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FIN 420 Entire Course (UOP Course) For more
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420 Week 1 Individual Assignment Identify
Personal Financial Goals FIN 420 Week 1 DQ 1 FIN
420 Week 1 DQ 2 FIN 420 Week 2 Team The
Johnsons FIN 420 Week 2 Case Study Carol Jones
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FIN 420 Week 1 DQ 1 (UOP Course) For more course
tutorials visit www.tutorialrank.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 (UOP Course) For more course
tutorials visit www.tutorialrank.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 Personal
Finance Mission Statement For more course
tutorials visit www.tutorialrank.com    Write a
350- to 700-word personal finance mission
statement that describes where you want to be
financially and how you want to get there.
Communicate the following in your mission
statement Personal values
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FIN 420 Week 2 Case Study Carol Jones For more
course tutorials visit www.tutorialrank.com   Writ
e a 500- to 750-word paper that addresses the
following items from the case study            A
pply financial planning concepts to advise Carol
and explain how Carol can benefit from financial
planning. Describe the benefits of using
financial statements in financial planning.
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FIN 420 Week 2 DQ 1 (UOP Course)  For more course
tutorials visit www.tutorialrank.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 (UOP Course)  For more course
tutorials visit www.tutorialrank.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 Team The Johnsons For more course
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Week 2 Learning Team The Johnsons Review Case 1,
The Johnsons Decide to Buy a Car, p.
245. Complete the questions. Click the Assignment
Files tab to submit your assignment.
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FIN 420 Week 3 Bond Ratings For more course
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Week 3 Bond Ratings Research bond information
within the University Library or the
Internet. Answer the following What type of
information about bonds is available on the
Internet? How can you use this information within
your personal or professional life? (90- to
175-words)
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FIN 420 Week 3 DQ 1 (UOP Course)  For more course
tutorials visit www.tutorialrank.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
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FIN 420 Week 3 DQ 2 (UOP Course)  For more course
tutorials visit www.tutorialrank.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
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FIN 420 Week 3 Team Mutual Funds Analysis  For
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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 Actively
managed common stock fund.
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FIN 420 Week 4 DQ 1 (UOP Course)  For more course
tutorials visit www.tutorialrank.com     Adjustabl
e 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 (UOP Course)  For more course
tutorials visit www.tutorialrank.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
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FIN 420 Week 4 Team Life Insurance Paper For more
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N 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. Include the following
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FIN 420 Week 4 Team Life Insurance
Presentation For more course tutorials
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Life Insurance Presentation Include the
following Compare and contrast the various forms
of life insurance. Describe the provisions of
life insurance policies. Evaluate and explain the
methods used to calculate life insurance needs,
and
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FIN 420 Week 4 Textbook Problems For more course
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Week 4 Textbook Problems Write a 175- to 350-word
response to Case 6 on p. 317 in Ch. 10 of
Personal Finance. Complete Do the Math, 2 on
p. 344 in Ch. 11 of Personal Finance. Complete
1, Calculating Life Insurance Need, on p. 376
in Ch. 12 of Personal Finance. Click the
Assignment Files tab to submit your assignment.
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FIN 420 Week 5 DQ 1 (UOP Course) For more course
tutorials visit www.tutorialrank.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
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FIN 420 Week 5 DQ 1 (UOP Course) For more course
tutorials visit www.tutorialrank.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
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FIN 420 Week 5 Research and Reflect For more
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420 Week 5 Research and Reflect Choose one major
concept from this course. Research this concept
within the University Library. Write a 350- to
700-word summary of your research. Apply what you
learned to your own personal or professional life.
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FIN 420 Week 5 Team Scenario Assignment For more
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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.
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