Fundamentals of Building wealth

FIN 321 Personal Wealth Building

Financial Plan Exercise using Financial Planning Software

INSTRUCTIONS

Attached, please find the case study of James Wilson and Harold Newton. James and Harold are a married same-sex couple that has been together for seven years; they both live in the house that Harold owns.

Harold inherited money from his mother in a generation-skipping trust; the trust allows for distributions for health, education, maintenance, or support. For most years, Harold has not taken withdrawals from this account. However, the trust reverts to Harold's brother if he has no children at his death. Harold has a will that leaves everything to his parents; Harold has a power-of-attorney and health care power-of-attorney that names his father as attorney-in-fact. Harold runs a successful consulting practice out of his home. Harold states that he is relatively aggressive, and his investment account is almost entirely (90%) equity investments.

James has no estate documents. James contributes $3,000/year to his 401(k), just enough to obtain the maximum matching contribution offered by his employer. In contrast, Harold contributes $10,000 / year to his SAR SEP IRA

James and Harold live a relatively extravagant lifestyle of dining out and vacations, funded primarily by Harold's income and assets. However, James still provides primary support for his basic living needs.

Neither James nor Harold has any life or disability insurance.

James is the beneficiary of Harold's SAR SEP IRA.

James' sister is the beneficiary of his 401(k)

The primary residence mortgage is a 5/1 ARM 30-year loan and was taken out exactly two years ago. Harold has made 24 payments at a rate of 7.25%.

James is currently paying a 16.99% annual interest rate on his credit card debt.

GOALS

1. Save for retirement 2. Provide for each other in the event of death.

NEXT

Using the information attached about James and Harold, create a financial plan using MoneyGuide Pro (see below and attached for directions.).

QUESTIONS

Based on your MondeyGuide Pro financial plan for James and Harold:

1. Summarize the MoneyGuide Pro recommendation in a three to five-page (900 to 1,500-word) report. 2. Do you agree with the recommendations? 3. Would you suggest they lower their risk tolerance? 4. How would you reallocate Harold's investments? (currently, they are 90% equity) 5. How would you implement the recommendations? (prioritization, time, money) 6. In your opinion, how often should the financial plan of Harold and James be monitored?

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MoneyGuidePro Project Course: FINC 321 7382 Fundamentals of Building Wealth (2238)

Criteria Exemplary Meets Expectations

Developing Poor Not Apparent Criterion Score

Organizati

on (15% of

the project

grade)

(Apply

personal

finance

knowledge

to

effectively

communic

ate with

financial

profession

als)

/ 2727 points

Arranges

ideas clearly

and logically

to support

the purpose

or argument;

ideas flow

smoothly

and are

effectively

linked;

reader can

follow the

line of

reasoning

21.6 points

Arranges

ideas

adequately

to support

the purpose

or argument;

links

between

ideas are

generally

clear; reader

can follow

the line of

reasoning for

the most

part

18.9 points

Arranges

ideas

adequately,

in general,

although

ideas

sometimes

fail to make

sense

together;

reader

remains

fairly clear

about what

writer

intends

8.91 points

Arranges

ideas

illogically;

ideas

frequently

fail to make

sense

together;

reader

cannot

identify a

line of

reasoning

and becomes

frustrated or

loses

interest

0 points

No

assignment

submitted or

submitted

late

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Criteria Exemplary Meets Expectations

Developing Poor Not Apparent Criterion Score

Content

(75% of

the project

grade)

(analyze

and

control

personal

income,

debt, and

investmen

ts to

create a

budget

and build

wealth;

identify

and

evaluate

risks to

protect

current

and future

assets)

/ 135135 points

Gives very

specific

information.

Addressed

all of the

assignment

components.

Clearly

illustrates

critical and

reflective

thinking.

Well thought

out

response.

108 points

Contains

specific

information.

Addressed

all of the

assignment

components.

Is relatively

detailed.

Shows some

critical and

reflective

thinking.

Relatively

well thought

out

response.

94.5 points

Has some

specific

information.

Addressed

many of the

assignment

components.

Not detailed.

Poorly

thought out

response

48.6 points

Is vague and

does not

address all

assignment

components.

No evidence

of having

given the

assignment

real thought.

0 points

No

assignment

submitted or

submitted

late.

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Total / 180

Overall Score

Criteria Exemplary Meets Expectations

Developing Poor Not Apparent Criterion Score

Technical /

Grammar

(10% of

the project

grade)

/ 1818 points

Execution is

excellent. No

grammar or

writing

errors. Reads

easily. Is well

organized.

14.4 points

Well

executed.

Few

grammar or

writing

errors. Reads

easily.

Is fairly well

organized.

12.6 points

Execution is

poor. Many

grammar or

writing

errors. Hard

to read.

Poorly

organized.

6.3 points

Falls short of

the required

length for

the

assignment.

Very poorly

written. Very

difficult to

read. No

organization

is evident.

Reads like a

last minute

effort.

0 points

No

assignment

submitted or

submitted

late

Level 4 18.7 points minimum

Level 3 13.6 points minimum

Level 2 8.5 points minimum

Level 1 0 points minimum