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Changing lives in New Mexico

Curriculum Topics

 


Values and Goals

Record Keeping

Budgets and Spending Plans
Spending leaks, compounding
Emergency funds

  Credit Management
  Good debt/bad debt
  Guidelines for affordable debt
  Secured vs. unsecured debt
  Credit and divorce
  Bankruptcy

Investing in Assets
Economics of vehicle ownership
Buying a house
Education funding
Asset allocation
Finding money to invest


Risk Management
Types of risk
Strategies for dealing with risk
Role of insurance

The Economics of Disruption
Divorce, unemployment, disability


Tax Topics


Retirement Planning

Tax deferred accounts
Social Security retirement and survivors' benefits

Estate Planning