Savings for a Down Payment: You plan to buy a house in 5 years and need a down payment of $40,000. If you can invest your savings at an annual interest rate of 6%, how much should you deposit today to reach your down payment goal? Education Fund Planning: You want to start saving for your child's education, which will begin in 10 years. The estimated cost of education is $50,000. If you assume an annual interest rate of 8%, how much should you deposit monthly to have enough funds when your child starts college? Retirement Savings Goal: You are 30 years old and want to retire at 65. You estimate that you will need $1,000,000 for a comfortable retirement. Assuming an annual interest rate of 5%, how much should you save annually to reach your retirement goal?

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  1. Savings for a Down Payment: You plan to buy a house in 5 years and need a down payment of $40,000. If you can invest your savings at an annual interest rate of 6%, how much should you deposit today to reach your down payment goal?

  2. Education Fund Planning: You want to start saving for your child's education, which will begin in 10 years. The estimated cost of education is $50,000. If you assume an annual interest rate of 8%, how much should you deposit monthly to have enough funds when your child starts college?

  3. Retirement Savings Goal: You are 30 years old and want to retire at 65. You estimate that you will need $1,000,000 for a comfortable retirement. Assuming an annual interest rate of 5%, how much should you save annually to reach your retirement goal?

  4. Loan Repayment Strategy: You took out a loan of $15,000 for a home improvement project, and the loan has an annual interest rate of 7%. If you want to pay off the loan in 3 years, what will be your monthly payments?

  5. Financial Planning problem: Steve and Dixie are a young couple with 2 small children ages 4 and 2. They have struggled to build an emergency savings account and the money always seems to get spent. They feel like they are living paycheck to paycheck. Steve makes about 77k a year and Heidi has chosen to be home with the kids. 

    • What would you recommend that they do to start building an emergency fund?
    • What should be the target goal for how much they save in their emergency fund? I would like you to explain step by step
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4. Loan Repayment Strategy: You took out a loan of $15,000 for a home improvement project, and the loan has an annual interest rate of 7%. If you want to pay off the loan in 3 years, what will be your monthly payments?

5. Financial Planning problem: Steve and Dixie are a young couple with 2 small children ages 4 and 2. They have struggled to build an emergency savings account and the money always seems to get spent. They feel like they are living paycheck to paycheck. Steve makes about 77k a year and Heidi has chosen to be home with the kids. 

    • What would you recommend that they do to start building an emergency fund?
    • What should be the target goal for how much they save in their emergency fund? I would like you to explain step by step
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