Unit 3 Flashcards
A plan for future spending and saving
Budget
Looking to future income and expenditures. Answers two main questions
-what time will budget cover?
-how will you keep your records
Forecasting
Calculating net cash flow and using budget in day to day life
Implementation
Process of adjusting budget to fit requirements
Reconciling a budget
You must review if you are sticking to budget
Monitoring
Occurs when actual expenses are difficult from your expected expenses budgeted
Budget variance
After a period of time, you should review your budget to see if you can improve it
Revising
Management of cash payments and liquid investments
Cash Management
A fund that you can turn to in an event of an emergency
Cash reserve
Include commercial banks, several types of savings institutions, and credit unions.
Depository institutions
Government sponsored insurance agency that covers funds in deposit institutions
FDIC (Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation)
Includes mutual fund companies, life insurance companies, brokerage firms, and other financial service firms
Non-depository institutions
Demonstrates amount of interest paid per year
Annual Percentage Yield
Method of calculating the time required for a sum of money to double by dividing 72 by the rate of interest earned on the money
Rule of 72