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Meeting Wants and Needs
• Basic needs• Other needs• Wants
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An expensive car is a product that fills customers’ wants.
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Financial Resources
• Financial resources are money or other assets used to acquire goods and services
• Many people do not have enough resources to meet all their needs and wants
• People must decide how to use their scarce resources
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Making Financial Choices
• Buying decisions play an important part in managing your money
• A trade-off involves giving up a particular benefit or item to get another that you think is more desirable
• Opportunity cost is the benefit or item you give up (do not buy)
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Decision-Making Process
• Define the need or problem• List options available• Compare the options• Make a decision• Take action to apply the decision• Reevaluate your choices after some time has
passed
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Building Communications Skills
Reading Vocabulary • Reading is a basic communications skill• Your vocabulary is the words you know
and understand how to use • Improving your vocabulary will help you
better understand the material you read
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Purpose of Budgeting
• Budget – A spending and saving
plan– Based on expected
income and expenses– Allows you to compare
financial resources with financial needs
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A budget can be created using a spreadsheet.
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Building a Budget
• Estimate income• Plan savings• Estimate expenses
– Variable expenses– Fixed expenses
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Eating at a fancy restaurant is entertainment, a variable expense.
• Balance the budget
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Budget Analysis
• Income, savings, and expenses will not be exactly as budgeted
• Differences between planned and actual amounts are called variances– Favorable variances– Unfavorable variances
• Looking at variances can help you budget better in the future
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Recordkeeping Methods
• Keeping good records will help you prepare better budgets – Manual records– Computerized records
You can keep financial records on a handheld computer using programs such as Microsoft® Money.
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Technology Corner
Internet Research • The Internet can be used to research and
compare products and prices • Search engines allow you to search using
keywords
Enter a word or term and click Search.
Search
• Search results provide links to Web pages
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Success Skills
Dealing With Conflict• Conflicts will occur sooner or later • When faced with a conflict
– Take a time out to consider the situation– State the problem briefly to show that you
understand it– Suggest talking later if the other person is angry– Focus on the problem and be objective– Be willing to compromise to reach a resolution
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Financial Planning
• A financial plan contains– Personal goals– Financial goals– Steps to take for achieving goals– A timeline for achieving goals
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Financial Planning Process
• Gather information
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• Personal income and expensestatements
• Personal balance sheet • Personal budget• Current bank account
statements• Investment account statements• Financial contracts• Other documents related to your
finances
• Checkbooks• Insurance policies• Current paycheck stub• Tax returns• Will• Trusts
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Financial Planning Process
• Analyze information– Review income and expenses– Review your balance sheet– Consider changing goals or spending habits
• Set goals– Personal goals– Financial goals
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Financial Planning Process
• Develop a timeline– Consider how soon you want to achieve each
goal– Consider steps must you take to achieve each
goal• Implement and evaluate the plan
– Work toward achieving goals– Review and adjust the plan at least once a year
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Focus on...
Phishing• Is a type of Internet scam
– You are asked by e-mail to provide personal information such as a bank account number
– Your data may be used to commit identity theft or other crimes
• To protect yourself, do not send personal data in reply to e-mails that appear to be from a bank or business
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Ethics
Financial Planners and Commission Earnings• A financial planner
– Provides financial advice to individuals– May also buy and sell products on commission
• Financial planners are unethical if they buy or sell products just to earn a commission
• Choose a financial planner you can trust to deal fairly
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