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FIN 420 Entire Course For more classes
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Individual Assignment Identify Personal Financial
Goals FIN 420 Week 1 DQ 1 FIN 420 Week 1DQ 2 FIN
420 Week 2 Individual Assignment Worksheets 6 and
7 FIN 420 Week 2 LT Deliverable (Update on Final
Project) FIN 420 Week 2 DQ 1 FIN 420 Week 2DQ 2
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FIN 420 Week 1 DQ 1 For more classes
visit www.snaptutorial.com   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 For more classes
visit www.snaptutorial.com   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 on the
corresponding pages of Focus on Personal Finance
for each of the three components you described.
What information did you find most valuable on
the websites you visited?
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FIN 420 Week 1 Individual Assignment Identify
Personal Financial Goals For more classes
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Individual Assignment Identify Personal Financial
Goals       Specify at least one short-term,
one intermediate, and one long-term financial
goal.  
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FIN 420 Week 2 DQ 1 For more classes
visit www.snaptutorial.com   Consider your
personal cash flows. How would you adjust cash
outflows (i.e. adjust your budget) if your
household income was cut in half? If your cash
inflows increased, how would you reallocate your
surplus to meet your personal needs and
objectives? How do you use credit as a part of
your personal financial plan?
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FIN 420 Week 2 DQ 2 For more classes
visit www.snaptutorial.com   Many different types
of financial institutions exist. Differentiate
between deposit institutions and non-deposit
institutions. Provide two examples of deposit and
non-deposit financial institutions with a brief
explanation of each. How can you use each of
these financial institutions to manage your cash
flows and develop or enhance your personal
financial plan?
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FIN 420 Week 2 Individual Assignment Worksheets 6
and 7 For more classes visit www.snaptutorial.com
  FIN 420 Week 2 Individual Assignment Worksheets
6 and 7   Resource Ch. 2 of Focus on Personal
Finance Complete Worksheets 6 and 7 of Your
Personal Financial Plan at the end of Ch. 2 of
Focus on Personal Finance.  
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FIN 420 Week 3 DQ 1 For more classes
visit www.snaptutorial.com   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 more conservative or
less conservative? What factors affected your
investment choices? Consider a friend or family
member who is more conservative or less
conservative than you. How do their money
management behaviors differ from
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FIN 420 Week 3 DQ 2   For more classes
visit www.snaptutorial.com   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 emergency fund
should cover varies between 3 and 9 months.
Taking into account the current financial
environment, how many months of expenses would
you recommend for an emergency fund and why? What
are three investment options that are appropriate
for an emergency fund? Which of these investment
options offer the best returns?
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FIN 420 Week 3 Individual Assignment Personal
Financial Plan For more classes
visit www.snaptutorial.com     1) Revise
your financial goals from Week One based on the
knowledge you gained in previous weeks.   2)
Include Worksheets 6 and 7 of Your Personal
Financial Plan completed in Week Two.   3)
Make necessary adjustments to your worksheets.  
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FIN 420 Week 4 DQ 1 For more classes
visit www.snaptutorial.com   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
rates increased. Do you believe this loan option
was used appropriately in recent years? Why or
why not? Under what circumstances does the use of
ARMs make sense? Please explain.
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FIN 420 Week 4 DQ 2   For more classes
visit www.snaptutorial.com   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 difference in
monthly payments between the 60-month loan and
the 36-month loan? Review the amortization
tables. What
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FIN 420 Week 4 Learning Team Assignment Market
Analysis Proposal   For more classes
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Learning Team Assignment Market Analysis
Proposal   Your team is a Personal Financial
Planning team. Your client has hired your firm to
provide an overview of common investment options,
explain the current financial environment, and
recommend the most suitable investment options
based on personal financial goals.
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FIN 420 Week 5 DQ 1 For more classes
visit www.snaptutorial.com   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 plan.
Outlined in Ch. 10 are four methods for
estimating life insurance needs. Which insurance
options are most appropriate for your family
situation? Based on what you have identified as
most appropriate for you, do you
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FIN 420 Week 5 DQ 2   For more classes
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current financial plan. Based on what you have
learned about your financial goals, risk
tolerance, and risk and return of various
investment options, what adjustments should you
make to the asset allocation of your investment
portfolio?
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FIN 420 Week 5 Learning Team Assignment Evaluate
a Financial Plan For more classes
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Learning Team Assignment Evaluate a Financial
Plan   Your team is a Personal Finance Planning
team. The head of your firm has asked you to
create a draft of certain sections of a new
company training manual relating to evaluation of
a financial plan, including determining personal
insurance needs, comparing loan options,
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