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Three main money management activities are
Personal Financial Statements
Personal financial statements tell you
Two documents you create yourself are the
Main purpose of personal financial statements are to:
1.
2.
3.
4.
Balance Sheet
A balance sheet (i.e.,
In other words, computing net worth
Individuals and families can increase their net worth by any one of the following:
Cash Flow Statement
Cash flow is the actual
Cash flow statement (i.e., personal income and expenditure statement) summarizes cash
A Plan for Effective Budgeting
A budget, or
Budgeting will help you do the following:
Budgeting is an
What is a budget?
• A financial
- Helps you achieve
- Prevents financial
- Types:
How to start a budget?
First:
- Track all of your
Keep a
▪ Example: Bills, eating out, clothing etc.
- Calculate
▪ Find ways to decrease spending
What is income?
• Income: money that is
• Could be wages from
Gross Income:
• Total income without
Net Income:
• Gross income-minus
Figuring Out Expenses
• Fixed Expenses
- The amounts that you have
• Variable/Flexible
- Amounts that you can
- You have to decide which of your options you
- Sometimes difficult to
- Examples of Variable/Flexible:
Developing Your Budget
• List all of your
• List some of your
•
• Write down your
•
• Any money you have left will and should be your