Question

This activity is important because it covers important terms for effective money management. The goal of this exercise is to identify the best ways to manage your personal finances. Complete each statement with the correct term. Note not all terms will be used.

Answer 1

Remainder Part of the Question:

Build Your Financial Base Terms:

The ______ is one of the best places to put your money.

A _______ is one of the worst places to keep long-term investments.

You can use a _______ to keep track of purchases.

Your _______ is likely to be the largest of the most important investments you make.

It is wise to plan your financial future with _______.

Available Options are:

Credit Card, Bank Account, Home, Uncertainity, Excitement, car, insurance, stock market, payday loan.

Answers:

A. Stock market

B. Bank Account

C. Credit Card

D. Home

E. Insurance

Explanation:

A. The Stock Market is one of the best places to put your money.

Stock markets are the source of raising funds for investments by the companies. The stock market helps the investor to choose the investment with appropriate returns and risks. Furthermore the investor can also diversify its return by managing the portfolio of investments.

B. A Bank Account is one of the worst places to keep long term investment

The lowest returns are on saving accounts hence it is the worst place for long term investments.

C. You can use Credit Card to keep a track of your purchases.

Credit cards can be used for tracking all of purchases because monthly statement mailed to you includes all the spendings during the year.

D. Your Home is likely to be the largest of the most important investments you make

Buying home is considered as one of the largest investments as it takes substantial savings of the person to buy an house. A roughly estimate would be the savings of 3-4 years for a small house for a couple.

E. It is wise to plan your financial future with Insurance.

Because Insurance helps you to lower your financial risks. The risk is associated with life, home, car, and physical assets and thus the investor must use insurance facility.