Chapter 3 Section 3.1 and 3.2
Money Management Spend your money on clothes or save it? Shopping around for better deal on mp3 player?
Helps you to….
Home Files Safe Deposit Box Home Computers
Determine Your Assets Any items of value that you own, including cash, property, personal possessions, and investments. Four categories of wealth to determine assets
Determine Liabilities Debts that you owe. Current Liabilities Long-Term Liabilities Not Liabilities
Calculate Your Net Worth
Evaluate Your Financial Situation
Cash Flow
Record Your Income
Record Your Expenses Fixed expenses – the same each month Variable expenses – can change from month to month. The total of your fixed and variable expenses is your cash outflow.
Determine Your Net Cash Flow
RatioCalculationExampleMeaning Debt RatioLiabilities divided by net worth 25,000/50,000 = 0.5 Low debt ratio is desirable. Liquidity Ratio Liquid assets divided by monthly expenses 10,000/4,000 = 2.5 Number of months you can pay your expenses. Debt- Payments Ratio Monthly credit payments divided by take home pay. 540/3,600 = 0.15 or 15% How much of earnings goes to pay debts. 20% or less is goal. Savings Ratio Amount saved each month divided by gross monthly income. 600/5,000 = 0.12 = 12% At least 10% is goal. 15% is better.