Hodge Podge Flashcards
Mixture of Financial Topics
7 Steps to Personal Financial Planning: Short answer version.
- Understanding
- Identifying
- Analyzing
- Developing
- Presenting
- Implementing
- Monitoring
Fundamental Areas of Financial Planning
- Estate
- Cash Management
- Insurance
- Retirement
- Investment
- Tax
Fiduciary Standard
- Client’s interest First
- Act with utmost good faith
- Provide full and adequate disclosure of all material
facts. - Not to mislead clients
- Expose all conflicts of interests.
Paraplanner Qualified Professional Code of Ethics
- Fiduciary Duty
- Integrity
- Competence
- Diligence
- Professionalism
- Confidentiality
Registered Investment Advisors (RIA)
Form ADV Part 2 - Brochure Rule
- Advisory services and fees
- Types of client served
- Types of investments used
- Education and Business background
- Conditions for managing accounts
- Review of Accounts
4 Key Components of becoming a CFP
- Education
- Exam
- Experience
- Ethics
Assets are separated into 3 catagories
1, Cash/Cash equivalents (Liquidity assets)
- Invested assets
- Use Assets
A statement of financial position is sometimes called a …
Net Worth Statement
A profile of what is owned (assets), what is owed (Liabilities) and an individuals net worth at a specific point in time.
Statement of Financial Position.
The ease of buying and selling an asset at any price
Marketability
Indicates the percentage of income that goes to housing costs
Front-end Ratio.
Housing should not exceed what percentage of gross monthly income
28%
What are the 2 debt to income ratios?
Front-end & Back-end
Ration that identifies the percentage of income used for recurring debt payments which include housing, credit card payments, etc.
Back-end Ratio
Back-End Ratio should not exceed?
36% of gross monthly income