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Building Personal Wealth: Creating the Life You’ve Imagined
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Presented by: Melinda Davis, CRPC
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o Fewer than two in 10 women feel “very prepared” to make wise financial decisions. Half indicate that they “need some help,” and one-third feels that they “need a lot of help.”
o We are going to live longer than men, yet we tend to invest more conservatively than them.
o Nearly two-thirds of U.S. women ages 40 to 79 have already dealt with a major financial “life crisis,” such as job loss, divorce, the death of a spouse, or serious illness
o The average age of widowhood is 55 years old. (US Census Bureau)
Why is it important for you to be here today and take control of our personal
finances?
Financial Knowledge = Security
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The secret to building personal wealth is THERE IS NO SECRET.
It takes discipline, making good financial decisions, possibly giving things up, all over a good amount of time.
You DON’T have to be a genius or have the best business idea.
You DO have to save!
Financial Freedom
Peace of mind Opportunity
Living your dreams
Happiness
Being in control
Creating the life you want
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8 Steps to Building Wealth
1. Have a Plan: “Those who fail to plan, plan to fail”
2. Take Your Financial Measurements
3. Start Saving Early – Pay Yourself First
4. Create an adequate cash reserve
5. Keep Investing Simple
6. Use Tax-deferred Accounts
7. Protect your Wealth with Insurance
8. Stay Disciplined
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Create a Financial Plan
o Set goals.
o Envision what you want your life to be and create a roadmap to get there.
o Determine how much you need to save to get there.
o Creating a plan will help you make more conscious decisions about what you are spending money on.
o Understand when you say “Yes” to something what you might be saying “No” to.
Take Your Financial Measurements:You can’t get to where you want to be if you don’t know where you are
Create a Net Worth StatementWhat is a Net Worth Statement?o A Summary of your Assets and Liabilities (What you HAVE and
what you OWE)
Assets Include:• Cash Accounts• Investment Accounts• Retirement Accounts• Real Estate & other personal assets
Liabilities Include:• Personal Debts (credit cards, auto loans)• Home Loans
ASSETS – LIABILITIES = NET WORTHwww.northstarfp.com
Sara Mary -
100,000
200,000
300,000
400,000
500,000
600,000
700,000
800,000
900,000
1,000,000
55,000
155,000
904,488
666,068
Power of Compounding
Contribution Account Value
Sara contributed $5,000 per year from age 25 to age 35, for a total of $55,000. Mary didn’t start contributing until age 35, and contributed $5,000 per year until age 65, for a total of $155,000. Assuming an investment return of 8% per year, Sara has a balance more than 35% higher than Mary’s, with a third of the amount contributed.
SAVE EARLY
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Create a cash reserve
Why: It will reduce financial stress and set you up
not to reach for credit cards or cash out of
retirement accounts when an un-expected event
comes up like medical costs or the loss of a job.
How Much: Typically 6 month of your basic
expenses. If you have a job with inconsistent income
or you own a business, you may want more.
Where to keep it: This money should be in safe,
liquid investments such as a money market account.
You want to make sure you will have access to it when
you need it.
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Keep Investing Simple
Control What You Can Control
o Use Low-Cost Investments – Fees Mattero Be Diversifiedo Don’t Chase Trendso Don’t try to time the marketo Be resilient in times of crisis
Fees Matter
For illustrative purposes only.
oFees matter.
oOver long time periods, high management fees and related expenses can be a significant drag on wealth creation.
oPassive investments generally maintain lower fees than the average actively managed investment by minimizing trading costs and eliminating the costs of researching stocks.
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Assumed 6.5% Annualized Return over 30 Years
Be Diversified – Asset Allocation Matters
Asset allocation: the process of allocating money across financial assets with the objective of achieving a desired return while maintaining an appropriate level of risk.
An appropriate level of risk is when you have enough risky assets (stocks) to meet your rate of return goals, without creating so much volatility that you sell out when markets come down.
** If you are a business owner, remember to have investments outside of your business
40%
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US StocksInternational StocksReal EstateGov't BondsGlobal BondsShort-term BondsInflation Protected Bonds
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The Randomness of Returns – Don’t Chase Trends
In US dollars. US Large Cap is the S&P 500 Index, provided by Standard & Poor’s Index Services Group. US Large Cap Value is the Russell 1000 Value Index. US Small Cap is the Russell 2000 Index. US Small Cap Value is the Russell 2000 Value Index. Russell data copyright © Russell Investment Group 1997-2013, all rights reserved. US Real Estate is the Dow Jones US Select REIT Index, provided by Dow Jones Indexes. International Value data provided by Fama/French from Bloomberg and MSCI securities data. International Small Cap data compiled by Dimensional from Bloomberg, StyleResearch, London Business School, and Nomura Securities data. International Small Cap Value data compiled by Dimensional from Bloomberg and StyleResearch securities data. Emerging Markets is the MSCI Emerging Markets Index (gross dividends), copyright MSCI 2013, all rights reserved; see MSCI disclosure page for additional information. One-Year US Fixed is the BofA Merrill Lynch One-Year US Treasury Note Index, used with permission; copyright 2013 Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated; all rights reserved. Five-Year US Government Fixed is the Barclays Capital Treasury Bond Index 1-5 Years, formerly Lehman Brothers, provided by Barclays Bank PLC. Five-Year Global Fixed is the Citigroup World Government Bond Index 1-5 Years (hedged), copyright 2013 by Citigroup. Indexes are not available for direct investment. Index performance does not reflect the expenses associated with the management of an actual portfolio. Past performance is not a guarantee of future results.
Annual Return (%)DV1030.10
2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012
Highest Return 7.6 69.2 35.1 34.5 36.0 39.8 8.8 79.0 28.1 9.4 21.25.1 66.8 33.2 24.1 33.0 8.2 6.6 48.6 26.9 3.4 18.63.8 60.2 32.1 22.6 32.6 8.0 4.7 47.8 24.5 2.3 18.23.6 56.3 30.6 15.1 27.5 6.3 -28.9 44.8 20.7 2.1 18.13.4 47.3 26.0 13.8 26.3 6.3 -33.8 28.5 19.2 0.6 17.5-2.9 46.0 22.3 7.0 23.5 6.2 -36.8 27.2 19.2 0.4 17.1-6.0 36.2 18.3 4.9 22.2 5.9 -37.0 26.5 15.5 -4.2 16.8-11.4 30.0 16.5 4.7 18.4 5.5 -39.2 20.6 15.1 -5.5 16.4-13.8 28.7 10.9 4.6 15.8 -0.2 -42.5 19.7 13.3 -15.1 16.0-15.5 2.0 2.7 3.1 4.3 -1.6 -45.1 2.3 3.7 -15.6 2.1-20.5 1.9 1.3 2.4 4.1 -9.8 -47.1 0.8 2.0 -17.1 0.9
Lowest Return -22.1 1.5 0.8 1.3 3.8 -17.6 -53.2 0.2 0.8 -18.2 0.2
Each color represents a different asset class, such as large company stocks, short-term bonds, international stocks, etc. You’ll notice there is not one LEADER.
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9.6%
6.3%
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All US Stocks Excluding the Top 10% of Performers
Each Year
Excluding the Top 25%of Performers
Each Year
Compound Average Annual Returns: 1926-2012
Missing Opportunity in Equities
Results based on the CRSP 1-10 Index. CRSP data provided by the Center for Research in Security Prices, University of Chicago.
o Strong performance among a few stocks accounts for much of the market’s return each year.
o There is no evidence that managers can identify these stocks in advance — and attempting to pick them may result in missed opportunity.
o Investors should diversify broadly and stay fully invested to capture expected returns.
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Timing the Market is Risky and Rarely Works
Performance data for January 1970-August 2008 provided by CRSP; performance data for September 2008-December 2012 provided by Bloomberg. The S&P data are provided by Standard & Poor’s Index Services Group. US bonds and bills data © Stocks, Bonds, Bills, and Inflation Yearbook™, Ibbotson Associates, Chicago (annually updated work by Roger G. Ibbotson and Rex A. Sinquefield). Indexes are not available for direct investment. Their performance does not reflect the expenses associated with the management of an actual portfolio. Dimensional Fund Advisors is an investment advisor registered with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Information contained herein is compiled from sources believed to be reliable and current, but accuracy should be placed in the context of underlying assumptions. This publication is distributed for educational purposes and should not be considered investment advice or an offer of any security for sale. Past performance is not a guarantee of future results. Unauthorized copying, reproducing, duplicating, or transmitting of this material is prohibited. Date of first use: June 1, 2006.
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Total PeriodMissed 1 Best
DayMissed 5 Best Single Days
Missed 15 Best Single Days
Missed 25 Best Single Days
One-Month US T-Bills
Annualized Compound Return
9.94% 9.66% 8.84% 7.47% 6.33% 5.30%
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20%
-2%
21%
1%
-4%
8%
35%
13%
21%
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42%
12%
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50% 48% 50%
84%
Cumulative Total ReturnAfter 1 year After 3 years
October 1987:Stock Market Crash
August 1989:
US Savings and
Loan Crisis
September 1998:Asian Contagion
Russian CrisisLong-Term Capital
Management Collapse
March 2000:Dot-Com Crash
September 2001:
Terrorist Attack
The Market’s Response to Crisis – Be Resilient
Balanced Strategy: 7.5% each S&P 500 Index, CRSP 6-10 Index, US Small Value Index, US Large Value Index; 15% each International Value Index, International Small Index; 40% BofA Merrill Lynch One-Year US Treasury Note Index.The S&P data are provided by Standard & Poor’s Index Services Group. The Merrill Lynch Indices are used with permission; copyright 2012 Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated; all rights reserved. CRSP data provided by the Center for Research in Security Prices, University of Chicago. US Small Value Index and US Large Value Index provided by Fama/French. International Value Index provided by Fama/French. International Small Cap Index compiled by Dimensional from StyleResearch securities data; includes securities of MSCI EAFE countries in the bottom 10% of market capitalization, excluding the bottom 1%; market-cap weighted; each country capped at 50%; rebalanced semiannually. Indexes are not available for direct investment. Their performance does not reflect the expenses associated with the management of an actual portfolio. Past performance is not a guarantee of future results. Not to be construed as investment advice. Returns of model portfolios are based on back-tested model allocation mixes designed with the benefit of hindsight and do not represent actual investment performance.
Performance of a Normal Balanced Strategy: 60% Stocks, 40% Bonds LT1385.5
September 2008:
Bankruptcy of Lehman Brothers
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100,000
200,000
300,000
400,000
500,000
600,000
700,000
Value of Taxable Investment
$433,199
Value of Tax-De-ferred Investment
$634,118
The Advantage of Tax-Deferred Com-pounding
This graph shows the difference in value between an investment of $100,000 over 25 years in a taxable account vs. a tax-deferred account, each growing at 8% per year. The gains in the taxable account are taxed at a 20% tax rate.
Protect Your Wealth
Make sure that you and your spouse have enough insurance to cover your goals if something were to happen to one of you.
Life InsuranceDisability Insurance
Medical Insurance
Term Insurance
• Least expense Life Insurance. Covers a specific period of time (10 years, 20 years, etc.).
• Best for insuring goals like College and Retirement
• Covers a % of your income if you were to become disabled.
• Important to cover necessities.
• Very important if you are commissioned. Company may only cover salary.
• Have at least catastrophic coverage.
• Medical Debt is the leading cause of personal bankruptcy filings.
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Stay Disciplined
“The three great essentials to achieve anything worth while are: Hard work, Stick-to-itiveness, and Common sense.”
- Thomas A. Edison
Remember:o Have a Plan: Think of Your Financial Freedomo Save early and often. Make it automatic!o Make conscious decisions with your moneyo Create a Cash Reserveo Control what you can controlo Don’t chase investing trendso Protect Your Wealth
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Prioritize Your Future
• As women, we worry. We are more conservative. We can
be good planners and are better investors. Plan for your
success now.
• Find someone who will help you be accountable to
creating a plan.
Winston Churchill once said, “ Let our advanced worrying become advanced
thinking and planning.”
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Resources
• Melinda@northstarfp.com
• Sign up for our Free Whitepaper : “ Guide to managing Your Wealth:
Six Keys to Financial Wellness”
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