3 Recommend the percentage of growth assets that this family should be invested in given their investment time horizon. Explain how you came up with this number and what types of growth assets are available to them. 4 Recommend some steps this family could take to start chipping away at their current debt balances. 5 Assuming an 8% return on investments, show this family how much they should be investing each month to fund their education and retirement goals (show your TVM calculations). Be sure to explain to them how various economic conditions could derail these goals, using the current economic climate as an example (the yield curve is an excellent reference point). Meghan and Harry have hired you to deliver some financial expertise and advice. They are 30 years old and have two children, ages 4 and 5, and live in Denver, Colorado. They work as engineers at a transportation company and currently earn $90,000 each (after-tax). In your initial meeting with them, they stated the following financial goals: 1 Establish an adequate emergency fund 2 Pay off current debts 3 Purchase a 4 bedroom, 3 bathroom home in the Highlands Ranch area, where this type of home averages about $400,000 (they want to put down 20% as a down payment and finance the rest using a 6%, 30-year mortgage) 4 Create a college fund for their children (they plan for each child to enroll at the University of Colorado when they turn 18 and have estimated the total cost of college at $60,000 for each child) 5 Establish an investment plan that will grow to $3,000,000 when they retire at age 65. Family Financial Information Assets Checking $5,000 Savings $10,000 Cars $40,000 Liabilities Student $40,000 Car Loan $20,000 Credit Ca $3,000 Monthly Outflow: Rent $2,000 Insuranc $150 Utilities $300 Food $550 Daycare $425 Kid Esser $150 Gas/Mai $225 Credit Cc $500 Student $275 Car Payn $550 Entertair $200 3 Recommend the percentage of growth assets that this family should be invested in given their investment time horizon. Explain how you came up with this number and what types of growth assets are available to them. 4 Recommend some steps this family could take to start chipping away at their current debt balances. 5 Assuming an 8% return on investments, show this family how much they should be investing each month to fund their education and retirement goals (show your TVM calculations). Be sure to explain to them how various economic conditions could derail these goals, using the current economic climate as an example (the yield curve is an excellent reference point). Meghan and Harry have hired you to deliver some financial expertise and advice. They are 30 years old and have two children, ages 4 and 5, and live in Denver, Colorado. They work as engineers at a transportation company and currently earn $90,000 each (after-tax). In your initial meeting with them, they stated the following financial goals: 1 Establish an adequate emergency fund 2 Pay off current debts 3 Purchase a 4 bedroom, 3 bathroom home in the Highlands Ranch area, where this type of home averages about $400,000 (they want to put down 20% as a down payment and finance the rest using a 6%, 30-year mortgage) 4 Create a college fund for their children (they plan for each child to enroll at the University of Colorado when they turn 18 and have estimated the total cost of college at $60,000 for each child) 5 Establish an investment plan that will grow to $3,000,000 when they retire at age 65. Family Financial Information Assets Checking $5,000 Savings $10,000 Cars $40,000 Liabilities Student $40,000 Car Loan $20,000 Credit Ca $3,000 Monthly Outflow: Rent $2,000 Insuranc $150 Utilities $300 Food $550 Daycare $425 Kid Esser $150 Gas/Mai $225 Credit Cc $500 Student $275 Car Payn $550 Entertair $200