- Budgeting
- Cash Management
- Introduction
- Realize the Importance of Good Cash Management in Achieving Your Goals
- Understand the Different Cash Management Alternatives and How to Compare Them
- Know the Different Types of Financial Institutions
- Understand the Time Commitment Necessary for You to Effectively Manage Your Finances
- Summary
- Assignments
- Consumer and Mortgage Loans
- Debt and Debt Reduction
- Time Value of Money 1: Present and Future Value
- Time Value of Money 2: Inflation, Real Returns, Annuities, and Amortized Loans
- Insurance 1: Basics
- Insurance 2: Life Insurance
- Insurance 3: Health, Long-term Care, and Disability Insurance
- Insurance 4: Auto, Homeowners, and Liability Insurance
- The Home Decision
- The Auto Decision
- Family 1: Money and Marriage
- Family 2: Teaching Children Financial Responsibility
- Family 3: Financing Children’s Education and Missions
- Investments A: Key Lessons of Investing
- Investments B: Key Lessons of Investing
Review Questions
- What are the three main trade-offs regarding cash management?
- What is the key to using liquidity wisely? Why?
- What is an emergency fund? Why should you have one? How much should you have in your emergency fund?
- What are six account characteristics that can be used to analyze different cash management alternatives?
- What are the four key areas used to compare cash management alternatives?
