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Personal Finance Fall Midterm
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Finance
Undergraduate 1
10/12/2011

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Financial Plan
Definition
Formalized report that summarizes your current financial situation, analyzes your financial needs, and recommends future financial activities
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Money Management
Definition
Daily financial activities necessary to manage current personal economic resources while working toward long-term financial security.
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Balance Sheet
Definition
Financial statement that reports what an individual or a family owns and owes.
a.k.a. net-worth statement
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Liquid Assets
Definition
Items of value that can easily be converted to cash.
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Liabilities
Definition
Amounts owed to others
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Cash Flow Statement
Definition
Financial statement that summarizes cash receipts and payments for a given period; a.k.a. a personal income and expenditure.
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Discretionary Income
Definition
Money left over after paying for housing, food, and other necessities.
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Personal Budget
Definition
A specific plan for spending income; a.k.a. spending plan.
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Budget Variance
Definition
Difference between the amount budgeted and the actual amount receiver or spent.
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Surplus
Definition
Actual spending < Planned spending
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Default
Definition
Failure to meet a financial obligation.
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Due Diligence
Definition
Refers to the requirements that lenders must meet before putting a student into default on a loan.
e.g. # of contact attempts, type of contact attempts, etc.
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Deferment
Definition
To delay re-payment of your student loan.
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Credit Score
Definition
A rating that determines your credit worthiness.
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Leverage
Definition
Borrowing to increase return on investments. (mortgage, etc.)
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Debt
Definition
Borrowing to finance consumables. (vacation, etc.)
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Networth
Definition
the difference between total assets and total liabilities.
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Portfolio
Definition
Record of investments and their current value, history of investments with prices of sales, cash on hand, and money borrowed.
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Trade
Definition
Procedure for buying or selling stock in a portfolio
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Sole-Proprietorship
Definition
A company owned and run by 1 individual who receives its profits or bears its losses. A proprietorship is not separate from its owner, who is liable for the company debts.
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Dividend
Definition
Part of a company's profits that it pays as money to stockholders.
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Volatility
Definition
Indicates how much and how quickly the value of an investment, market, or market sector changes.
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Private Corporation
Definition
A business established by a person(s) with no public offering to join as investors. Do not sell stock.
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