Women and Money: Unique Issues — Protecting Your Assets

FCS7253/FY1375, 7/2013

Autores/as

  • Lynda Spence
  • Martie Gillen University of Florida
  • Diann Douglas University of Florida

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.32473/edis-fy1375-2013

Resumen

Protecting your assets is similar to managing your risks. Managing risks means identifying and evaluating instances where you may experience a financial loss and then making a plan for how to deal with the situation. This publication shares some common ways you can protect your assets by purchasing different types of insurance, being aware of identity theft or fraud, and monitoring your credit reports. This 4-page fact sheet was written by Lynda Spence, Martie Gillen, and Diann Douglas, and published by the UF Department of Family Youth and Community Sciences, July 2013.

http://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/fy1375

Biografía del autor/a

Lynda Spence

Extension agent II, Family and Consumer Sciences, Aging and Finance, Marion County Extension.

Martie Gillen, University of Florida

Assistant professor and Family and Consumer Economics for Older Adults specialist, Department of Family, Youth and Community Sciences.

Diann Douglas, University of Florida

County Extension director and Extension agent IV, Madison County Extension Office; Florida Cooperative Extension Service, Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 32611.

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Spence, L., D. Douglas, and M. Gillen, M. 2012. Women and Money: Unique Issues. Gainesville: University of Florida Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences. http://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/topic_series_women_and_money_unique_issues.

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A mom and daughter.

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Publicado

2013-07-31

Cómo citar

Spence, Lynda, Martie Gillen, y Diann Douglas. 2013. «Women and Money: Unique Issues — Protecting Your Assets: FCS7253 FY1375, 7 2013». EDIS 2013 (6). Gainesville, FL. https://doi.org/10.32473/edis-fy1375-2013.

Número

Vol. 2013 Núm. 6

Sección

Historical Fact Sheets

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Unless otherwise specified, articles published in the EDIS journal after January 1, 2024 are licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-ND 4.0) license.