GoldenEagle Posted August 28, 2014 Group: Royal Member Followers: 4 Topic Count: 764 Topics Per Day: 0.18 Content Count: 7,626 Content Per Day: 1.82 Reputation: 1,559 Days Won: 44 Joined: 10/03/2012 Status: Offline Share Posted August 28, 2014 There's a Free personal finance course being offered by the University of Florida. If you have questions about budgeting, taxes, debt, expenses, taxes, credit, credit cards, risk management, investments, mutual funds, etc. this is a course for you. We are currently on week 2. But don't let that stop you. I have found it very useful so far. This course probably will take 1.5-2 hours a week of your time. Click this link. This course is activity-based with emphasis on your life as the basis for your work. In addition, you will learn how to apply the principles you learn in a family environment. We will learn about cash, credit, wealth, and risk management as well as the environmental effects on personal and family financial management. Students will earn badges for completing various modules and demonstrating certain skills. Week 1 Understanding Personal Finance: Path to financial security and time value of money. Week 2 Financial Statements, Tools, and Budgets: Managing your flows and reviewing your statements. Week 3 Managing Income Taxes: Income tax basics. Week 4 Building and Maintaining Good Credit (Credit cards and consumer loans): Credit basics. Week 5 Managing Risk: Risk management basics and insurance overview. Week 6 Investment Fundamentals (Investing in stocks and bonds): Rules of investing; Debt and equity. Week 7 Investing through Mutual Funds (Retirement planning): Mutual funds and managed portfolios; create a personal investment plan. Week 8 Personal Plan of Action: Putting your personal plan together. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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