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Steps you can take to ensure your financial security
Oscar BiondolilloThomas J. Canale, Clu, CFP, ChFcThe McTigue Financial Group
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Take Control of Your Financial Future• Use the Internet to obtain information– Northwesternmutual.com– Themint.org
• Seek advice from a professional– accountant, lawyer, financial professional
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What does money mean to you?
• What impact have finances played on your life so far?
• How does it tie into your vision for the future and the goals you have for your self?
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What We’ll Cover• Identify your financial planning
“personality”
• Actions you can take today
• Highlight what to get ready for as you step into your career
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4 Different Approaches to Your Financial Future
• Goal Setters• Procrastinators• Dreamers• Pretenders
• Which approach do you take?
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Goal-Setters• Place priority on
financial well-being• Know what they
want for their future• Create detailed plans to achieve
dreams• Need to review plans for re-balancing
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Procrastinators• Know what makes for financial health
• Find it difficult to shake unhealthy financial habits
• Need a dose of discipline
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Dreamers• Can imagine the future: the cars, the
house, the vacations, the lifestyle, etc…
• Feel their financial health slipping away
• Haven’t taken the necessary steps to accomplish their goals
• Often don’t know where to start
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Pretenders• False optimists live for today with no
thought of the future• Assume there is plenty of time to work
out the details to achieve their dreams• Believe in the possibility of finding
miracle cures to their financial woes
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Behavioral EconomicsNot just WHAT, but WHY we behave
the way we do can help us gain a new understanding of money management!
People are rational
» Smart decision makers
» Learn quickly» Choose right
financial products, career, level of savings
People are people
» Prone to error, irrationality and emotion
» Act in ways inconsistent with financial well-being
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Basic Fundamentals• Objective is to have freedom to
choose• It’s never too soon or late to start• Taking simple steps will help ensure
financial health• There’s no “magic pill.” Individuals
need to determine tactics that will meet their own lifestyle and address chronic behaviors
• Concept analogous to dieting
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What You Can Do Today• Create a budget and determine your
net worth…
– What do you think you spend vs actually spend?
– What have you saved, relative to what you have earned?
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Creating a Budget• Complete the budget worksheet
being handed out– Can you account for the money you are
spending each month?– How does your savings/income compare
to your monthly costs?
• Build Good Habits– Start saving money NOW– Establish/preserve good credit– Live within your means
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Determine your net worth• What have you earned to date?
• How have you saved AND invested in the past?
• Begin Putting Money in Buckets– Short-term– Mid-term– Long-term
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Fill Your Buckets• Activity: Think about the next 1, 5
and 10 years of your life
– What personal, professional and financial goals do you have for yourself at those different milestones?
– What action do you need to take today in order to achieve those goals?
– How much money will need to go into each savings bucket for you to achieve those goals?
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Your Most Important Asset• What do you think will be your most
valuable asset throughout your life?– Vehicles: What would your dream car
cost?– Home: How expensive do you think
your home will be?– Financial Portfolio: What would you like
your net worth to be?How will you be able to afford
all of these things?
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Your Most Important AssetAge
$30,000 Yearly
$50,000 Yearly
$100,000 Yearly
$150,000 Yearly
$250,000 Yearly
20 $1,350,000 $2,250,000 $4,500,000 $6,750,000 $11,250,000
21 1,320,000 2,200,000 4,400,000 6,600,000 11,000,000
22 1,290,000 2,150,000 4,300,000 6,450,000 10,750,000
23 1,260,000 2,100,000 4,200,000 6,300,000 10,500,000
24 1,230,000 2,050,000 4,100,000 6,150,000 10,250,000
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Starting With Your First Paycheck• Enroll in your retirement plan
• Talk with a financial expert about additional insurance coverage
• Pay yourself first. Make saving part of your regular budget -- just like payingthe electric bill – and leverage the savings “buckets” you created.
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What to Plan for as you enter your full-time career• Leverage Company Benefits• Understand “Good Debt” vs. “Bad
Debt”• Plan for the stuff no one tells you to
plan for– Professional Attire– Cost of Your Job– Weddings: Yours & Other People’s
• Understand and protect your most important asset
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Women should pay particular attention to these points…• Women are likely to live longer than
men, hence require additional retirement savings
• Women often prefer to work with another female professional