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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
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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
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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
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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  
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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
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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
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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.
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FIN 420 Week 3 Bond Ratings   For more classes
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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   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
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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
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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.
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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.
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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 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
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FIN 420 Week 4 Team Life Insurance
Presentation   For more classes
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Life Insurance Presentation Include the
following Compare and contrast the various forms
of life insurance.
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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.
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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
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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.
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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.
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