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Emergency Fund

Emergency Fund

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Personal Finance

Financial Responsibility

2: Describe personal spending behavior that contributes to building wealth.

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Defined by Alabama Course of Study: Finance 9th-12th Grades and align with Emergency Fund
b: Practices that assist individuals and families to achieve and maintain financial security. Examples: determining needs and wants, creating a budget, setting goals, keeping records, developing a personal financial plan, saving, investing

3: Explain how goals, decision‑making, and planning affect personal financial choices and behaviors.

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Defined by Alabama Course of Study: Finance 9th-12th Grades and align with Emergency Fund
a: Create a plan to reach a specific financial goal.
c: Explain the advantages of designing and following a personal financial plan.

Money Management

14: Demonstrate how to set financial goals and analyze the costs and benefits of spending decisions.

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Defined by Alabama Course of Study: Finance 9th-12th Grades and align with Emergency Fund
c: Determine the amount of savings needed for a given household.

16: Prepare a monthly budget for an individual or a family given their income, savings goals, taxes, and list of fixed and variable expenses.

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Defined by Alabama Course of Study: Finance 9th-12th Grades and align with Emergency Fund
b: Describe methods of allocating resources to meet savings and investment goals.

Saving

22: Research and report on the benefits of savings.

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Defined by Alabama Course of Study: Finance 9th-12th Grades and align with Emergency Fund
c: Explain reasons for maintaining an emergency savings account and methods for determining the amount needed.

23: Compare certificates of deposit, money markets, and savings accounts and identify the benefits and disadvantages of each.

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Defined by Alabama Course of Study: Finance 9th-12th Grades and align with Emergency Fund
c: Explain the difference between simple and compound interest and calculate interest on a given amount of savings using each method.