Financial
Planning: Meeting Your Life Goals!
Meeting your life goals through proper financial
management!
Financial
planning is the process of meeting your life
goals through the proper management of your
finances. Life goals can include buying a home,
getting the car of your dreams, traveling, saving
for your child’s education, and planning
for retirement or estate planning. The financial
planning process consists taking a look at the
“big picture” to see where you are
financially, determine where you want to go
and then develop a strategy on how to get there.
This article provides you helpful advice and
tips to plan your future.
| Financial
Planning Links |
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360
Degrees of Financial Literacy
From
the American Institute of Certified
Public Accountants
The 360 Degrees of Financial Literacy
Web site offers general information
for managing personal finances.
It provides information for all
life stages including: Childhood,
College, Career, Military &
Reserves, Couples & Marriage,
Parenthood, Home Ownership, Entrepreneurs,
Life Crisis, Sandwich Generation
and Retirement. |
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Fundamentals
of Financial Planning
From
Florida State University
The "Fundamentals of Financial
Planning" Web site was developed
for those people who recognize that
they have a need to conduct insurance,
investments, income tax, retirement
and estate planning at a level beyond
their current activities. The site
was developed by Florida State University
based on their expertise with their
"Certificate in Financial Planning"
that they deliver to professional
financial planners. |
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Managing
My Money
From
the Community Action Partnership
& National Endowment for Financial
Education
This site provides
personal financial planning tips
and information and provides concrete
advice on how to manage money so
money doesn't manage you. It was
created through a collaboration
of the Community Action Partnership™
and the National Endowment for Financial
Education® (NEFE®), the
site can be used both by individuals
who want to create a better life
for themselves.
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Financial
Planning Toolkit
From
CCH
The CCH Financial Planning Toolkit
is organized to help guide individuals
through decisions that make sense
at various life stages. It provides
more than 1,200 files, forms and
tools, on key topics including:
Goal Setting, Investing, Insurance
& Risk Management, Retirement
Planning, Estate Planning and Tax
Planning. This
site is dedicated to your financial
future and is brought to you by
a team of finance and business professionals
with decades of experience. |
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MSN
Money - Planning
From
MSN Money
This site from MSN provides advice
and articles on saving money, reduce
debt, and take control of your finances
as well as planning retirement, buying
insurance and planning for the unexpected,
and planning for college for you or
your children. |
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| Inspiration
for You |
"Don't
fear failure so much that you refuse
to try new things. The saddest summary
of a life contains three descriptions:
could have, might have and should have."
-
Louis Boone
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Dream
what you want to dream; go where you
want to go; be what you want to be,
because you have only one life and one
chance to do all the things you want
to do.
-
Author Unknown
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The
man who reaches the top is the one who
is not content with doing just what
is required of him. He does more. Every
man should make up his mind that if
he expects to succeed, he must give
the honest return for the other man's
dollar.
-
Harriman
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