Janessa is 29 years old and she is about to start her first full-time job. She is currently single and she is willing to take the appropriate risk she needs to prepare for retirement. Her starting annual salary is $63,000 and she has no retirement savings yet. Her employer will match 100% of her contributions up to the first 4% of her salary to the companys 401(k) account.

Part A Annual Savings

Use this link to determine her retirement saving needs: http://cgi.money.cnn.com/tools/saveyoung/index.html

1. What amount should Janessa should be saving each year? (Use this amount in the Total box.)

2. How much of the total annual savings should she be saving in her 401(K), a Traditional IRA, and a ROTH IRA? Put these amounts in the table in the Amount column.

3. Why did you pick each amount? Put your explanation in the table next to the amount. Make sure you use concepts from your text, class materials, etc. to justify your position.

Part B Investment Vehicle Choices

Janessas employer offers the following 401(k) Investment Vehicle Options

a. Davis New York Venture Fund Class Y [DNVYX]

b. Aberdeen Select International Equity Fund Class [JIEIX]

c. Janus Asia Equity Fund Class A [JAQAX]

Use FINRAs Fund Analyzer (http://apps.finra.org/fundanalyzer/1/fa.aspx) to look up and compare the funds Janessa has to choose from within her employers 401(k) plan. (Keep the defaults and focus on the fees, profits/losses). (Note: these funds are NOT recommendations for you to invest in, this is just an example!)

Janessa has the following Traditional or Roth IRA Options

d. Target Date Fund

e. Apple Stock

f. 10 Year Treasury Note

g. Your own choice (you must explain why)

Use the course materials to determine which IRA option is best for Janessas situation.

4. Pick the most appropriate choice from the lists above for the investment vehicles. Then put your choices (a, b, c, d, e, f, and g) in the table. [4 points]

5. Why did you pick each fund? Put your explanation in the table next to the Investment Vehicle Choice. Make sure you use concepts from your text, class materials, etc. to justify your position. [6 points]

Please note that when you finish this table, all the boxes may or may not contain data. It is OK to have N/A or zeros in some of the boxes as long as you provide your rationale.

	Amount (#2)	Why did you choose this amount? (#3)	Investment Vehicle Choice (#4)	Why did you choose this fund? (#5)
401(k)	Employee Contribution: $ Employer Contribution: $
If you decide to invest all or part of the total amount outside the 401(k), choose one of the following Individual Retirement Accounts:
Traditional IRA	$
Roth IRA	$
Total (#1)	Add up the 4 amounts directly above this box: $____

Janessa is 29 years old and she is about to start her first full-time job. She is currently single and she is willing to take the appropriate risk she needs to prepare for retirement. Her starting annual salary is $63,000 and she has no retirement savings yet. Her employer will match 100% of her contributions up to the first 4% of her salary to the companys 401(k) account.

Part A Annual Savings

Use this link to determine her retirement saving needs: http://cgi.money.cnn.com/tools/saveyoung/index.html

1. What amount should Janessa should be saving each year? (Use this amount in the Total box.)

2. How much of the total annual savings should she be saving in her 401(K), a Traditional IRA, and a ROTH IRA? Put these amounts in the table in the Amount column.

3. Why did you pick each amount? Put your explanation in the table next to the amount. Make sure you use concepts from your text, class materials, etc. to justify your position.

Part B Investment Vehicle Choices

Janessas employer offers the following 401(k) Investment Vehicle Options

a. Davis New York Venture Fund Class Y [DNVYX]

b. Aberdeen Select International Equity Fund Class [JIEIX]

c. Janus Asia Equity Fund Class A [JAQAX]

Use FINRAs Fund Analyzer (http://apps.finra.org/fundanalyzer/1/fa.aspx) to look up and compare the funds Janessa has to choose from within her employers 401(k) plan. (Keep the defaults and focus on the fees, profits/losses). (Note: these funds are NOT recommendations for you to invest in, this is just an example!)

Janessa has the following Traditional or Roth IRA Options

d. Target Date Fund

e. Apple Stock

f. 10 Year Treasury Note

g. Your own choice (you must explain why)

Use the course materials to determine which IRA option is best for Janessas situation.

4. Pick the most appropriate choice from the lists above for the investment vehicles. Then put your choices (a, b, c, d, e, f, and g) in the table. [4 points]

5. Why did you pick each fund? Put your explanation in the table next to the Investment Vehicle Choice. Make sure you use concepts from your text, class materials, etc. to justify your position. [6 points]

Please note that when you finish this table, all the boxes may or may not contain data. It is OK to have N/A or zeros in some of the boxes as long as you provide your rationale.

	Amount (#2)	Why did you choose this amount? (#3)	Investment Vehicle Choice (#4)	Why did you choose this fund? (#5)
401(k)	Employee Contribution: $ Employer Contribution: $
If you decide to invest all or part of the total amount outside the 401(k), choose one of the following Individual Retirement Accounts:
Traditional IRA	$
Roth IRA	$
Total (#1)	Add up the 4 amounts directly above this box: $____