Take better control of your finances and greatly increase the value of advice you buy from financial planners, lawyers, stockbrokers, and insurance agents. Covers eight key areas of planning: investing, insurance, buying or selling a house, negotiating prenuptial and divorce agreements, tax planning, estate planning, retirement planning, and coping with job loss. Now, readers can learn how to talk the talk with their financial advisers: tax accountants, lawyers, stockbrokers, insurance agents, and financial planners-and break through the mass of financial facts, fallacies, and opinions to get specific answers. With more than 80 on-target questions, Newsday personal-finance columnist Lynn Brenner draws on real situations described by her readers. She addresses common dilemmas that arise in: * Investing * Insurance * Buying or selling a house * Prenuptial agreements or divorce agreements * Tax and estate planning * Living on your 401(k) and IRAs in retirement * Coping...