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Fundamentals Flashcards

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Whether to Rifi or not

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Mortgage like annuity, so use END Mode

Solve for payment, then plug in months already paid, AMort = total payments. X>

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Savings Ratio

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Annual Savings (Employee + Employer / annual gross income

10-12% benchmark

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Liquidity Ratio (emergency fund)

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Current assets / monthly discretionary expenses

3-6 months

Debt, rent, car, food, utilities

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Debt Ratio

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Front End Ratio, Housing Ratio #1 (less than or + 28%)
Principal + Interest + Taxes + Insurance / Monthly GROSS Income

Back End Ratio, Housing Ratio #2 (less than or + 36%)
P + Int + Taxes + Ins + Reoccurring Debt/ Monthly GROSS Income

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Buy of Rent

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Short Period 1-3 years Rent

Over 3 years Buy

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Current Ratio

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Current Assets / Current Liability

Cash, Cash Equivalent, Marketable Securities

Credit Cards included in Liability

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Taxation of Workers Comp and Unemployment

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WC not included in income, UE included in income

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Shift on Demand Curve

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Income
Taxes
Savings Rate
Disposable Income

Quantity Demanded - Price change is not a shift, moves along demand curve.

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Monetary & Fiscal Policy

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Federal Reserve controls Monetary & Congress controls Fiscal

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Monetary Policy

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Feds want to maintain

Long Term economic growth
Price Levels
Full Employment

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Fiscal Policy

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Congress (same as Feds) wants to maintain

Long Term economic growth
Price Levels
Full Employment

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Discount vs. Federal Fund Rate

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Feds control Discount Rate

Supply and Demand controls FFR (rate banks charge other banks)

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4 Tools Feds Influence Money Supply

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$ Supply up - Interest Rates go Down

  • Reserve Requirement
  • Discount Rate - Rate banks can barrow from Feds,
    don’t confuse with Federal Funds Rate)
  • Open Market Operations - Buy/Sell Treasury Securities
  • Excess Reserve Rate - $ Banks hold in Central Bank above Reserve Requirement
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3 Tools Congress Influences Money Supply

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  • Taxation (Increase Taxes / Less $ Supply)
  • Spending (Gov’t Spend More / More $ Supply / Lower Interest Rates)
  • Debt Management (Congress barrow $ / Lower $ Supply / Higher Interest Rates)
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Bankruptcy Laws

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Ch 7 - Debts Not Discharged

  1. 3 yrs. of back taxes
  2. Alimony & Child Support
  3. Student Loans
What is Protected
Rollover IRAs - Not inherited
Alimony & Child Support
Pensions, Life Ins & Annuities
- IRAs up to $1.3M

Ch 13 - Relief thru Adj. to Debts

Ch. 11 - Business or Self-employment

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Fiduciary Duty

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Loyalty
Duty of Care
Follow Instructions

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15 Duties owed to Clients

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A1  Fiduciary Duty
A2 Integrity
A3 Competence
A4 Diligence
A5 Disclosure of COI
A6 Sound & Objective Professional Judgement
A7 Professionalism
A8 Comply with Law
A9 Confidentiality & Privacy
A10 Provide Client Info
A11 Communicating
A12 Compensation
A13 Recommending
A14 Selecting Technology
A15 Refrain from landing and commingling
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Use Marks Appropriately

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Your Name, CFP (r)

CERTIFIED FNANCIAL PLANNER TM
Followed by Professional, certificant, practitioner

Do NOT use as part of email or website

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Practice Standards for Financial Planning Process

A

UIADPIM

Understand Clients Personal & Financial Circumstances
Identify & Select Goals
Analyze current course of action & Potential Alternatives
Develop FP Recommendations
Present FP Recommendations
Implement
Monitor

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Define Financial Planning

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A collaborative Process that helps maximize the clients potential for meeting life goals through financial advice

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Fee Only

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Hourly, flat rate, subscription fees, AUM fees, custodial platform fee

Salary or bonus not attached to sales or production goals

Travel to Custodial or research

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Compensation Method

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Fee Only - CFP/Firm NO sales Commissions
Fee Based - “fee and Commission”
Sales Related Compensation - Commissions, trailing, 12b-1 fees, revenue sharing, referral fees

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Code of Ethics (6 Codes)

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  • Act with honesty, integrity, competence & Diligence
  • Act in Client’s best interests
  • Exercise due care
  • Avoid or Disclose COI
  • Maintain confidentiality, and Protect client’s privacy &
    information
  • Act in a manner that reflects positively on CFP
    profession
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Always bar

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  • felony for theft, embezzlement or other financials crimes
  • felony for tax fraud or other tax related crimes
  • revocation of financial professional license
  • violent crime with in 5 years
  • rape and murder
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Diligence

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Timely (not instant)

Thorough

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Integrity

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Honesty
Understanding
Candor

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Fiduciary Duty

Duty of loyalty

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CFP professional must:

Place interests of clients above interests of CFP and firm

Avoid COI or fully disclose material COI to client & manage COI

Act with out regard to the CFP financial or other interests of CFP

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Fiduciary Duty - Duty of Care

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A CFP® professional must act with the care, skill, prudence, and diligence that a prudent professional would exercise in light of the client’s goals, risk tolerance, objectives, and financial and personal circumstances.

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Duty to Follow Client Instructions

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A CFP® professional must comply with the terms of the client engagement and follow all directions of the client that are reasonable and lawful.

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FP Process Step 1

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Understanding client’s personal & financial circumstances

Obtain qualitative and quantitative info

Analyze info to assess clients personal and financial circumstances

Address incomplete information

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Step 2

FP process

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Identify & select goals

Discuss assessment of client’s financial and personal circumstances

Develope Reasonable assumptions

Discuss any realistic goals

Note impact that particular goals have on other goals

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Step 3

FP process

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Analyze the client’s current course of action and alternatives

Material advantages and disadvantages of current course

Analyze potential alternatives

Note does NOT become a recommendation until Alternative is selected in step 4

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Step 4

Develop & Present Financial plan Recommendations

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From current and alternative courses of action, select one or more recommendation designed to maximize the potential for meeting client’s goals.

Timing and priority of recommendations

Whether recommendation is independent or dependent on other goals

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Step 5 of Financial planning process

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Presenting the FP recommendations

Provide advantages and disadvantages of continuing current plan and any alternative plans

Recommendations can be orally, in person or in writing.

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Five elements that should be included in FP presentation

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Client goal review
Assumptions made
Observations and findings
Recommendations
Alternatives
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Effective communicating

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Pacing - match speed of client’s talking
Rephrasing
Reflecting

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Step 6

Financial plan process

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Implementing financial plan

Must be complete unless excluded

Establish responsibilities

Set timeframe

Select implementation actions, product and services

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Step 7

Financial planning process

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Monitoring

Must complete unless excluded

Establish monitoring & updating responsibility

Monitor the client’s process

Update goals, recommendations, implementation

39
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Financial aid independent

A

Over age 23

Married

Working on masters or PhD

Have legal defendants other than spouse

Orphan or ward of state

Veteran

40
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Duties to clients

When providing Financial
Planning

A

Duties that apply when providing financial advice

The practice standards for the FP process

Information to a client in writing

41
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Candidate fitness standards

Presumed unacceptable - can petition for consideration

A
  • Two or more personal or business bankruptcies
  • Felony of violent crime more than 5 yrs ago
  • Non-violent crime within the last 5 yrs.
  • Revocation or suspension of non-financial license

Note: all bankruptcies will be posted on CFP boards website for 10 years and included in press release issued periodically.

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Reporting to CFP Board

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Within 30 calendar days after CFP is named, charged, convicted, settled, adversely mentioned in an action, arbitration or civil event. Report both initial and outcome.

Felony offense - one year in jail or more than $1000 fine.

Exceptions - claims for arbitrary compensation of $5000 or less and settlement of $15,000 or less.

43
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Registered Investment Advisors

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< $100M AUM Register with the State
> $110M AUM Register with SED
if $100 - $110M Either State or SEC

44
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Definition of Investment Advisor

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Defined Investment Advisors Act of 1940 as a person who is:

  1. In the Business
  2. of Providing Advice about securities
  3. for compensation

CANNOT use RIA after name, only “Registered Investment Advisor”

45
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ADV - Part 1

A

Contains investment business, ownership, clients, employees, business practices, affiliations and disciplinary events of advisor or employees.

Registered Investment Advisors must electronically file ADV Part 1 annually, within 90 days of their Fiscal year end

46
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ADV - Part 2

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Form Contains advisor’s compensation, fees, education, investment objectives, COI, and the background of advisory personnel.

  • must be written in English
  • promptly update if any information becomes materially inaccurate. Otherwise changes can be done annually.
47
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Exceptions to registration with SEC

A

Does not meet the definition of Financial Advisor

Any broker/dealer whos services are solely incidental to the conduct of their business..

Lawyers, accountants, teachers and engineers whose advice is solely incidental to their professions.

Bank and Bank holding companies are not investment companies.

TABLE - Teachers, Accountants, Brokers, Lawyers and Engineers.

48
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Exemptions from Registration with SEC

A

Meets the definition of Financial Advisor, but does not need to register

Advisors solely for Venture Capital
Advisors whos clients are only Insurance Companies
Advisors solely for Private Funds less that $150M
Home State
Foreign Advisors
Advisors of Securities not on a national exchange

49
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FINRA - Series 6 & 7

A

Person Registers with FINRA using form U-4

Series 6: Mutual Funds, UITs, variable Life Insurance and Annuities. Must also have state license of LI and Annuities

Series 7 - can sell everything except commodities and futures

50
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Brochure Rule

A

Written disclosures for every client

  • Advisory Services provided and fees
  • Type of securities that are part of investments
  • Education background
  • Participation/Interest in securities transactions
  • Must be given to a client before or at the time of entering into a contract
  • and must be provided annually, either deliver or offer to deliver
51
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Benchmarks - Risks

A
  • Life insurance (10 - 16 x gross pay)
  • Health Insurance
  • Property: Home and Auto Greater than or = FMV
  • Long-Term Care (Inflation Protection) 36-60 months
  • Personal Liability Umbrella Policy ($1-3M)
52
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Benchmarks - Short-term Savings and Investment

A
  • Emergency Fund 3-6 months Current Assets / Monthly Non-Discretionary Cash Flows
  • Housing Ratios (28/36)
    PITI/Monthly GROSS Income
    PITI+Recurring Debt Payments/Monthly GROSS Income

Debt Analysis
Good - Bad - Reasonable

53
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Benchmarks - Long-term Savings and Investments

A

Education Funding ($3000/$6000/$9000 per child per year for 18 years)

  • Retirement (16 x Pre-Retirement Income
    Savings Rate (10-12%)
    Return (8-10%) expected
    Risk/Standard Deviation (8-14%)
  • Legacy (Will, Durable Power of Attorney, and Advanced Medical Directive)
54
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Demand

A

How much consumers will demand at certain price levels.

As prices increase, demand decreases. As prices decrease, demand increases

Price along Side, Quantity along bottom.

55
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Shift in Demand Curve

A

Discretionary income increase - shift up and to the right

Discretionary income decrease - Down and to the left

56
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Supply

A

Reflects quantity of a good or service that businesses are willing to supply at a given price

The bigger the price the more willing to supply

Price along Side, Quantity along bottom.

Change in price, movement along supply curve.

57
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Shift in supply curve

A

Shift Down and to the Right

  • More firms enter market place
  • technology improves efficiency
  • Goods used in manufacturing decreases in price

Shift Up and to the Left

  • Less firms enter market place
  • Goods used in manufacturing increases in price
58
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Equilibrium

A

Where quantity demand = quantity supplied

59
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Substitutions vs Complements

A

Products that serve similar purpose.
Price goes up in one, demand increase in other.

Consumed jointly.
Price goes up in one, demand decrease in other.

60
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Elastic vs Inelastic Demand

A

Responds significantly to price change - examples airline tickets, movie tickets, alcohol, luxury items. Demand Curve almost horizonal, sloping down and to the right.

Very little change in demand with change in price. Almost Vertical curve, clopping down and to the right.

Remember “I” for inelastic. Shape of Curve

61
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Business Cycle

A

Peak - Highest IIP/Lowest UE
Recession Decreasing IIP/ Increasing UE
Trough Lowest IIP/Highest UE
Expansion Increasing IIP/ Decreasing UE

These 3 move together:
Inflation
Interest Rates
GDP

Unemployment

62
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Investment During Business Cycles

A

Expansion - Short-duration bonds and equities
Because interest rates are increasing

Peak - Sell Bonds, Preferred stock and other high duration or fixed income assets. Buy Equities and hard assets (gold/real estate)

Recession - Equities and hard assets sold. Reinvest in short-term cash or bonds.

Trough - buy high duration bonds and consider equities

63
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Gross Domestic Product vs Gross National Product

A

GDP - Amount of goods/services produced in US , regardless of ownership. Mexican Beer produced in Texas is included, but a BigMac made in France is not.

GNP - Amount of goods/services produced by a county’s citizen, regardless of where the goods/services are produced. A ford car made in Mexico is included.

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Recession

A

6 months or 2 consecutive quarters of declining GDP

65
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Inflation

A

Increase in prices, creates a Loss of purchasing power

66
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Depression

A

Recession becomes a depression after

18 months or six consecutive quarters of declining GDP.

67
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Moderate inflation

A

When prices are slowly increasing. Historic inflation is 3%, so moderate would be 1-2%.

68
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Galloping Inflation

A

when money loses value very quickly

69
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Deflation

A

Opposite of inflation, when prices are falling. Hold on the cash, because it is becoming more valuable. Can buy more goods and services as prices decrease.

70
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Disinflation

A

Decline or slow down of the rate of inflation

71
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Feds Buying or selling government securities

A

Buy - Increase $ supply / decrease interest rate

Sell - Decrease $ supply/ increase Interest rates

72
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Fair Credit Reporting Act

A
  • if refused credit card or employment, the consumer must be provided with the information in the report
  • Right to a free credit report once a year
73
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Fair Debt Collection Act

A
  • Creditors cannot harass
  • Cannot threaten a lawsuit if not intended
  • Cannot contact you at work
  • Telephone call limited to 8am - 9pm
74
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Fair Credit Billing Act

A
  • Gives creditors 30 days to acknowledge receipt of billing dispute
  • explain or correct error within 90 days
  • Consumer responsible to lost or stolen credit card is limited to lesser of $50 or charges incurred if notice is given to credit card company
75
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Truth in lending

A

Must disclose total cost of financing

76
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CARD Act 2009

A
  • Must be 21 to open credit card in your own name

- limit certain fees and practices

77
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FDIC Insurnace

A
  • Each depositor has a total of $250,000 per type of account ownership.

Three types of ownership

  1. Individual
  2. Joint (each person deemed to own 50%)
  3. Trust Accounts
78
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FDIC - Not covered

A
  • Any deposit only payable outside the US NOT cover
  • Money held in a money market mutual fund NOT covered
  • Stocks, bonds and mutual funds NOT covered
  • Any deposit payable in the US IS covered
79
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Students are considered independent if:

A 
Over the age of 23
Married
Grad or PhD student
Have Legal dependents, other than spouse
Orphan or ward of the state
Veteran
80
Q

Expected family contribution

A

Tuition/Cost of Attendance
- Expected Family Contribution
= Financial Needs

81
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Types of Financial Aid

A

Need Based

  • Federal Pell Grant - 1st time students
  • Subsidized Stafford Loan - No interest until graduation or less then part time

NOT Need Based

  • Unsubsidized Stafford Loan - interest charged upon distribution
  • PLUS Loan (Parent loan for Undergrad Students) - it’s unsubsidized and must be repaid in 10 years
  • Graduate PLUS Loans - grad or professional students enrolled at least 1/2 time, interest accrues, payment begin 6 months after leaving school.
82
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Campus Based Financial Aid

A

Federal Supplement Education Opportunity Grant - only paid if funds available

Federal Work Study - on or off campus employment

83
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Programs to Reduce student loan payments

A
  • Pay as you earn - 10% of discretionary income, forgiveness after 20 years. Only Direct Federal and Grad PLUS.
  • Income based repayment - 15% discretionary, forgiveness after 25 years. Most Fed loans except Parent Loans
  • Income contingent Repayment - 20% discretionary, forgiveness after 25 years. Only Direct Federal and Grad PLUS
84
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Tax Advantage Plans for Education

A 
Qualified State Tuition Plans - Prepaid Tuition or 529 Plans
Coverdell Education Savings
Roth IRA
Series EE Savings Bonds
Uniform Gift to Minor's Act
85
Q

Assets of the Parents or child

A

Assets of Parent
Pre-paid college plan
529 Savings, except when student withdraws
Coverdell Education Savings

UGMA/UTMA - Assets of child

86
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529 Savings

A
  • Appreciation tax free, if used for qualified education expenses
  • Can contribute 5 years at a time tax free - $75,000
  • Can use gift splitting - $150,000 max tax free
87
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Coverdell Education

A
  • Only $2000 per year per beneficiary
  • grow tax-differed, tax free if used for qualified education
  • Must use funds by age 30
  • cannot contribute beyond 18th birthday
88
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529 vs Coverdell

A

Contribution Deductible NO
Re-invested Earnings Taxable NO
Qualified Withdraws Taxable NO
Nonqualified Taxable 10%
Included in Account owners Estate NO

Dollar Limit on Contribution Very High $2000
Age limit No < 18
Age limit on Beneficiary No < 30
Qualified Education + Apprentice K-12, Post 2nd
AGI Phase out No Yes

89
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Series EE Bonds

A
  • May convert in 529 plan
  • No FEDERAL tax if used for education expenses
  • Bond must be redeemed same year as education exp
  • Bonds must NOT be purchased in Child’s name
  • Buyer must be 24 or older
90
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UGMA / UTMA

A
  • Assets of child
  • irrevocably gifts asset to custodial account

Taxation of unearned income
- Child less than 18 - at parents rate
- Child 19 or older - taxed at child’s rate
- Exception: full time student up to age 23 subject to
kiddie tax
- funds not transferable

91
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Lifetime Learning Credit vs American Opportunity Tax Credit

A

Lifetime
Tuition and fees to undergrad, grad or PhD
20% first $10,000
Max Per Family credit of $2000

AOTC
1st 4 years of college
100% first $2000
25% percent second $2000
Max total of $2500 per student

CFP March 2021 (2 decks)

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