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PERSONAL FINANCIAL PLANNING Presented to Members of the Kambi Sacco 3rd August 2013 By Gordon Odhiambo Big Point “Financially unwell associates do not make the best decisions for themselves…or their employer.” Passive Anxious Not Engaged Confused Big Point “Associates with money problems are like sharks swimming around the workplace taking bites out of the bottom line.” Economic Purpose of Life A LITTLE ASSIGNMENT – Quickly form yourselves into small but few groups. – I have just allocated your group Kes 500,000 – I need a quick business plan and budget for each group and tell us where you see your group in one year. (5 minutes) OBJECTIVES OF THIS PRESENTATION – To highlight and help Kambi Sacco Members to understand the need for and benefits of personal financial management (PFM) and investing wisely – To introduce Kambi Sacco Members to some available avenues to strategic personal financial management and investment tools. – To bring out the various factors to take into account when undertaking any investment. – To highlight good financial management tips Definitions • Financial Planning: process of managing your money to achieve personal economic satisfaction. • Financial Plan: formalized report that summarizes your current financial situation, analyzes your financial needs, and recommends future financial activities More Definitions • Personal finance: the process of planning your spending, financing, and investing so as to optimize your financial situation • Personal financial plan: a plan that specifies your financial goals and describes the spending, financing, and investing plans that are intended to achieve those goals • Opportunity cost: what you give up as a result of a decision Introduction • Personal Financial resources include borrowed funds e.g. loans, owner’s funds or both. • Loan /borrowed money must usually have a cost (loan interest). • when loaning a member; the SACCO assumes that the member has plans and can take full personal controls of the loan resource given. Financial Planning Financial decisions form the basis of much of what we do in our lives. Poorly thought out personal finance decisions can at best cause great anxiety and at worst lead to bankruptcy, whereas well thought out, sound financial decisions can lead to a prosperous lifestyle. What if no financial planning…? Example: Michael Gerard Tyson • Former American world heavyweight boxing champion. • Youngest man to have won a boxing world heavyweight title belt. • Made US$30 million during his career. • Declared bankrupt in 2003 Reason: • Indiscriminate Spending • No Financial Planning What if sound financial planning? Example: Kapil Dev captained India to their maiden and only Cricket World Cup in 1983. His businesses: • 5% stake in Zicom Electronics • Invested money in his own Kapil's Eleven restaurant and Kaptain's Retreat Hotel. • Established a company Dev Musco Lighting Pvt Ltd Result… He is living comfortably even after retirement. Components of financial planning Financial planning comprises Insurance Planning • Insurance Planning • Investment Planning Investment Planning • Tax Planning • Estate Planning(Housing) • Retirement Planning Retirement Planning Financial Planning Tax Planning Estate Planning Why investment Planning • Identify Goals that have financial implications – Dream home, Children's education, marriage, managing life post retirement • Implement Budgeting and spending plans • Optimization of Insurance Premiums • Manage Debt Efficiently • Identify Investment Asset Allocation to meet the goals • Distribute wealth according to one’s wish and not according to law What is investment planning ? Once we have saved enough money for emergencies, how can we grow our wealth? Investment refers to a commitment of funds to one or more assets that will be held over some future time period. Why investment planning? All of us work for money. It is equally important to ensure that money works for us. We invest to improve our future welfare. Funds to be invested come from assets already owned, borrowed money, and savings or foregone consumption. By foregoing consumption today and investing the savings, we expect to enhance our future consumption possibilities. In investment planning asset allocation plays important role. Asset allocation • Its paramount for wealth creation • There is no fixed rule for asset allocation • But as the age goes up the risk assets such as equity has to be lowered • For instance if you are 40 you can restrict your exposure to equity between 50-60 per cent. • Asset allocation can be in the range of 50:20:20:10(equity,debt,real estate and Jewellery) for a conservative investor. • Fixing target and profit booking are the two important key for wealth creation. The Rewards of Sound Financial Planning • Maintain and improve standard of living. • Control spending in order to live well today and tomorrow! • Accumulate wealth. Advantages of Financial Planning •Increased effectiveness in obtaining, using, and protecting financial resources. •Increased control of financial affairs. •Improved personal relationships. •A sense of freedom from financial worries obtained by looking to the future. •Other? (e.g., reaching future goals) Financial Planning Activities • Obtaining- Get resources from employment, investments • Planning- Plan spending and saving through budgeting process • Saving- Money for emergencies and short-term goals • Borrowing- Wise borrowing habits; not misusing credit • Spending- Considering consequences; spending < earnings • Managing Risk- Adequate insurance coverage for risks • Investing- Select securities for income and LT growth • Retirement and Estate Planning- Financial security in later life Financial Planning Process 6. Monitor the plan 5. Implement the plan 4. Develop a plan 3. Analyze the information 2. Gather information Elements of Practical Personal Finance A Personal Financial Epidemic? • Why do most people live under so much financial stress when their seem to be earning higher incomes than ever? • Do you know that each year, you earn more than you did in the previous year? • Financial insecurity is the result of the choices we make rather than the income we earn. • The principles that lead to financial security are largely the same as the ones underlying a prosperous economy. Who Needs Money? There is more to a good life than making money!!! But the desire for more wealth unseemly!!! Our life objectives are easier to achieve if we have more wealth. Practical Element #1 Discover your comparative advantage. Comparative Advantage • We are all relatively more productive in some areas than in others. • Your comparative advantage is determined by your comparative abilities, not your absolute abilities. What’s Your Comparative Advantage? • Even if you’re better at doing everything, you shouldn’t. • Specialize in what you are relatively the best at…for which you give up the least. • Allow others’ work to be to your advantage. • Self-sufficiency is for novels, not real life! Practical Element #2 Be entrepreneurial. In a market economy, people get ahead by helping others and discovering better ways of doing things. Who are Entrepreneurs? • Entrepreneurs are people who are adept at discovering better ways of doing things and acting on these opportunities. • Disproportionately wealthy… did you know that 2/3 of World millionaires are entrepreneurs? Entrepreneurs’ Success: 1. Entrepreneurial talent: the ability to discover innovative new products, costreducing production methods, and profitable opportunities that have been overlooked by others. 2. Tolerance for risk: Self-employment is more risky, but greater risk and higher returns go together. Entrepreneurs’ Success (cont.) 3. High Savings Rates: Investing in their businesses adds to entrepreneurs’ wealth. 4. Hard Work …Business owners tend to work longer hours. Practical Element #3 Spend less than you earn. Begin a regular savings program now. Why Save? • • • Saving is necessary to accumulate the capital needed to produce wealth. This is just as true for individuals as for nations. The most effective way to begin saving is by identifying and eliminating some discretionary spending. Don’t Wait!!! • If you don’t exert the willpower to save now, it is unlikely that you will do so later. • If you wait to save until your income goes up, it is extremely costly in terms of the amount of money you will end up with at retirement. CommonSenseEconomics.com Practical Element #4 Don’t finance anything for longer than its useful life. Financing Consumption • • • Why continue to pay for something- a car, a vacation, a television- that you are no longer able to use and enjoy? Purchase on credit only when buying a long-lasting asset with short-lasting financing. Should you pay for your holiday by credit card and repay in 2 years? When should you buy on credit? What goods and services can you pay for while you use them? – homes – automobiles (depending on lifespan) – education Some assets even generate income or further service even after you finish paying for them…these can enhance your net worth!!! Practical Element #5 Avoid credit card debt. Don’t Undermine Your Future!!! • The opportunity cost of saving for tomorrow is spending (and enjoying!) today. • You CAN have more in the future while still enjoying today… “…ordinary people can have lots of nice things and still accumulate a lot of money.” Credit Card Convenience • Paying with a credit card is NOT spending your own money, but borrowing someone else’s. • Interest charged on credit cards outstrips returns that could be earned on investments!!! • Think of your credit card as an extension of your normal operating account…Use your credit card only to access those funds. The Most Expensive Vacation • Mwangi takes a holiday to Bahamas for Kes 150,000. • The credit card company tells him that he only • 10 YEARS LATER this needs to pay minimum 2% trip has cost Mwangi of the balance each Kes 271,610, and all month(Kes 2,263.55 at 8% he has left are faded interest each month.). photos. • What a brilliant idea!! Practical Element #6 Begin paying into your real savings account every month. Rainy Days & the Real World • • • Life is full of surprises, and they’re usually expensive! The surprise is only in the timing…So it is possible to plan for these surprises! Purchase “peace of mind” by building a cushion…Make this a regular and mandatory expense! Practical Element #7 Put the power of compound interest to work for you. It’s a Miracle!!! • • Getting a head start brings a HUGE payoff. Compounding occurs when the interest you’ve already earned earns even more interest on itself. Practical Element #8 Diversify- don’t put all of your eggs in one basket. Risk vs. Return • – – – – There are many types of risk that come with investing: Market risk Inflation risk Financial risk Fraud risk • There is no such thing as a guaranteed return! • Diversification is the practice of holding a large number of unrelated assets. The Law of Large Numbers • Mutual funds are one way of diversifying investments in the stock market. • While diversification cannot reduce the volatility of the stock market, it WILL reduce the volatility of your investment in it. • When some firms do poorly, others do well. • Business cycles have differential effects on companies. Practical Element #9 Indexed equity funds can help you beat the experts without taking excessive risk. The Random Walk Theory • No one can predict the future of the stock market. • The random walk theory suggests that current stock prices are the best reflection of the market’s value. • The future price of a stock is driven by unforeseeable events. • Since we can only see the present, it is impossible to “beat the market”. Practical Element #10 Invest in stocks for longrun objectives; as the need for money approaches, increase the proportion of bonds. What About Diversification? • Merely an extension of the diversification concept… • Because the stock market is volatile, you want to reduce your risk when you know you need a cash stash. • Avoid selling off stocks when the market is at a low point. So Why Not Just Hold Bonds? • Bonds offer a lower return than stocks, but with less risk. • Inflation risk and interest rate risk are larger problems with bonds. • Buy bonds that mature at the time you anticipate needing the cash. • Transfer capital gradually from stocks to bonds. Practical Element #11 Beware of investment schemes promising high returns with little or no risk. (Pyramid Schemes) There’s no such thing as a free lunch!!! • If it’s such a good deal, why do they need to sell it to you??? • The principal-agent problem makes you vulnerable. – A potential conflict exists between the investor and the agent being paid to do something for the investor…Because the agent has more information about the product than you, you are at a disadvantage. Tips for Avoiding Investment Fraud 1. If it looks too good to be true, it probably is. 2. Deal only with parties that have a reputation to protect. 3. Never purchase an investment solicited by telephone or email. 4. Do not allow yourself to be forced into a quick decision. 5. Do not allow friendship to influence an investment decision. 6. If high-pressure marketing is involved, grab your checkbook and run!!! •Developing Personal Financial Goals Develop Personal Financial Goals • There are 3 different time frames for achieving financial goals – Short-Term Goals- Achieved within next year – Intermediate Goals- Achieved within next 2 to 5 years – Long-Term Goals- Achieved > 5 years in the future • There are 3 different financial needs goals – Consumable-Product Goals (food, clothing, entertainment) – Durable-Product Goals (“big ticket” items like appliances and cars) – Intangible-Product Goals (health, education, relationships, service) Goal setting guidelines suggests goals should...SMART – Be realistic, be stated in specific, measurable terms, have a time frame, and indicate the type of action to be taken. Financial Planning Life Cycle SMART Financial Goals Specific Measurable Attainable Realistic Time Bound State exactly what is to be done with the money involved Write the exact shilling amount Determine how it can be reached, which is often determined by the individual’s budget Do not set the goal for something unattainable or unrealistic Specifically state when the goal needs to be reached What influences a person’s financial plan? Many factors that can be expected or unexpected: Values, Goals, & Personal Choices Life Cycle Needs Financial Planning Lifestyle Conditions Major Life Events The choices you make today impact your future! Choices and goals made in the present may have a significant impact on your future financial plan Values, Goals, & Personal Choices Financial Planning Life events that affect your financial plan may be unexpected Major Life Events What are examples of lifestyle conditions that may affect a person’s financial plan? Marital status Age Income Number of dependents Education Health status Employment status Economic outlook Values, Goals, & Personal Choices Financial Planning Lifestyle Conditions Major Life Events Financial Life Cycle Life cycle - a series of stages through which an individual passes during his or her lifetime Typical financial life cycle pattern applies to most people and affects a financial plan Values, Goals, & Personal Choices Life Cycle Needs Financial Planning Lifestyle Conditions Major Life Events Typical Financial Life Cycle Single * Marriage * Start and Raise Family Approaching Retirement Years Retirement Years Stage 3: Wealth Distribution Kshs Stage 2: Wealth Accumulation Stage 1: Basic Wealth Protection 0 20 30 40 50 60 Years of Age 70 80 Financial Life Cycle Stages Stage 1: Basic Wealth Protection Focus on building financial security Stage 3 Stage 2 Stage 1 Which stage of the financial life cycle are you in? Stage 2: Wealth Accumulation Head of household has reached peak earning years, is accumulating wealth, and approaching retirement Stage 3: Wealth Distribution The consumption of wealth, usually during retirement What types of financial planning would occur during each stage of the financial life cycle? Stage 1: Basic Wealth Protection (protecting your future) Stage 3 Stage 2 Stage 1 • • • • Develop emergency savings Develop positive credit Begin investing in retirement Purchase insurance Stage 2: Wealth Accumulation (giving it to yourself) • Investing to build wealth • Purchasing a home Stage 3: Wealth Distribution (giving it to your chosen ones) • Estate planning Typical Financial Life Cycle Stage 3 Stage 2 Stage 1 What factors or events in a person’s life could cause the typical financial life cycle to change or vary? Financial Life Cycle Events Activity People in certain age groups tend to have similar financial life cycle needs Adult with or without children: 25-34 High school: 13-17 Young adult: 18-24 Retired: 65 and older Midlife: 45-54 Working parent or adult: 35-44 Preretireme nt: 55-64 Determine what types of financial planning may occur for each age group. Traditional Age Group Financial Planning Needs High school: 13-17 – Developing a plan for eventual independence – Preparing for career – Evaluating future financial needs and resources – Exploring financial systems – banks, etc. – Developing a personal system of record keeping Traditional Age Group Financial Planning Needs Young adult: 18-24 – – – – – – – – – Establishing a household Training for a career Earning financial independence Determining insurance needs Establishing credit Establishing savings Creating a spending plan Begin investing in retirement Developing a personal financial identity Traditional Age Group Financial Planning Needs Adult with or without children: 25-34 – – – – – – Child-bearing Child-raising Expanding career goals Investing in retirement Managing increased need for credit Discussing and managing additional insurance needs – Creating a will – Starting an education fund for children Traditional Age Group Financial Planning Needs Working parent or adult: 35-44 – Upgrading career training – Developing protection needs for head-ofhousehold – Investing in retirement – Establishing retirement goals – Building on children’s education fund – Need for greater income due to expanding needs Traditional Age Group Financial Planning Needs Midlife: 45-54 – Assisting with higher education for children – Investing in retirement – Updating retirement goals and plans – Developing estate plans Traditional Age Group Financial Planning Needs – – – – – – – – Preretirement: 55-64 Consolidating assets Re-evaluating property transfer Investing in retirement Evaluating expenses for retirement and current housing Planning future security Investigating retirement part-time income or volunteer work Meeting responsibilities of ageing parents Planning for long-term care insurance and medical care in retirement Traditional Age Group Financial Planning Needs Retired: 65 and older – Re-evaluating and adjusting living conditions and spending as related to health and income – Adjusting insurance programs for increasing risks – Finalizing will or letter of last instructions – Acquiring assistance in management of personal and financial affairs – Finalizing estate plans True or False? Everyone has the same financial plan FALSE! Individualize your financial plan but consider the typical life cycle needs for every age group. Assessing Personal and Financial Opportunity Costs of Financial Decisions Assess Personal and Financial Opportunity Costs of Financial Decisions Opportunity cost is what you give up by making a choice. – The cost, referred to as the trade-off of a decision, cannot always be measured in money terms. Sometimes the cost is your time. – Consider lost opportunities that will result from your decisions (health, knowledge, abilities) •Implement a Personal Plan Implement a Personal Plan 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. Determine your current financial situation. Develop your financial goals. Identify alternative courses of action. • Continue the same course of action (e.g. same savings rate) • Expand the current situation (e.g., higher savings rate) • Change the current situation (e.g., switch to online bank or credit union) • Take a new course of action (e.g., pay off credit card debt instead of saving) Evaluate your alternatives. • Consequences of choices (e.g., opportunity costs) • Evaluating different types of risks (e.g., inflation risk) • Financial planning information sources (e.g., advisors, media, Web sites) Create and implement your financial action plan. Review and revise your plan. Average Propensity to Consume: Average Propensity to Consume: The percentage of each shilling of income that is spent, on average, for current needs rather than saved. What is your average propensity to consume? Income spent on current needs Total income 30% is good •Taking conscientious and systematic steps toward fulfilling your financial goals. What Personal Financial Planning Process entails Steps in the Financial Planning Process: 1. Define financial goals. 2. Develop financial plans and strategies to achieve goals. 3. Implement financial plans and strategies. 4. Develop budgets to monitor and control progress toward goals. 5. Evaluate results by using financial statements. 6. Revise goals as situations change. 1. Define financial goals 2. Develop plans 1. Define financial goals 2. Develop plans 3. Implement plans 4. Develop budgets FINANCIAL ACTIONS •Basic asset decisions •Credit decisions •Insurance decisions •Investment decisions •Retirement and estate decisions 1. Define financial goals 2. Develop plans 3. Implement plans 4. Develop budgets Prepare financial statements 5. Evaluate results 6. Revise plans FINANCIAL ACTIONS •Basic asset decisions •Credit decisions •Insurance decisions •Investment decisions •Retirement and estate decisions To attain your financial goals: • Be specific in defining goals and focus on results. • Make goals realistically attainable. • Involve family members and enlist their cooperation. • Prioritize goals and set a definite time frame. Putting target dates on financial goals: • Short-term goals—to be accomplished within the next year. • Intermediate-term goals—to be accomplished in the next 2-5 years. • Long-term goals—to be accomplished in time periods greater than 5 years. From Goals to Plans: A Lifetime of Planning • Early childhood • High school and college • Family formation • Career development • Pre-retirement • Retirement Benefit of planning: • Your money works more efficiently for you by... • Utilizing the financial wonder— The power of compounding through time! What Determines Your Personal Income? •Age, marital status •Education •Where you live •Career choice FINALLY • PERSONALITY TRAIT IN FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT • WHO ARE YOU? PERSONALITY TRAIT IN FM • Personality traits refers to an individual enduring characteristic and disposition that provide some degree of variation from one person to another’s mental and physical behavior. • If this trait could be used to study the stability and instability of an individual’s characteristic that distinguish him from other, then it could also be used to determine an individual financial trait, management and financial behavior. • It could be used to ascertain the extent of our emotions and habit in financial management.(Allport G. W and Eysenck’s ) TYPE B PERSONALITY-INTROVERT • These set of people stand the chance of financial conflict when they are faced with business or financial failure • They are full with self pity and fear of failure that they hardly undertake any business or financial venture. • Their personality trait may not allow them to develop an optimistic tendency of a bright future rather they would focus on the past; they will possibly be engulfed with the burden of the past regrets. • They have the potential procrastination(because to them life is all about being real and upright) as a result of trying to be perfect and realistic,. • One most deadly characteristic that has crippled this set of people is in term of decision making relating financial goals and objectives. TYPE B PERSONALITY-INTROVERT • They are the most creative, analytical and intelligent but their tendency to see everything perfect subject them to fail to believe in themselves not minding that we are not in a perfect world. • They want to see everything perfect yet they never see anything perfect. They feel they have not measure up to the expected standard. They feel they have not achieved it. TYPE A- STABLE PERSONALITY • characterized with a high sense of optimism, solitary, lack empathy, sensitivity yet they are the most optimistic, excitable, active and stable creature to venture into business activities without any atom of fear and doubt. • They understand and define failure as an academic field of study or wisdom and step toward the right direction to the future. TYPE A- STABLE PERSONALITY • To them, this might be the last opportunity, let’s use it and use it properly. These sets of people are usually good leaders but sometimes, can be very narcissistic, lacking genuine concern and feeling for others. • Their traits help them to successful manage their finances without fear and regrets. PERSONAL BUDGET TEMPLATE • Personal Budget.xls FINAL ASSIGNEMENT! THE END!