cash flow management Flashcards

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Practice Standard 1

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understand clients personal and financial circumstances

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Practice Standard 2

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identify and select goals 🥅, prioritize goals

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financial and investment strategies are based on the client’s what

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client’s capacity and willingness to assume risk 😬

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4
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identifying potential goals

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-discuss assessment of personal financial circumstance
- effect one goal may have on another

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apply reasonable assumptions/estimates to goals (things that affect goals)

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life expectancy 🏥, inflation rates 💲, tax rates , investment return, other material estimates and assumptions

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selecting and prioritizing goals

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discuss any goals that might seem unrealistic 🧐

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goal’s must be consistent with client’s what

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values, attitudes, expectations, time horizons

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goals and objectives provide

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focus 👓, purpose, vision and direction➡️for the planning process

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objectives must be

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clear and measurable, relevant to the scope of the ENGAGEMENT

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10
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discussion of goals must be

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documented

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11
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financial goals can be paid for by

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  • committing current assets and resources
  • relying on future income/earnings
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12
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clients w/o sufficient resources to meet goals must

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reprioritize, refine or eliminate goals, reposition assets or redirect income
EXTEND timeframe

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13
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A goal is

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a global 🌎statement of a CLIENTS personal or financial PURPOSE
broader and more encompassing than objectives

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an objective is

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definite financial target that SUPPORTS a goal

want 1.5 mil in retirement so objective is accumulating 250k in roth

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15
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wants are

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desires or pleasures

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16
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needs are

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required to sustain life

17
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first step in goal setting process (what does client do?)

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-have client write down 📝personal and financial goals as specifically as possible
-HOW will the goal be attained

18
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goal timeframes

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short term < 2 years
intermediate 2-10 years
longterm > 10 years

19
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first question to ask in cash flow analysis

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does the client have ENOUGH CASH and LIQUID ASSETS assets available for EMERGENCY 🚨 fund & meet ongoing expenses?

20
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2nd step in goal setting process think calendar

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assign dates/timelines to goals

21
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“Fresh Start”

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increases a person’s chance of achieving their goals, new year, new month, birthday

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3rd step in goal setting process think money

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determine current dollar amount to fund each goal

23
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what happens when you have a shortfall to meet your goal

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savings strategy must be developed using cash flow mgmt and and budget to generate addtl savings

24
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planned savings are what type of expense on cash flow/budget?

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fixed

25
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How many goals selected for immediate action?

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no more than 4

26
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Should you look at each goal in isolation?

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No - goals may be independent or interrelated. One strat beneficial to one goal may be detrimental to another goal. May have to work on goal 1 then Goal 2 etc.

27
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“pay yourself first”

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structured strategy to help save more on a regular basis

28
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Emergency fund should be invested in what type?

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NAV = 1 or very close to 1

29
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3 categories of cash flow

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operations, investing, financing

30
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How can you tell which accounts are covered by FDIC?

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look at who owns the accounts - joint and solely owned accounts are insured up to 250k