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Per. Fin. - Ch. 1
Personal Finance - Chapter 1 Terms - Personal Financial Planning
Question | Answer |
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Arranging to spend, save, and invest money to live comfortabaly, have financial security, and achieve goals. | personal financial planning |
The things you want to accomplish | goals |
The beliefs and principles you consider important, correct, and desirable. | values |
A trade off, or what is given up when making once choice instead of another. | opportunity cost |
The ability to easily convert financial assets into cash without a loss in value. | liquidity |
A task that a person or a machine performs for you. | service |
A physical item tha is produced anc can be weighed or measured. | good |
Goals that take one year or leass to achieve. | short-term goals |
Goals that take two to five years to achieve. | intermediate goals |
Goals that take more than five years to achieve. | long-term goals |
Purchases that you make often and use up quickly. Example - food and toiletries | consumable goods |
Purchases of expensive items that you do not purchase oftem. Example - cars and appliances | durable goods |
Things that cannot be touched but are often important to your well-being and happiness. | intangivle items |
The study of the decisions that go into making, distributing, and using goods and services. | economics |
Consists of the ways in which people make, distribute, and use their goods and services. | economy |
The amount of goods and services available for sale. | supply |
The amount of goods and services people are willing to buy. | demand |
The central banking organization of the United States. | The Federal Reserve |
The rise in the prices for goods and services. | inflation |
A person who purchases and uses goods or services. | consumer |
The price that is paid for the use of another's money. | interest |
The increase of an amount of money due to earned interest or dividends. | time value of money |
The original amount of money on deposit. | principal |
The amount your original deposit will be worth in the future based on earning a specific interest rate over a specific period of time. | future value |
A series of equal regular deposits. | annuity |
The amount of money you would need to deposit now in orer to have a desired amount in the future. | present value |