Investing Unit 9: Investment Clubs
Investing Unit 9: Resources
Investing Unit 9: Summary
Investing for Your Future
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Retirement Estimator for Farm Families
Whether you are thinking of retiring gradually or about taking the big step all at once, you may wonder whether you can afford to retire. The Retirement estimator for farm families can help guide through that decision making process.
This tool evaluates your financial readiness for retirement.
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Organize Your Important Household Papers: Print this Lesson
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Introduction
One of life’s most important lessons is distinguishing what is trivial from what is not. While we’re tempted to lump our personal documents among life’s petty details, their significance can be major. How quickly could we access our birth certificates, immunization records, wills, vehicular titles, or even three-month-old …
Long-Term Goals
Long-Term Goals (complete in a year or more)
An example of a long-term financial goal might be to reduce your credit card debt. Make the goal specific by listing the total amount of debt you plan to pay off and setting a deadline (month and year) to repay the debt. Make it measurable by listing each credit card that has an outstanding balance, the name of each credit card issuer, the annual percentage interest rate, and the amount owed on …
SMART Financial Goal-Setting
To get where you want to go in life, it is important to decide in advance how you will get there. Goals are signposts on the highway to the future. They serve as your road map to personal, career, and financial success. By keeping specific goals in view, you can direct your energies toward achieving your goals.
SMART goals need to be written down on paper to reinforce their importance. Use the SMART Goal Setting Worksheet to set some short-term …
Paper Handling & Filing
Whether you have a home office or a kitchen table for paying bills and keeping records, your job will be more difficult if you accumulate stacks of papers. As you open your bills or deal with important papers, it’s best to handle each one only a few times and to file it immediately. If that’s not possible, use a box, basket, or envelope to temporarily hold mail you don’t yet have time to open or papers you’ve gathered but haven’t …