principles of wealth creation and management, and learn how to make your intellectual and real capital work for you. Your family situation is unique, and your principles must sometimes differ from the standard financial advice-and that's okay. Life is not a template, and even the best strategy must be able to adapt to real-life situations. You'll learn to chart your own path to financial security, utilizing the author's own tools that he developed over 15 years as an active board member, chairman of the board, or chief financial officer of multiple companies.
Oversimplified wealth management advice does not leave you equipped to manage your real-world finances. This guide is written with intellectual rigor, but in the language of family discussion, to give you a real, practical guide to being an effective family CFO.
- Create your own financial prosperity and security
- Align financial acumen with your family's specific situation
- Adapt to real-world situations and make your financial advisor work for you
- Utilize powerful financial tools to help you build financial independence
Every family needs a CFO to manage wealth, and the principles of corporate finance apply from the boardroom to the living room. Family Inc. delivers actionable advice in the form of CFO training to help you plot a real-world family financial plan.
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DOUGLAS P. MCCORMICK has a lifetime of experiences that provide the foundation for the framework, principles, and tools in Family Inc. As a professional investor, he has spent two decades managing money for institutional clients such as insurance companies, pension funds, entrepreneurs, and high net worth families. Unlike Wall Street money managers who seek to generate paper profits through passive investing, Doug partners with families and entrepreneurs to build and grow their businesses to create sustainable value. Holder of a BS in Economics from West Point and an MBA from Harvard, he is a cofounder and a Managing Partner at HCI Equity Partners. His motivation for writing this book started with his own challenges finding good personal finance advice as a young adult and his belief that financial literacy is one of the largest problems facing Americans today. He is optimistic this problem can be solved through awareness, education, and hard work.
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Praise for FamilyInc.
"Financial illiteracy is not only an individual problem; it is a threat to our national welfare and global competitiveness. In today's world, it's more important than ever for individuals and families to understand how to create financial independence and security. Family Inc. offers a new perspective on personal financial security, applying time-tested business principles to real-world family situations."
Carlos Gutierrez, 35th U.S. Secretary of Commerce; Former Chairman and CEO of the Kellogg Company
"Personal finance books have always had a problem. The people who know what they are talking about can't write. And the people who can write are often charlatans. Not any longer. Family Inc. delivers something that families across the country desperately need: a clear, accessible guide to making financial decisions based on the best available data and research. No gimmicks, no get-rich schemesjust sensible and intellectually honest guidance for making good financial decisions at every stage of life."
Charles Wheelan, author of Naked Economics and Naked Statistics; Professor at Dartmouth University
"By taking a different perspectiveseeing a family's full financial situation the way an experienced private equity investor wouldMcCormick shows us how to appreciate the full range of our choices and opportunities as a family 'CFO.' Family Inc. is an easy read which offers a solid blueprint for making sound financial decisions."
Charles D. Ellis, Author of Winning the Loser's Game and The Elements of Investing
"Family Inc. provides a fresh perspective for the important financial decisions that families face at each stage of their lives. I particularly like the chapters on career choices and on family budgeting. Readers will learn how to approach personal budgeting and investment decisions as dispassionately as any business would."
Richard C. Marston, Professor of Finance and Director of Private Wealth Management Program, Wharton School, and author of Portfolio Design and Investing for a Lifetime
"McCormick makes a compelling case that at some level we are all entrepreneursselling our labor and skills like any business owner. Most importantly, Family Inc. provides actionable advice on how to maximize the value of your labor through education, career choice, and skill development while combining it with your capital to achieve financial independence."
Patricia Greene, Paul T. Babson Chair in Entrepreneurial Studies; Academic Director, Goldman Sachs 10,000 Small Businesses and 10,000 Women
Inhalt
Foreword ix
Acknowledgments xiii
With Appreciation for America's Armed
Forces Service Members xv
Introduction xvii
Section I Every Family Needs a Chief Financial Officer 1
Chapter 1 Why Do I Need a CFO? I Don't Even Own a Business 3
Section II Maximize the Value of Your Single Biggest AssetYour Labor 17
Chapter 2 Double the Value of Y our Labor through Education 19
Chapter 3 Make Career Choices That Extend Your Possibilities 29
Chapter 4 Think Like an Investor When Making Career Decisions 33
Chapter 5 Don't Overlook Retirement Benefits Just Because They're Not Imminent 45
Chapter 6 Complement Your Career Decisions with Insurance 49
Section III Manage Your Assets Like a CFO Manages a Business 55
Chapter 7 Your Financial Assets Serve Many Functions in Your Family Business 57
Chapter 8 Diversify Your Family Business with the Right Investments 61
Chapter 9 Define the Right Goals for Your Asset Management Business 75
Chapter 10 Use History to Make Reasonable Investment Assumptions 81
Chapter 11 Safeguard Your Assets from the Main Risks 97
Chapter 12 Not All Debt Is Bad! Use Debt to Purchase Assets and Maximize Your Liquidity 101
Chapter 13 Which Is Better, Active or Passive Investment Management? It Depends. . . . 105
Chapter 14 Use Indexing for Your Low-Cost Investment Portfolio 113
Chapter 15 Understand When It Makes Sense to Pick Individual Stocks and Managers 117
Chapter 16 The CFO's Step-by-Step Guide to Building the Family Investment Program 125
Chapter 17 Know YourselfUnderstand the Psychological Factors That Can Torpedo Your Goals 131
Chapter 18 Don't Sweat the Details of Your Asset Management Business 135
Section IV Family Inc. Does Not Manage Itself 139
Chapter 19 Create Tools and a Reporting Dashboard for Managing Family Inc. 141
Section V Manage Your Family Endowment in Retirement 165
Chapter 20 Understand How Your Family Business Changes in Retirement 167
Chapter 21 Sleep WellProtect Your Retirement through Insurance 169
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