4.  Anything that involves money and you. › Your allowance › The money that you make at your job › The money that you save › The money that you spend

5.  What is it? › Is arranging to spend save and invest money to live comfortably, have financial security and achieve goals.  Financial Goals › Are the things you want to accomplish. › Going to college › Buying a car › Saving for your family

6.  We will use these to direct ourselves through the rest of the discussion.

7. 1. Determine You current Financial Situation 2. Develop Your financial goals 3. Indentify Your Options 4. Evaluate your alternatives 5. Create and use your financial plan of action 6. Review and revise your plan

8.  Make a list › How much do you have in your savings, checking, under your bed? › How much money do you make a month  Job, gifts, allowance, interest income › How much do you spend a month on things  Lunch, Clothes, Entertainment › Debts  Who do you owe money to?

9. Money Made Expenses  Teaching Salary - $90,000 per year  Coaching Salary - $5000 per year  Savings Account - $1000  Checking Accounts $3000  Interest per month - $100  Monthly Mortgage Payments $2000 per month  Car Payment $800 per month  Credit Card Payment $1000 per month

10. Rank NameNet Worth ($bil)AgeResidenceSource 1William Gates III57.052Medina, WAMicrosoft 2Warren Buffett50.078Omaha, NEBerkshire Hathaway 3Lawrence Ellison27.064Redwood City, CAOracle 4Jim Walton23.460Bentonville, ARWal-Mart 5S Robson Walton23.364Bentonville, ARWal-Mart 6Alice Walton23.259Fort Worth, TXWal-Mart 6Christy Walton & family 23.253Jackson, WYWal-Mart inheritance 8Michael Bloomberg20.066New York, NYBloomberg 9Charles Koch19.072Wichita, KSmanufacturing, energy 9David Koch19.068New York, NYmanufacturing, energy 11Michael Dell17.343Austin, TXDell 12Paul Allen16.055Seattle, WAMicrosoft, investments 13Sergey Brin15.935Palo Alto, CAGoogle 14Larry Page15.835San Francisco, CAGoogle 15Sheldon Adelson15.075Las Vegas, NVcasinos, hotels 15Steven Ballmer15.052Hunts Point, WAMicrosoft 15Abigail Johnson15.046Boston, MAFidelity 18Jack Taylor & family14.086St Louis, MOEnterprise Rent-A- Car 19Anne Cox Chambers 13.088Atlanta, GACox Enterprises 20Donald Bren12.076Newport Beach, CAreal estate

11.  Think about your attitude toward money…… › Are you more likely to spend money right now or save it? › Would you rather go straight to work after high school or are you wanting to go to college?  Your VALUES effect your financial decisions. (What do I mean by that?)

12.  Are the beliefs and principles you consider important, correct and desirable. Different people value different things. › Had friends go right to work after high school, while others went to college. Both are successful and have families. They just believed that in order for them to be successful they had to travel their own path.

13.  Needs vs. Wants › Need – something you must have to survive.  Food, Water, Clothing (Does not that new Versace purse either) › Want – Something that you would like to have but do not need.  You may need a new winter coat, but you may want the leather jacket……  Look back at your financial goals and determine which are needs and wants.  Lets list them on the board……

14. Pretend that I gave you an extra $50.00 per week. What are your options? 1. EXPAND YOUR CURRENT SITUATION -You could take that extra $50 and put it into savings and even save more a month. 2. CHANGE YOUR CURRENT SITUATION - You could invest the money in the stock market to try to make more money. 3. START SOMETHING NEW - could pay off some debt the you may have acquired. 4. CONTINUE THE SAME COURSE OF ACTION – Chose not to do anything with the money.

15.  You need to look at your situation in life, your present financial situation, and your personal values. For each situation that deals with money you need to consider the consequences and risks that come with each decision.

16.  What can help you make these decisions › Average Salary Average Salary › Financial Specialists  Accountants, bankers, financial planners › Use the internet  Computer software can help you determine if you are getting in to deep into debt.  Mortgage calculators  Income calculators  http://www.disposableincome.net/ http://www.disposableincome.net/ › Books and magazines › Financial Institutions › Your education

17.  What are the consequences of your choices….. › Opportunity cost – a trade off, is what is given up when making one choice instead of another.  Going to college instead of going right to work and making money.

18.  What are the risks of making that decision.  Though the risk may not be extremely dramatic there are different types of risk to think about. › Inflation risk – the cost of an item may increase next year. Inflation risk › Interest Rate Risk – may effect the cost of you borrowing money › Income Risk – you may loose your job, or may not get that raise you hoped for. › Personal Risk – The job you may do may be dangerous, or the option of you driving a car to somewhere versus flying. › Liquidity Risk – How quickly can you convert this good into cash.

19.  What are you going to do to achieve your plan of action. › Spend less › Get a second job › Pay off debts

21.  Goals are set into three categories › Short- Term – can be achieved in one year › Intermediate – 2 to 5 years › Long-term – more than 5 years to achieve. › Go and categorize your goals on your sheet of paper.

22.  Def – of need – something you need to survive.  Your financial goals are set on the types of things that you buy. › Services – something that someone does for you. Plumber, hair stylist provide services for you. › Goods – physical items that are produced and can be weighed or measured.

23.  Consumable goods – purchases that you make often and use up quickly. Food, toothpaste etc. Thought the cost of these goods may not measure up to a cost of a car they do add up..  Durable Goods – are expensive items that you do not purchase often. Cars, appliances (refrigerators, stoves)  Intangible items – cannot be touched but are often important to our well-being and happiness. › Happiness at your job, health, education, and free time, and be very expensive.

24.  What types of things are going to influence you personal finances in the future? › Life Situations › Personal Situations › Economic Factors

25.  How long will you live? How long will you live?  Going to College - Going to College  Starting a new career  Getting married  Having children Having children  Moving to a new city… http://cgi.money.cnn.com/tools/costofliving/costofliving.html http://cgi.money.cnn.com/tools/costofliving/costofliving.html

26.  Choosing to move out of the house away from the parents. › Average cost of rent in St. Louis $700 and $800  Paying the bills that come with the move 

27.  Choosing to move out of the house away from the parents. › Average cost of rent in St. Louis $700 and $800  Paying the bills that come with the move  Do you want to be a millionaire? › Millionaire calculator Millionaire calculator

28.  Economics › Something you hear about everyday in the news. › The study of the decisions that go into making, distributing, and using goods and services. › The Economy  Is the actual “market” or ways in which we make, distribute, and use goods and services.

29.  Supply vs. Demand › Supply – is the amount of goods and services you purchase › Demand – is the amount of goods and services people are willing to buy.

31. 1. Consumer Prices 2. Consumer Spending 3. Interest Rates

32.  Most products increase in price over time.  This increase in price is called INFLATION.  During times of rapid inflation it takes more money to buy the same amount of good or service.  EX. A computer that cost $1000 a year ago may cost $1050 now.

33.  What causes inflation? › People have more money to spend on items without a increase in supply.  Remember the FED has something to do with this as well. When interest rates are low, people have a tendency to spend more money and inflation goes up…  When interest rates are high, people put money in the bank to save and interest rates go down.

34.  You are a consumer and when you purchase and item. That company that produced the item makes money and hires more employees to make more products. This then increase our employment rate. More people work and spend more money. However the opposite can happen as well.

35.  Money has a price, that price is called interest…..  Interest – is the cost that people pay for to use other people money..  Here is how this all works…. › When you take grandmas birthday check and deposit it into the bank, and the bank gives you an interest rate, they are paying you to let them use your money. The bank inturn takes your money and lends it to people who want to borrow money form the bank.

36.  When the supply of money in the bank grows interest rates go down. People are saving more.  When consumers borrow more money, then interest rates go up.  Interest rates on loans also rise during inflation.

37. 2007 Cost  Gallon of Milk $3.12  Gallon of Gas $2.56  Tube of Toothpaste $5.00  Lawnmower $235  Alarm Clock $25  Loaf of Bread $1.00  Stapler $19.95  Pair of Shoes $85  Car $22,000  $225,000 Home 1980’s Cost Gallon of Milk $1.23 Gallon of Gas 1.01 Tube of Toothpaste $1.98 Lawnmower $92.96 Alarm Clock $9.89 Loaf of Bread $.40 Stapler $7.89 Pair of Shoes $33.62 Car $8.702.87 Home $89000.67 http://data.bls.gov/cgi-bin/cpicalc.pl Back