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• FIN 420 Entire Course
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• FIN 420 Week 1 Individual Assignment Identify
  Personal Financial Goals
• FIN 420 Week 1 DQ 1
• FIN 420 Week 1 DQ 2

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• FIN 420 Week 1 DQ 1
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• Describe your current budgeting system. What
  factors influence your financial decisions? What
  are the benefits or concerns of your current
  budgeting system

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• FIN 420 Week 1 DQ 2
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• Ch. 1 of Focus on Personal Finance introduces
  eight components of personal financial planning.
  Describe three components of personal financial
  planning. Visit one of the Key websites suggested
  o

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• FIN 420 Week 1 Individual Assignment Personal
  Finance Mission Statement
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• Write a 350- to 700-word personal finance mission
  statement that describes where you want to be
  financially and how you want to get

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• FIN 420 Week 2 Case Study Carol Jones
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• Write a 500- to 750-word paper that addresses the
  following items from the case study
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•          Apply financial planning concepts to
  advise Carol

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• FIN 420 Week 2 DQ 1
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• Consider your personal cash flows. How would you
  adjust cash outflows (i.e. adjust your budget) if
  your household income was cut in

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• FIN 420 Week 2 DQ 2
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• Many different types of financial institutions
  exist. Differentiate between deposit institutions
  and non-deposit institutions. Provide two

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• FIN 420 Week 2 Team The Johnsons
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• FIN 420 Week 2 Learning Team The Johnsons
• Review Case 1, The Johnsons Decide to Buy a
  Car, p. 245.
• Complete the questions.

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• FIN 420 Week 3 Bond Ratings
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• FIN 420 Week 3 Bond Ratings
• Research bond information within the University
  Library or the Internet.
• Answer the following

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• FIN 420 Week 3 DQ 1
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• Evaluate your personal risk tolerance using
  Exhibit 11-2 A Quick Test to Measure Investment
  Risk in Ch. 11 of Focus on Personal Finance.
  Based on your results, were you considered m

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• FIN 420 Week 3 DQ 2
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• Financial experts agree that having an emergency
  fund is an essential component of a comprehensive
  financial plan. However, advice regarding the
  number of months of household expenses the

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• FIN 420 Week 3 Team Mutual Funds Analysis
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• FIN 420 Week 3 Team Mutual Funds Analysis
• Research a mutual fund family such as Vanguard,
  American Funds, T. Rowe Price, and so forth.
• Identify one mutual fund from that family for
  each of the following categories

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• FIN 420 Week 4 DQ 1
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• Adjustable rate mortgages (ARMs) have received a
  great deal of bad press due to the tremendous
  number of foreclosures resulting from families
  who could not afford the loan payments once the
  interest

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• FIN 420 Week 4 DQ 2
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• Visit a site such as www.bankrate.com to
  determine current rates for both a 60-month and a
  36-month loan on a new car where the buyer must
  finance 20,000. Using the loan calculator, what
  is the

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• FIN 420 Week 4 Team Life Insurance Paper
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• FIN 420 Week 4 Team Life Insurance Paper
• Write a 1,150- to 2,000-word paper about life
  insurance that explains some basics to a
  potential purchaser.

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• FIN 420 Week 4 Team Life Insurance Presentation
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• FIN 420 Week 4 Team Life Insurance Presentation
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• FIN 420 Week 4 Textbook Problems
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• FIN 420 Week 4 Textbook Problems
• Write a 175- to 350-word response to Case 6 on p.
  317 in Ch. 10 of Personal Finance.

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• FIN 420 Week 5 DQ 1
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• Life insurance is a topic many people do not like
  to discuss, but understanding your familys needs
  and planning appropriately in the event of a
  premature death is also part of a comprehensive
  financial

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• FIN 420 Week 5 DQ 2
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• Consider your current financial plan. Based on
  what you have learned about your financial goals,
  risk tolerance, and risk and return of

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• FIN 420 Week 5 Research and Reflect
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• FIN 420 Week 5 Research and Reflect
• Choose one major concept from this course.
• Research this concept within the University
  Library.

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• FIN 420 Week 5 Team Scenario Assignment
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• FIN 420 Week 5 Team Scenario Assignment
• Choose one of the four following life situations
• Husband/wife, two kids, 1 income, mortgage, good
  salary, some savings, and no college fund.
• Divorced, 55 years old, 1.2 million, 2 kids in
  college, and no debt.
• 24-year-old single woman, college graduate,
  engineer, and 20,000 savings.
• 74-year-old widower, excellent pension, 500,000,
  long-term care insurance, and three children.
• Create a 700- to 1,050-word analysis in which you
  do

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