CFP Flashcards
(46 cards)
Housing ratio / front end ratio
Monthly housing costs (includes principal, interest, insurance, taxes) ÷ monthly gross income
Shouldn’t exceed 28% of gross income
What type of property is depreciated using the 3 year useful life in the MACRS table?
Tractor units for over the road use, racehorses
What type of property is depreciated using the 5 year useful life in the MACRS table?
Automobile, taxis, buses, trucks, computers, cattle
What type of property is depreciated using the 7 year useful life in the MACRS table?
Office furniture and fixtures (desks, files, safes)
What type of property is depreciated using the 27.5 year useful life in the MACRS table?
Residential rental property
What type of property is depreciated using the 39 year useful life in the MACRS table?
Nonresidential real property (section 1250 property - office building, store, warehouse)
Current ratio
Current assets ÷ current (short term) liabilities
A good ratio is between 1.5 and 2. Less than 1 suggests inability to pay current debts. Over 2 suggests too much capital is tied up
Emergency fund ratio
Current assets ÷ monthly nondiscretionary expenses
Nondiscretionary expenses can be debt, utilities, food
Savings ratio
(Gross income - net savings) ÷ annual gross income
Should save 10% - 12% of gross income
Replacement cost formula
(amount of coverage purchased ÷ coinsurance) x loss - deductible
P/E ratio
EPS x P/E multiplier or stock price ÷ EPS
Dividend payout ratio
Common stock dividend ÷ EPS
Return on equity ratio
EPS ÷ stockholder’s equity per share
Dividend yield ratio
Dividend per share ÷ stock price
After tax yield formula
Corporate rate x (1 - marginal tax rate)
Current yield ratio
Coupon ÷ price
Price = coupon ÷ current yield
What are the 4 pension plans?
Defined benefit pension plan, cash balance pension plan, money purchase pension plan, target benefit pension plan
Also are qualified plans
What are the nonqualified plans?
457, ISO, ESPP, NQSO, deferred compensation plan such as top hat plan
What are the tax advantaged plans?
Traditional IRA, roth IRA, simple IRA, SEP, 403(b) aka TSA, SARSEP, SEP IRA
Also are qualified plans
What are the DC plans?
Traditional profit sharing plan, 401(k), simple 401(k), stock bonus plan, ESOP, age based/weighted, new comparability/cross test, thrift plan
Also are qualified plans and are profit sharing plans
Which pension plans are DC plans?
Money purchase pension plan and target benefit pension plan
Which pension plans are DB plans?
Traditional defined benefit pension plan and cash balance pension plan
Real rate of return formula
[(1 + investment return) ÷ (1 + inflation)] - 1 × 100
Conversion value of bond formula
(Par value ÷ coupon price) × price of stock