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SOLUTION MANUAL ’




Personal Financial Planning,16th Edition
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by Billingsley, Gitman, Chapters 1 - 15, Complete
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,Table of Contents ’ ’ ’




Part I: FOUNDATIONS OF FINANCIAL PLANNING.
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1. Understanding the Financial Planning Process.
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2. Developing Your Financial Statements and Plans.
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3. Preparing Your Taxes.
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Part II: MANAGING BASIC ASSETS.
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4. Managing Your Cash and Savings.
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5. Making Automobile and Housing Decisions.
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Part III: MANAGING CREDIT.
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6. Using Credit.
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7. Using Consumer Loans.
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Part IV: MANAGING INSURANCE NEEDS.
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8. Insuring Your Life.
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9. Insuring Your Health.
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10. Protecting Your Property.
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Part V: MANAGING INVESTMENTS.
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11. Investment Planning.
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12. Investing in Stocks and Bonds.
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13. Investing in Mutual Funds and Real Estate.
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Part VI: RETIREMENT AND ESTATE PLANNING.
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14. Planning for Retirement.
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15. Preserving Your Estate.
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Chapter 1 ’

,Understanding the Financial Planning Process
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How’Will’This’Affect’Me?
The’heart’of’financial’planning’is’making’sure’your’values’line’up’with’how’you’spend’and’save.’That’me
ans’knowing’where’you’are’financially’and’planning’on’how’to’get’where’you’want’to’be’in’the’future’no’
matter’what’life’throws’at’you.’For’example,’how’should’your’plan’handle’the’projection’that’Social’Sec
urity’costs’may’exceed’revenues’by’2035?’And’what’if’the’government’decides’to’raise’tax’rates’to’hel
p’cover’the’federal’deficit?’An’informed’financial’plan’should’reflect’ such’uncertainties’and’more.

This’chapter’overviews’the’financial’planning’process’and’explains’its’context.’Topics’include’how’fina
ncial’plans’change’to’accommodate’your’current’stage’in’life’and’the’role’that’financial’planners’can’p
lay’in’helping’you’achieve’your’objectives.’After’reading’this’chapter’you’will’have’a’good’perspectiv
e’on’how’to’organize’your’overall’personal’financial’plan.


LEARNING GOALS ’



LG1’Identify’the’benefits’of’using’personal’financial’planning’techniques’to’manage’your’finan
ces.

Key’concept’in’this’section’is’the’planning’model’as’displayed’in’Exhibit’1.1.’Your’standard’of’living’is’gr
eatly’impacted’by’your’spending’habits’and’your’commitment’to’saving.’Your’spending’is’measured’by’
your’propensity’to’consume.’Wealth’is’the’total’value’of’all’property’you’own’less’the’amount’that’ you’
owe’to’others.

ACTIVITY:’ Ask’the’students’to’assume’that’they’have’just’inherited’$100,000.’What’will’you’do’with’th
e’ money?’Write’down’three’ways’you’will’spend’or’use’the’money.

, Ask’the’students’to’share’one’item’with’the’class’and’record’what’they’say’so’that’the’entire’class’can’refl
ect’on’the’answers.’Hopefully,’at’least’a’few’will’mention’investing’even’if’only’$10,000’of’the’amount.’
Use’their’answers’to’discuss’taking’care’of’current’needs’versus’future’needs.
Focus’on’their’propensity’to’consume’and’its’impact’on’accumulating’wealth.’Point’out’the’Financial’Plann
ing’Tip,’―Be’SMART’ in’Planning’ Your’Financial’Goals.‖
Use’Exhibit’1.2’to’show’how’the’average’person’earns’and’spends’their’money’and’Exhibit’1.6’to’help’th
e’student’ identify’where’they’are’ now.

LG2’Describe’the’personal’financial’planning’process’and’define’your’goals.

Dwight’ Eisenhower,’army’general’and’president,’is’quoted’as’saying’ ―Plans’are’useless;’Planning’is’pric
eless‖.’The’process’of’planning’allows’you’to’focus’on’the’issues’that’are’most’important’and’to’be’ready’
when’things’change.

Exhibit’1.3’lists’the’Six’Step’Financial’Planning’Process.’The’first’and’most’important’is’defining’your’fin
ancial’goals.’Exhibit’1.6’lists’goals’by’age’to’demonstrate’how’goals’change’over’time.’Use’the’exam
ples’in’Exhibit’1.5’to’ask’students’if’the’assumptions’are’realistic.’Yes,’the’answer’is’in’the’exhibit,’but’ma
ny’will’not’have’read’chapter’at’this’point.’For’your’use,’the’assumptions’are:

Assumption’1:’Saving’a’few’thousand’dollars’a’year’should’provide’enough’to’fund’my’child‘s’colleg
e’Education.
Assumption’2:’An’emergency’fund’lasting’3’ months’should’be’adequate.
Assumption’3:’I’will’be’able’to’retire’at’65’and’should’have’plenty’to’live’on’in’retirement.’Assu
mption’4:’I‘m’relying’on’the’rule’of’thumb’that’I’will’need’only’70’percent’of’my’pre-
’retirement’ income’to’ manage’ nicely’in’retirement.


There’are’several’worksheets’in’the’book.’Worksheet’1.1’gives’the’student’a’format’to’write’down’thei
r’Personal’Financial’Goals.’There’is’power’in’writing’down’goals’[and’most’any’other’plan].’Recording’t
he’goal’and’then’reviewing’three’months’later’will’help’you’to’keep’focus’on’the’goal.

LG3’Explain’the’life’cycle’of’financial’plans,’their’role’in’achieving’your’financial’goals,’how’to’
deal’with’special’planning’concerns,’and’the’use’of’professional’financial’planners.

Exhibit’1.7’can’help’focus’the’attention’on’how’goals’differ’between’the’various’stages’of’life.’Section’1
-3b’lists’various’decisions’that’you’will’have’to’make’over’your’life.’The’section’1-
3c’addresses’Special’Planning’Concerns.’Worksheet’1.2’focuses’on’the’financial’benefit’to’the’family’o
f’the’second’income.’If’the’second’income’is’from’a’minimum’wage’job,’it’may’not’be’a’good’financial’dec
ision.’Of’course’having’a’job,’even’a’minimum’wage’job,’may’give’the’person’psychic’income’that’ will’ov
erride’the’financial’impact.

While’perhaps’off’topic,’I’recall’a’high’school’science’teacher’who’was’a’smoker.’He’walked’through’the
’amount’of’money’he’spent’on’purchasing’tobacco’ products.’ That’computation’had’a

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