Personal Financial Plan
Personal Financial Plan
(Personal Financial Plan)
rank your goals in order of importance
Question description
Assignment: Personal Financial Plan (8–12 pages)
Develop a personal financial plan detailing the financial goals that you and/or your family have developed. This is a staged project.
Stage 1: Analyze your personal financial situation using appropriate financial tools.
Stage 2: Identify short-term, mid-term, and long-term goals. Rank your goals in order of importance as they relate to the financial resources available and expected. Estimate the financial commitment for each goal.
Stage 3: Consider all factors we have covered in class, including budgeting, time value of money, asset protection, debt/credit, savings, investing, and estate planning.
Incorporate the first two stages to complete the development of the financial plan. This is the capstone assignment of this class, so careful preparation is needed to illustrate concept understanding and application.
The personal financial plan is worth 30 percent of your final grade. All papers must adhere to APA Style Guide; see UMUC’s Writing Center for more information. For your convenience; writing resources and tutorials are available under Course Resources in our online classroom.
FORMAT CONSIDERATIONS
Word process using a standard font with font size 12.
All four margins should be set at one inch.
Title page includes student name, instructor’s name, course number, assignment topic and date.
While paper length is a graded component – the body of assignment for full credit will be a minimum of 8 pages in length not to exceed 12 pages.
Page ordering of Assignment: title page, body of assignment & works cited sheet.
When necessary provide a Works Cited Sheet. Any material quoted, referenced or paraphrased must be adequately cited. Refer to theAPA style manual for guidelines on citation. For your convenience; writing resources and tutorials are available under Course Resources in our online classroom.
Your paper will be submitted through the Classroom using a dropbox entitled “Personal Financial Plan” located under the Assignments tab.
Keep an electronic copy of your work.
Assignments will be graded according to the following rubric:
Personal Financial Plan Grading Rubric(Personal Financial Plan)
| Exceptional
____ points |
Acceptable
____ points |
Minimum Effort
____ points |
Points Earned | |
| Cover Page | Contains graphic/illustration, name of project, your name, course name, and semester; creativity is evident | Contains name of project, your name, course name, and semester | Contains some of the following: name of project, your name, course name, and semester | |
| Table of Contents | Heading, sections clearly labeled with leaders and page numbers | Heading, sections labeled with page numbers | Missing sections, not clear | |
| Career Planning | Describe life situation providing details related to marital status, children, occupation, and income. Investigate career. Determine annual salary. If married, provide spouse’s. | Describe life situation providing details related to marital status, children, occupation, and income. Provide annual salary. If married, provide spouse’s. | Identify marital status, children, occupation, and income. Determine annual salary. If married, provide spouse’s. | |
| Financial Goals | Clearly written; contains at least two short-term financial goals and three long-term financial goals | Clearly written; contains at least one short-term goals and two short-term goals | Goals are not clearly written, contains only one short-term and one long-term financial goal | |
| Banking Services | Well written, clearly explains services provided at various institutions (at least three), materials provided (from at least one), institution and services you will use are identified, justification is provided for choice of institution and services | Well written, clearly explains services provided at various institutions (at least two), institution and services you will use are identified, justification is provided for choice of institution and services | Well written, explains services provided at institution you will use, identifies services you will use, explanation is provided for choice of institution and services | |
| Housing Decision | Information and materials provided on investigation of housing options available, choice is explained in detail, sources of credit are explained and your selection is identified and explained in detail, monthly expenses related to your decisions are provided | Information provided on investigation of housing options available, choice is explained in detail, sources of credit are explained and your selection is identified and explained in detail, monthly expenses related to your decisions are provided | Housing options available are identified, choice is explained, sources of credit and your selection are identified, monthly expenses related to your decisions are provided | |
| Automobile | Information and materials provided on investigation of auto options available, choice is explained in detail, sources of credit are explained and your selection is identified and explained in detail, monthly expenses related to your decisions are provided | Information provided on investigation of auto options available, choice is explained in detail, sources of credit are explained and your selection is identified and explained in detail, monthly expenses related to your decisions are provided | Auto options available are identified, choice is explained, sources of credit and your selection are identified, monthly expenses related to your decisions are provided | |
| Insurance | Detailed description of types of insurance you need, materials provided, explanation of types and providers and why you made these choices, monthly expense related to your decisions are provided | Description of types of insurance you need, explanation of types and providers and why you made these choices, monthly expense related to your decisions are provided | Identify types of insurance you need, explain types and providers, monthly expense related to your decisions are provided | |
| Investments | Detailed explanation and investigation materials of different types of investments, justification for your selection of at least two types of investments, detailed explanation of expenses and risk associated with the investments selected | Detailed explanation of different types of investments, justification for your selection of at least one type of investment, detailed explanation of expenses and risk associated with the investment you selected | Explanation of different types of investments, justification for your selection of at least one type of investment, identify expenses and risk associated with the investment you selected | |
| Monthly Budget | Detailed monthly budget which includes income and expenses (reduce income for taxes using the following: 10%: $2,651 – $9,700, 15%: $9,701 – $30,800, 25%: $30,801 – $68,500, 28%: $68,501 – $148,700, 33%: $148,701 – $321,200, 35%: $321,201 and up), detailed explanation of whether budget will allow you to meet your financial goals (see above), explanation as to whether or not you had to make changes to have a zero or positive balance | Detailed monthly budget which includes income and expenses (reduce income for taxes using the following: 10%: $2,651 – $9,700, 15%: $9,701 – $30,800, 25%: $30,801 – $68,500, 28%: $68,501 – $148,700, 33%: $148,701 – $321,200, 35%: $321,201 and up), detailed explanation of whether budget will allow you to meet your financial goals (see above) | Monthly budget which includes income and expenses (reduce income for taxes using the following: 10%: $2,651 – $9,700, 15%: $9,701 – $30,800, 25%: $30,801 – $68,500, 28%: $68,501 – $148,700, 33%: $148,701 – $321,200, 35%: $321,201 and up), explanation of whether budget will allow you to meet your financial goals (see above) |
