1.  Course Introduction

2.  Financial Planning (FIN 551 – 552 – 553) o Third in Series FIN 551 Overview of Financial Planning, Insurance, and Tax Planning FIN 552 Retirement Accounts (Pensions, IRAs, ROTH, Social Security, 403B, 457, 401K, etc.) FIN 553 Estate Planning and Cases

3.  Learning Objectives o Demonstrate Comprehensive Understanding of Financial Planning both the process and the outcomes o Formulate Financial Plans for Clients Collection Relevant Information for Financial Plans Analyze Financial Conditions of Clients Demonstrate Logical Choices and Weakness of Financial Plans Evaluate the impact of economic, political and regulatory issues with regards to Financial Plans o Effectively Communicate Financial Plans both orally and in writing

4.  Two Major Units (See Syllabus) o Estate Planning o Cases  First Five Weeks on Estate Planning o Text: Estate Planning (8 th Edition) o Two Exams First Exam Chapters 1 through 8 Second Exam Chapters 9 through 14  Second Five Weeks on Cases o Text: Cases in Financial Planning (2 nd Edition) o Teams formed (three member teams – with one two member team) o Mini Cases and One Major Case

5.  Class Support o All Materials on College of Business Web Page o Under Current Students o Under Course Materials o Under Course – FIN 553 o Under Syllabus o http://classes.bus.oregonstate.edu/FIN553/index.htm http://classes.bus.oregonstate.edu/FIN553/index.htm  My Contact Information o E-mail: brooksr@bus.oregonstate.edubrooksr@bus.oregonstate.edu o Phone: 541-737-3692 o Office: Austin Hall 426

6.  Grading o Two Mid Terms 30% (Each worth 50 points) o Two Mini Cases 20% (Total worth 80 points) Junior Partner Case 50 points Senior Partner Case 30 points o One Major Case 50% (Total worth 180 points) Oral Presentation worth 80 points Written Presentation worth 100 points o Attendance – Used for determining border line grades o The Cases are done by teams and expectations are higher for overall performance compared to the individual Mid Term Exams.  Questions?

7.  Last Year’s Class Grades  Overall Course GPA was 3.3 (B+ Average) o A (4) 18% o A- (2) 9% o B+ (9) 41% o B (4) 18% o B- (3) (14%)

8.  Think of Three main areas of Financial Planning  P: Property o Pensions o Portfolios o Real Property o Intangible Property  I: Insurance o Property o Casualty o Life  E: Estate o Wealth Distribution  Financial Planning Easy as PIE

9.  Goal of the Financial Planner?  List what you think are the proper goals of a financial planner o 1 o 2 o 3 o 4 o 5  Can Financial Planning be summarized into one simple idea?