Chapter1 Flashcards

(27 cards)

1
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Step 1

A

1,000 in an emergency fund

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2
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Step 2

A

Pay off all debt except the house utilizing the debt snowball

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3
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Step 3

A

Three to six expenses in savings

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4
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Step 4

A

Invest 15% of your household income into Roth IRAs and pre tax retirement plans

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5
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Step 5

A

College funding

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6
Q

Step 6

A

Pay off your home early

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7
Q

Step 7

A

Build wealth & give

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8
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You should save money for three basic reasons:

A
  1. Emergency fund
  2. Purchases
  3. Wealth building
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9
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Saving money is about ______ and______.

A

Emotion and contentment

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10
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Amoral

A

Money is neither good nor bad

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11
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Compound interest

A

Interest on interest

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12
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Emergency fund

A

Your backup strategy when unexpected financial events happen

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13
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Interest rate

A

Rate of return

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14
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Money market

A

Emergency fund goes in this

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15
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Murphy’s law

A

If it can go wrong, it will

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16
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Sinking fund

A

Saving money for something, and letting interest work for you than against you

17
Q

Savings account

A

Something you keep your money into

18
Q

Always pay who first?

19
Q

A great place to keep your emergency fund in is..

A

A good money market

20
Q

The second thing you save money for is…

21
Q

Instead of borrowing to purchase, pay cash by using a _______ approach.

22
Q

Third thing you save money for is..

A

Wealth building discipline

23
Q

What’s PAC?

A

Pre-authorized checking.

24
Q

Compound interest is also a..

A

Mathematical explosion

25
Explain the relationship between having an emergency fund and Murphy's law
If something goes wrong you want to know
26
Why do you need to have 1,000 in the bank before paying off debt?
You need your emergency fund before anything goes wrong
27
How does compound interest differ fork. Simple interest
Simple interest is simple, and compound interest is interest on interest