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Managing my money
Managing my money

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End-of-course guide and round-up

Martin says a final goodbye as the course comes to a close.

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The purpose of the course has been to provide you with the information and skills to manage your financial affairs effectively.

Week 1 [Tip: hold Ctrl and click a link to open it in a new tab. (Hide tip)]  explained how you can structure and operate a financial planning model for you or your household.

Weeks 2 and 3 looked at the cash flows of household income and expenditure and at how these can be measured to enable you to create both a budget and a projection of future net cash flows in future years.

Weeks 45 and 6 built towards the construction of the household balance sheet. Week 4 looked at debts (liabilities) whilst Weeks 5 and 6 looked at savings, investments and home ownership (assets). Compiling the household balance sheet provides a clear summary of a household’s net wealth and enables you to test the strength of the balance using measures like the current asset ratio.

Week 7 looked at the key issue of planning for your pension and at the different forms of pension provision in the UK. The information here should be used to check how much income you will get in retirement and whether this will be sufficient for you.

Week 8 has concluded the course by looking at insurance products. You should check your own current insurance arrangements using the information provided this week to review whether you have sufficient (or perhaps too much?) insurance cover, given the nature of the activities and risks to which you and your household are exposed.

Well done for completing this OpenLearn course on personal finances.

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