Personal Financial Planning 14th Edition Billingsley Test Bank
Product details:
- ISBN-10 : 1305636619
- ISBN-13 : 978-1305636613
- Author: Randall S. Billingsley
Billingsley/Gitman/Joehnk�s market-leading PERSONAL FINANCIAL PLANNING, 14E, provides the tools, techniques, and understanding you need to define and achieve your financial goals. You will find the numerous practical examples, illustrations, and reliance on common sense that is engaging and refreshingly concrete. Features such as You Can Do It Now, the Financial Impact of Personal Choices, Financial Fact or Fantasy, Financial Planning Tips, Financial Road Signs, and Behavior Matters keep the material relevant and vital to facing a life time of important personal financial decisions.
Table contents:
- Part 1: Foundations of Financial Planning
- Ch 1: Understanding the Financial Planning Process
- Learning Goals
- 1-1: The Rewards of Sound Financial Planning
- 1-2: The Personal Financial Planning Process
- 1-3: From Goals to Plans: A Lifetime of Planning
- 1-4: The Planning Environment
- 1-5: What Determines Your Personal Income?
- Summary
- Key Terms
- Answers to Test Yourself
- Financial Planning Exercises
- Applying Personal Finance
- Critical Thinking Cases
- Ch 2: Using Financial Statements and Budgets
- Learning Goals
- 2-1: Mapping Out Your Financial Future
- 2-2: The Balance Sheet: How Much are You Worth Today?
- 2-3: The Income and Expense Statement: What We Earn and Where It Goes
- 2-4: Using Your Personal Financial Statements
- 2-5: Cash in and Cash Out: Preparing and Using Budgets
- 2-6: The Time Value of Money: Putting a Dollar Value on Financial Goals
- Summary
- Key Terms
- Answers to Test Yourself
- Key Financial Relationships
- Key Financial Relationship Problem Set
- Financial Planning Exercises
- Applying Personal Finance
- Critical Thinking Cases
- Ch 3: Preparing Your Taxes
- Learning Goals
- 3-1: Understanding Federal Income Tax Principles
- 3-2: It’s Taxable Income That Matters
- 3-3: Calculating and Filing Your Taxes
- 3-4: Other Filing Considerations
- 3-5: Effective Tax Planning
- Summary
- Key Terms
- Answers to Test Yourself
- Financial Planning Exercises
- Applying Personal Finance
- Critical Thinking Cases
- Part 2: Managing Basic Assets
- Ch 4: Managing Your Cash and Savings
- Learning Goals
- 4-1: The Role of Cash Management in Personal Financial Planning
- 4-2: Today’s Financial Services Marketplace
- 4-3: A Full Menu of Cash Management Products
- 4-4: Maintaining a Checking Account
- 4-5: Establishing a Savings Program
- Summary
- Key Terms
- Answers to Test Yourself
- Key Financial Relationships
- Key Financial Relationships Problem Set
- Financial Planning Exercises
- Applying Personal Finance
- Critical Thinking Cases
- Ch 5: Making Automobile and Housing Decisions
- Learning Goals
- 5-1: Buying an Automobile
- 5-2: Leasing a Car
- 5-3: Meeting Housing Needs: Buy or Rent?
- 5-4: How Much Housing Can You Afford?
- 5-5: The Home-Buying Process
- 5-6: Financing the Transaction
- Summary
- Key Terms
- Answers to Test Yourself
- Key Financial Relationships
- Key Financial Relationships Problem Set
- Financial Planning Exercises
- Applying Personal Finance
- Critical Thinking Cases
- Part 3: Managing Credit
- Ch 6: Using Credit
- Learning Goals
- 6-1: The Basic Concepts of Credit
- 6-2: Credit Cards and Other Types of Open Account Credit
- 6-3: Obtaining and Managing Open Forms of Credit
- 6-4: Using Credit Wisely
- Summary
- Key Terms
- Answers to Test Yourself
- Financial Planning Exercises
- Applying Personal Finance
- Critical Thinking Cases
- Ch 7: Using Consumer Loans
- Learning Goals
- 7-1: Basic Features of Consumer Loans
- 7-2: Managing Your Credit
- 7-3: Single-Payment Loans
- 7-4: Installment Loans
- Summary
- Key Terms
- Answers Test Yourself
- Key Financial Relationships
- Key Financial Relationships Problem Set
- Financial Planning Exercises
- Applying Personal Finance
- Critical Thinking Cases
- Part 4: Managing Insurance Needs
- Ch 8: Insuring Your Life
- Learning Goals
- 8-1: Basic Insurance Concepts
- 8-2: Why Buy Life Insurance?
- 8-3: How Much Life Insurance is Right for You?
- 8-4: What Kind of Policy is Right for You?
- 8-5: Buying Life Insurance
- 8-6: Key Features of Life Insurance Policies
- Summary
- Key Terms
- Answers to Test Yourself
- Financial Planning Exercises
- Applying Personal Finance
- Critical Thinking Cases
- Ch 9: Insuring Your Health
- Learning Goals
- 9-1: The Importance of Health Insurance Coverage
- 9-2: Health Insurance Plans
- 9-3: Health Insurance Decisions
- 9-4: Medical Expense Coverage and Policy Provisions
- 9-5: Long-Term-Care Insurance
- 9-6: Disability Income Insurance
- Summary
- Key Terms
- Answers to Test Yourself
- Financial Planning Exercises
- Applying Personal Finance
- Critical Thinking Cases
- Ch 10: Protecting Your Property
- Learning Goals
- 10-1: Basic Principles of Property Insurance
- 10-2: Homeowner’s Insurance
- 10-3: Automobile Insurance
- 10-4: Other Property and Liability Insurance
- 10-5: Buying Insurance and Settling Claims
- Summary
- Key Terms
- Answers to Test Yourself
- Financial Planning Exercises
- Applying Personal Finance
- Critical Thinking Cases
- Part 5: Managing Investments
- Ch 11: Investment Planning
- Learning Goals
- 11-1: The Objectives and Rewards of Investing
- 11-2: Securities Markets
- 11-3: Making Transactions in the Securities Markets
- 11-4: Becoming an Informed Investor
- 11-5: Online Investing
- 11-6: Managing Your Investment Holdings
- Summary
- Key Terms
- Answers to Test Yourself
- Key Financial Relationships
- Key Financial Relationships Problem Set
- Financial Planning Exercises
- Applying Personal Finance
- Critical Thinking Cases
- Ch 12: Investing in Stocks and Bonds
- Learning Goals
- 12-1: The Risks and Rewards of Investing
- 12-2: Investing in Common Stock
- 12-3: Investing in Bonds
- Summary
- Key Terms
- Answers to Test Yourself
- Key Financial Relationships
- Key Financial Relationships Problem Set
- Financial Planning Exercises
- Applying Personal Finance
- Critical Thinking Cases
- Ch 13: Investing in Mutual Funds, ETFs, and Real Estate
- Learning Goals
- 13-1: Mutual Funds and Exchange-Traded Funds: Some Basics
- 13-2: Types of Funds and Fund Services
- 13-3: Making Mutual Fund and ETF Investments
- 13-4: Investing in Real Estate
- Summary
- Key Terms
- Answers to Test Yourself
- Key Financial Relationships
- Key Financial Relationships Problem Set
- Financial Planning Exercises
- Applying Personal Finance
- Critical Thinking Cases
- Part 6: Retirement and Estate Planning
- Ch 14: Planning for Retirement
- Learning Goals
- 14-1: An Overview of Retirement Planning
- 14-2: Social Security
- 14-3: Pension Plans and Retirement Programs
- 14-4: Annuities
- Summary
- Key Terms
- Answers to Test Yourself
- Financial Planning Exercises
- Applying Personal Finance
- Critical Thinking Cases
- Ch 15: Preserving Your Estate
- Learning Goals
- 15-1: Principles of Estate Planning
- 15-2: Thy Will Be Done . . .
- 15-3: Trusts
- 15-4: Federal Unified Transfer Taxes
- 15-5: Calculating Estate Taxes
- 15-6: Estate Planning Techniques
- Summary
- Key Terms
- Answers to Test Yourself
- Financial Planning Exercises
- Applying Personal Finance
- Critical Thinking Cases
- Appendix A: Table of Future Value Factors
- Appendix B: Table of Future Value Annuity Factors
- Appendix C: Table of Present Value Factors
- Appendix D: Table of Present Value Annuity Factors
- Appendix E: Using a Financial Calculator
- Index
People also search:
personal financial planning 14th edition
what is personal financial planning definition
what is personal financial planning
what is the best definition of personal financial planning
what is personal financial planning and why is it important