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FIN 420 Entire Course   For more classes
visit www.snaptutorial.com   FIN 420 Week 1
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
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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
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FIN 420 Week 1 Individual Assignment Personal
Finance Mission Statement   For more classes
visit www.snaptutorial.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 Financial goals Future vision An easy
action to take to meet your mission
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FIN 420 Week 2 Case Study Carol Jones   For more
classes visit www.snaptutorial.com   Write a 500-
to 750-word paper that addresses the following
items from the case study            Apply finan
cial planning concepts to advise Carol
and explain how Carol can benefit from financial
planning. Describe the benefits of using
financial statements in financial
planning.          Utilize and explain strategies
that Carol can use to increase her net worth.
How does this affect her cash flow?
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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 Team The Johnsons   For more
classes visit www.snaptutorial.com   FIN 420 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 classes
visit www.snaptutorial.com   FIN 420 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) Explain
what the following bond ratings mean for
investors (20 to 40 words each)
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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
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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
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FIN 420 Week 3 Team Mutual Funds Analysis   For
more classes visit www.snaptutorial.com   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. Fixed income fund. Balanced fund.
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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.
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FIN 420 Week 4 Team Life Insurance Paper   For
more classes visit www.snaptutorial.com   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. 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 Team Life Insurance
Presentation   For more classes
visit www.snaptutorial.com   FIN 420 Week 4 Team
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
classes visit www.snaptutorial.com   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. 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.
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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
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FIN 420 Week 5 DQ 2   For more classes
visit www.snaptutorial.com   Consider your
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? What specific actions do you need to
take to make those adjustments or to establish
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FIN 420 Week 5 Research and Reflect   For more
classes visit www.snaptutorial.com   FIN 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 classes visit www.snaptutorial.com   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.
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