Description:
For many of us who are not financial professionals, worrying about money and saving for the future can be a chore. In this course, financial expert Jane Barratt shows how opportunities arise when you change your attitude towards money.
Jane Barratt – Personal Finance Fundamentals
She walks you through the basics of personal finance—earning, spending, saving, and investing—with an eye for finding opportunities to enrich your life, pay down debt, and grow your money wisely.
Topics include:
Maximizing your earning potential
Taxes
Planning for future earnings
Budgeting and spending
Understanding your credit score
Investing
Contents:
Introduction – 1m 59s
Welcome – 1m 59s
1. Earning – 23m 58s
The golden rules of earning more (beyond the paycheck) – 2m 58s
Different types of income – 3m 53s
Tax and your hard-earned dollars – 4m 27s
Paying yourself – 2m 43s
Planning for future earnings – 3m 23s
The ask – 6m 34s
2. Spending – 16m 58s
Understanding why you spend (sometimes too much) – 3m 29s
Budgeting tools – 4m 6s
Planning for windfalls – 4m 3s
Your credit card can be your friend, not foe – 5m 20s
3. Saving – 18m 7s
Thinking differently about savings – 4m 3s
Where and how to save – 4m 32s
Your credit score and why it matters – 4m 46s
Savings vs. debt reduction – 4m 46s
4. Investing – 22m 50s
Putting your money to work – the options – 5m 10s
Risk, value, and confidence – 3m 53s
Create your investment strategy – 3m 44s
DIY vs. outsourcing your money – 4m 16s
Fees – 5m 47s
Conclusion – 2m 49s
Next steps – 2m 49s
