4.1 Flashcards
Benchmarks
Standard against which progress is measured
Budget
A spending and saving plan based on expected income and expenses
Cash inflow
Income from your job, investments, and other sources
Cash outflows
Expenses or other items for which you must spend money
Charitable giving
The act of donating money or time to a cause in which you believe
Electronic records
Soft-copy format of your financial information stored in your computer
Encryption
Process of converting data to a coded form
Financial goals
Plans for how you will pay for your personal goals
Financial plan
A plan listing personal and financial goals along with steps and a timeline for reaching them
Financial planner
A professional consultant who provides financial advice for a fee or commission
Financial resources
Money or other items of value that are used to acquire goods and services
Fixed expenses
Costs that do not change each month
Identity theft
The use of your personal information by someone else to commit fraud or other crimes
Liabilities
Debts that you owe
Needs
Things needed for survival, such as food, clothing, shelter, and medical care
Net worth
The difference between your assets and your liabilities
Opportunity cost
The value of your next best option—what you are giving up
Personal goals
Things that you want to achieve in your life
Phishing
A scam in which an email is sent from someone posing as your bank or other legitimate business asking for personal information
Timeline
A visual display of how long it will take to achieve each phase of a plan
Tradeoff
Giving up one opinion in exchange for another
Variable expenses
Costs that can go up and down each month
Variances
The difference between planned amounts and actual amounts
Assets
Money and items of value that you own
