Personal Finance Chap 4 Flashcards
According to the Wall Street journal _______% of Americans are living paycheck to paycheck
70
When it comes to debt, if you tell a lie or spread a ______ long enough, eventually it becomes accepted as _____
Myth
Truth
Debt has been _________ to us with such intensity for so long that to imagine living without it requires a complete ________ shift, a completely new way of looking at things
Marketed
Paradigm
Myth 1
Myth; If I _____ money to a friend, to relative I will be helping them
Truth: the relationship will be strained or _________
Loan
Destroyed
Myth 2
Myth: by ________ a loan, I am helping out a friend or relative
Truth: the bank requires a co-signer because the person isn’t likely to _____
Co-signing
Pay
Myth 3
Myth: _____ __________, rent to own, title pawning, are needed _______ for lower income people to help them get ahead
Cash advance
Services
____% of ___________ in America are first generation rich
80%
millionaires
Myth 4
Myth: the _______ and other forms of gambling will make me ______
Truth: the lottery is a ____ on the poor and on people who can’t do math
Lottery, rich
Tax
People without a high school diploma spent an average of ____ a month playing the lottery, college graduates spent ____ a month on average
173
49
Myth 5
Myth: _____ Payments are a way of life and you’ll always have one
Truth: staying away from car payments by driving reliable used cars is what the typical ___________ does
Car
Millionaire
Myth 6
Myth: ________ your car is what sophisticated financial people do
Truth: ______ is the most _____ way to finance and operate a vehicle
Leasing
Expensive
Expensive
If you own a business, you can ______ ____ your paid for car on taxes without paying payments for the privilege
Write off
The way to _____ the money lost on things that go down in value is to buy slightly ______
Minimize
Used
Myth 7
Myth: you can get a good deal on a _____ car
Truth: a new car loses ____% of its value in the first _____ years
Deal
70%
Four
Myth 8
Myth: I’ll take out a 30-year mortgage and pay _____
Truth: life happens and something else will always seem more important, never take out more than a ____ year fixed rate mortgage
Extra
15
Myth 9
Myth: it’s wise to take out an ______ or a ______ mortgage if “I know I’ll be moving”
Truth: you will be moving when they ________
Adjustable, balloon
Foreclose
The adjustable rate mortgage is here to keep the ______ from losing money. It transfers the _____ of higher interest rates to you
Bank
Risk
Myth 10
Myth: you need a _______ ____ to rent a car or make _______ online or by phone
Truth: a _____ card does all of that
Credit card, purchases
Debit
Myth 11
Myth: I pay my ______ ____ off every month with no annual payment or fee
Truth: when you use cash instead of plastic, you spend ________ less because cash hurts
Credit card
12-18%
Myth 12
Myth: I’ll make sure my _______ gets a credit card so he can learn to be responsible with money
Truth: teens are a huge ______ of credit card companies today
Teenager
Target
New car dealers make the following profit:
- $___ for the cash sale of a new car
- $____ for financing a new car
- $______ for leasing a new car
$82
$775
$1300
Before McDonald’s chose to accept credit cards the average ticket price was 4.75, when they accepted them the price went up to 7.00, that’s a ____% increase
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