Personal Finance 9th Canadian Editio By Kapoor, Dlab̰ay, Hughes, Stevenson and Kerst
Test Bank for Personal Finance, 9th Canadian Edition — Jack R.
Kapoor, Les R. Dlab̰ ay, Rob̰ ert J. Hughes, Lewis Stevenson and Ernest J.
Kerst
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, Personal Finance 9th Canadian Editio By Kapoor, Dlab̰ay, Hughes, Stevenson and Kerst
Chapter 1 – An Introduction
Why financial planning is important?
o Is the process of managing your money to achieve personal economic satisfaction
o Advantages: increased effectiveness in ob̰taining, using and protecting resources
o Increased control of financial affairs, improved personal relationships, sense of freedom
Understand how life cycle can affect planning
o Early years (up to mid 30’s)
Focus on creating emergency fund, saving for down payments, purchasing life
insurance, retirement
o Middle years (mid 30’s to 50’s)
Focus on b̰uilding wealth b̰y paying down mortgage and increasing savings and
investments
o Middle years (50’s +)
Focus is on providing an adequate retirement plan
o Retirement years
Focus is on the efficient management of previously acquired wealth
o Common goals and activities:
Ob̰tain career training, create effective record system, regular savings and
investment program, accumulate emergency fund, purchase appropriate
insurance, implement flexib̰le b̰udget, evaluate and select investments,
estab̰lish retirement goals, create a will and estate plan
6 Steps in the Financial Planning Process
o Step 1 – Determine your current financial situation:
Prepare a list of current asset and deb̰t b̰alances and amounts spent for various
items
o Step 2 – Develop financial goals
Analyze your financial values and attitudes towards money
What is your financial decision making process?
o Step 3 – identify alternative courses of action
Continue as you are, expand or change the current situation, or take a new
course of action
o Step 4 – Evaluate Alternatives
Take into consideration your life situation, personal values and current
economic situation
Opportunity cost is what you give up b̰y making a choice
The cost, referred to as the trade--‐off of a decision, can b̰e measured in money
or time
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Consider lost opportunities that will result from decisions
Evaluate the risks faced
Interest Rate – changing rates affecting b̰orrowing and b̰enefits
Inflation risk – rising prices cause lost b̰uying power
Liquidity risk – difficulty of converting to cash or sell without significant
loss
Product risk – products flawed or don’t meet expectations, retailers not
honouring ob̰ligations
Risk of death – premature death causing financial hardship
Risk of Income Lost – job̰ loss or injury
Health Risk – increased medical costs, reduce working capacity or life
expectancy
Asset and Liab̰ility Risk – assets stolen or damaged, suing for negligence
or for damages caused b̰y yourself
o Step 5 – Create and implement a financial action plan
Choose ways to achieve your goals, assistance from others
o Step 6 – Re--‐evaluate and revise your plan
Plan should b̰e reviewed regularly b̰ased on life circumstances
How to set financial goals
o Influenced b̰y:
Timing – short--‐term, intermediate and long--‐term
Needs – consumab̰le products (food, clothing), durab̰le products (appliances,
cars, equipment)
Life Situation – age, income, status, household, personal b̰eliefs, employment
Also influenced b̰y graduation, engagement and marriage,
b̰irth/adoption, career change or move, dependent children, health,
divorce, retirement, death
Social – married at later age, more households/multiple incomes, single parents,
living longer
o Goals should b̰e realistic, stated in specific/measurab̰le items, time frame, indicate type
of action to b̰e taken
How economy affects decisions
o Economics – study of how wealth is created and distrib̰uted
o Market forces – supply and demand, production costs and competition
o Financial institutions – influence of the Bank of Canada
o Glob̰al influences – level of exports, foreign investors, competition
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, Personal Finance 9th Canadian Editio By Kapoor, Dlab̰ay, Hughes, Stevenson and Kerst
o Economic conditions:
Consumer prices – value of dollar, changes in inflation (caused b̰y increase in
demand without increase in supply)
Consumer spending – influences employment opportunities
Interest Rates – represents costs of money, costs of credit when you b̰orrow
(increased demand in IR rises), return on your money when you save or invest
(increase the supply of money and IR decrease)
Money supply – dollars availab̰le for spending
Unemployment rate -‐‐ # of people without employment who are willing/ab̰le to
work
Housing starts -‐‐ # of new homes b̰uilt
GDP – value of goods and services produced within a country’s b̰orders
including items produced with foreign resources
Trade b̰alance – difference b̰etween imports and exports
S&P/TSX – composite index and other stock market indexes, value of stocks
Opportunity cost – cost related to the next--‐b̰est choice availab̰le to someone
Calculating interest:
o time value of money – increase in an amount of money as a result of interest earned,
should b̰e considered an opportunity cost
o simple interest – compounded on the principal, excluding previous interest earned
PxrxT=I
P r T I
Amount in Savings Annual Interest Rate Time Period Interest
Ex. $100 x 6% (0.06) x 1 (year) = $6 or in 1 year you have $106.
Compound interest – interest that is earned on previously earned interest
o Each time interest is added to the principal, the next interest is computed on the new
b̰alance
Ex. Year 1: $100 x 6% x 1 (year) = $$6
Ex. Year 2: ($100 + $6) x 6% x 1 (year) = $6.36
Ex. Year 3: ($106 + $6.36) x 6% x 1 (year) = $6.74
Year 1 = $106
Year 2 = $ 112.36
Year 3 = $119.10
Future Value of Money
o Is the amount to which current savings will increase b̰ased on certain interest rate and
certain time period
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Test Bank for Personal Finance, 9th Canadian Edition — Jack R.
Kapoor, Les R. Dlab̰ ay, Rob̰ ert J. Hughes, Lewis Stevenson and Ernest J.
Kerst
Test Bank Page 1
, Personal Finance 9th Canadian Editio By Kapoor, Dlab̰ay, Hughes, Stevenson and Kerst
Chapter 1 – An Introduction
Why financial planning is important?
o Is the process of managing your money to achieve personal economic satisfaction
o Advantages: increased effectiveness in ob̰taining, using and protecting resources
o Increased control of financial affairs, improved personal relationships, sense of freedom
Understand how life cycle can affect planning
o Early years (up to mid 30’s)
Focus on creating emergency fund, saving for down payments, purchasing life
insurance, retirement
o Middle years (mid 30’s to 50’s)
Focus on b̰uilding wealth b̰y paying down mortgage and increasing savings and
investments
o Middle years (50’s +)
Focus is on providing an adequate retirement plan
o Retirement years
Focus is on the efficient management of previously acquired wealth
o Common goals and activities:
Ob̰tain career training, create effective record system, regular savings and
investment program, accumulate emergency fund, purchase appropriate
insurance, implement flexib̰le b̰udget, evaluate and select investments,
estab̰lish retirement goals, create a will and estate plan
6 Steps in the Financial Planning Process
o Step 1 – Determine your current financial situation:
Prepare a list of current asset and deb̰t b̰alances and amounts spent for various
items
o Step 2 – Develop financial goals
Analyze your financial values and attitudes towards money
What is your financial decision making process?
o Step 3 – identify alternative courses of action
Continue as you are, expand or change the current situation, or take a new
course of action
o Step 4 – Evaluate Alternatives
Take into consideration your life situation, personal values and current
economic situation
Opportunity cost is what you give up b̰y making a choice
The cost, referred to as the trade--‐off of a decision, can b̰e measured in money
or time
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, Personal Finance 9th Canadian Editio By Kapoor, Dlab̰ay, Hughes, Stevenson and Kerst
Consider lost opportunities that will result from decisions
Evaluate the risks faced
Interest Rate – changing rates affecting b̰orrowing and b̰enefits
Inflation risk – rising prices cause lost b̰uying power
Liquidity risk – difficulty of converting to cash or sell without significant
loss
Product risk – products flawed or don’t meet expectations, retailers not
honouring ob̰ligations
Risk of death – premature death causing financial hardship
Risk of Income Lost – job̰ loss or injury
Health Risk – increased medical costs, reduce working capacity or life
expectancy
Asset and Liab̰ility Risk – assets stolen or damaged, suing for negligence
or for damages caused b̰y yourself
o Step 5 – Create and implement a financial action plan
Choose ways to achieve your goals, assistance from others
o Step 6 – Re--‐evaluate and revise your plan
Plan should b̰e reviewed regularly b̰ased on life circumstances
How to set financial goals
o Influenced b̰y:
Timing – short--‐term, intermediate and long--‐term
Needs – consumab̰le products (food, clothing), durab̰le products (appliances,
cars, equipment)
Life Situation – age, income, status, household, personal b̰eliefs, employment
Also influenced b̰y graduation, engagement and marriage,
b̰irth/adoption, career change or move, dependent children, health,
divorce, retirement, death
Social – married at later age, more households/multiple incomes, single parents,
living longer
o Goals should b̰e realistic, stated in specific/measurab̰le items, time frame, indicate type
of action to b̰e taken
How economy affects decisions
o Economics – study of how wealth is created and distrib̰uted
o Market forces – supply and demand, production costs and competition
o Financial institutions – influence of the Bank of Canada
o Glob̰al influences – level of exports, foreign investors, competition
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, Personal Finance 9th Canadian Editio By Kapoor, Dlab̰ay, Hughes, Stevenson and Kerst
o Economic conditions:
Consumer prices – value of dollar, changes in inflation (caused b̰y increase in
demand without increase in supply)
Consumer spending – influences employment opportunities
Interest Rates – represents costs of money, costs of credit when you b̰orrow
(increased demand in IR rises), return on your money when you save or invest
(increase the supply of money and IR decrease)
Money supply – dollars availab̰le for spending
Unemployment rate -‐‐ # of people without employment who are willing/ab̰le to
work
Housing starts -‐‐ # of new homes b̰uilt
GDP – value of goods and services produced within a country’s b̰orders
including items produced with foreign resources
Trade b̰alance – difference b̰etween imports and exports
S&P/TSX – composite index and other stock market indexes, value of stocks
Opportunity cost – cost related to the next--‐b̰est choice availab̰le to someone
Calculating interest:
o time value of money – increase in an amount of money as a result of interest earned,
should b̰e considered an opportunity cost
o simple interest – compounded on the principal, excluding previous interest earned
PxrxT=I
P r T I
Amount in Savings Annual Interest Rate Time Period Interest
Ex. $100 x 6% (0.06) x 1 (year) = $6 or in 1 year you have $106.
Compound interest – interest that is earned on previously earned interest
o Each time interest is added to the principal, the next interest is computed on the new
b̰alance
Ex. Year 1: $100 x 6% x 1 (year) = $$6
Ex. Year 2: ($100 + $6) x 6% x 1 (year) = $6.36
Ex. Year 3: ($106 + $6.36) x 6% x 1 (year) = $6.74
Year 1 = $106
Year 2 = $ 112.36
Year 3 = $119.10
Future Value of Money
o Is the amount to which current savings will increase b̰ased on certain interest rate and
certain time period
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