1- Define the financial planning process

2- List the elements of a good financial plan.

3- Identify and discuss the three most important personal factors and the three most important economic factors that affect your financial planning decisions.

4- Discuss the macro economic factors that are influencing the financial thinking and behavior today. What are some specific examples? How have large-scale economic changes or cycles, such as the economic recession of 2008-2009, affected the financial planning and decision making?