Garman/Fox's Personal Finance, 14th Edition Solution and Answer Guide, 2025/2026 Complete Chapters 1 - 17, Verified Latest Version

SOLUTION MANUAL
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Personal Finance, 14th Edition
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By E. Thomas Garman, Chapter 1 - 17
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Part I: FINANCIAL PLANNING.
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1. Understanding Personal Finance.
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2. Career Planning.
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3. Financial Statements, Goals, and Budgets.
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Part II: MONEY MANAGEMENT.
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4. Managing Income Taxes.
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5. Managing Checking and Savings Accounts.
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6. Building and Maintaining Good Credit.
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7. Credit Cards and Consumer Loans.
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8. Vehicles and Other Major Purchases.
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9. Obtaining Affordable Housing.
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Part III: INCOME AND ASSET PROTECTION.
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10. Managing Property and Liability Risk.
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11. Planning for Health Care Expenses.
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12. Life Insurance Planning.
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Part IV: INVESTMENTS.
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13. Investment Fundamentals.
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,14. Investing in Stocks and Bonds.
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15. Mutual and Exchange-Traded Funds.
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16. Real Estate and High-Risk Investments.
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17. Retirement and Estate Planning.
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GARMAN/FOX, PERSONAL FINANCE 14E, CHAPTER 1: THINKING LIKE A FINANCIAL PLANNER
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TABLE OF CONTENTS PL PL




Answers to Chapter Concept Checks ........................................................................................... 2
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What Do You Recommend Now? ................................................................................................ 4
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Let’s Talk About It ........................................................................................................................................................ 5
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Do the Math ................................................................................................................................... 6
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Financial Planning Cases ............................................................................................................... 8
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Extended Learning....................................................................................................................... 10
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LO1.1 Recognize the keys to achieving financial success.
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1. Explain the five steps in the financial planning process.
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Answer: There are five fundamental steps to the personal financial planning process: (1)
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evaluate your financial health to your education and career choice; (2) define your financial
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goals; (3) develop a plan of action to achieve your goals; (4) implement spending and saving
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plans to monitor and control progress toward your goals; and (5) review your financial
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progress and make changes as appropriate.
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2. Distinguish among financial success, financial security, and financial happiness.
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Answer: Financial success is the achievement of financial aspirations that are desired, planned,
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or attempted. Success is defined by the individual or family that seeks it. Financial success may
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be defined as being able to live according to one’s standard of living. Financial security is that
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comfortable feeling that your financial resources will be adequate to fulfill any needs you have
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as well as your wants. Financial happiness is the experience you have when you are satisfied
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with money matters. People who are happy about their finances will see a spillover into
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positive feelings about life in general.
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3. Summarize what you will accomplish studying personal finance. pl pl pl pl pl pl pl




Answer: Several things can be accomplished by studying personal finance. Recognize how to
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manage unexpected and expected financial events. Pay as little as possible in income taxes.
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Understand how to effectively comparison shop for vehicles and homes. Protect what we own.
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Invest wisely. Accumulate and protect the wealth that we may choose to spend during our non-
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working years (e.g., retirement) or donate.
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4. What are the building blocks to achieving financial success?
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Answer: The building blocks for achieving financial success include a foundation of regular
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income that provides the means to support your lifestyle and save for desired goals in the
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future. The foundation supports a base of various banking accounts, insurance protection, and
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employee benefits. Then we can establish goals, a recordkeeping system, a budget, and an
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emergency savings fund. We will also manage various expenses such as housing, transportation,
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insurance, and the payment of taxes. We will also need to handle credit, savings, and
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educational costs. Finally, we invest in various investment alternatives such as mutual funds,
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stocks, and bonds, often for retirement. As a result of all these building blocks, we are more
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apt to have a financially successful life.
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LO1.2 Understand how the economy affects your personal financial success.
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1. Summarize the phases of the business cycle. pl pl pl pl pl pl




Answer: The business cycle entails a wavelike pattern of rising and falling economic activity as
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measured by economic indicators like unemployment rates or the gross domestic product. The
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