Course Schedule
THIS COURSE IS DESIGNED FOR FULL-TIME BYU EMPLOYEES
We encourage all people to become familiar with the fundamentals of good financial management as early as possible in their careers. —R. Berrey Parker, Former Director of BYU Benefits Office
THIS COURSE WILL BE EXTREMELY VALUABLE TO YOU IN PLANNING FOR YOUR RETIREMENT, EVEN IF THAT EVENT IS MANY YEARS IN THE FUTURE.
INSTRUCTOR—Scott C. Marsh
The instructor for this course is Scott C. Marsh, part-time faculty at the Marriott School of Management, author, consultant, and owner of The Scott Marsh Education Institute. He has an MBA and MSFS in taxation, investments, and economics. He has taught this course at BYU for ten years, taught at BYU Education Week for 15 years where he has provided two satellite broadcasts, taught BM200 Personal Finance at the Marriott School for two years, participated in three ‘Living Essentials’ broadcasts with KBYU and taught CES employees at the Church Office Building.
This course is a 6 week course. Please plan on attending all 6 sessions.
Fall 2008
Schedule will be posted here. Please check back.
The following topics will be addressed:
Class |
Topic and Subjects Covered |
1 |
MORE MONEY THAN YOU’LL EVER NEED©
- The Science of Prosperity – the relationship between resources and lifestyle
- Behavioral Intelligence – A plan that is behaviorally efficient, financially efficient & spiritually efficient
- Point-of-Choice© - Creating the retirement financial storehouse
- The time when you can choose whether or not to work for an income
- Knowing the investment assets you’ll need, the assets you’ll likely have, and the options you have for significantly increasing the value of those assets
- The Eight Engines of Net Worth
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2 |
MAKING SURE YOU’LL HAVE ENOUGH
- Completing the plan that contains your own specific financial targets and tools
- Million Dollar Choices© - knowing how small changes in expectations, habits, lifestyles, and/or objectives can create significant changes in our investment portfolios
- R.E.S.I.R.V.© – Recurring Expenses we choose not only to Save but to Invest in the Right investment Vehicles
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3 |
THE MULTIPLIERS
- The Multi-Million Dollar Choices
- The Pension Multipliers – the factors that multiply the value of investment in a 401(k) plan
- The Pre-tax Equivalency Formula
- The Rule of 72
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4 |
THE FIVE INVESTING ABSOLUTES
- The Pillars - Diversification, Allocation, Historical Valuation Pricing, Managing the Managers, New Contributions
- Knowing who Knows – What the past has ‘taught’ us
- ‘So Your Money Has a Death Wish’ Investments
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5 |
ESTATE PLANNING
- The Seven Benchmarks of a Perpetual Legacy – Lessons we’ve learned from those whose children were blessed with the legacy they received
- The Three Expenses to Minimize – Probate, Estate Taxes, Confusion
- The ‘Documents’ – Living Trusts, Wills, General Durable Power of Attorney, Power of Attorney for Health Care
- Legacies that cost little or nothing -- The finest gifts are often those that are least expensive
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6 |
CHOOSING WISELY
- Alma’s Personal Resource Management Model – Did he really say that?
- Insurance – Life, Health, Long-Term Care
- BYU Employee Options – Life, Flex-Spending, 401(k) and Pension Payouts
- Tax – Render unto Caesar
- Prosperous Planning Partners – Marriage and Family Planning Profiles
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COMMENTS FROM PAST PARTICIPANTS:
What was the most valuable part of the class for you?
- The excellent knowledge and humorous presentation
- It gave me the information I needed to be able to ask reasonable questions
- Most everything was presented in connection with gospel
- Scott Marsh! Down-to-earth, understandable approach
- Learning the behavioral associations of how to manage your home, life, money
- Behavior modification, million dollar ideas, investing
What did you appreciate about the teacher, Scott Marsh?
- Love the passion and how he feels about finances–he’s invigorating and inspiring
- Did a great job responding to individual situations, without allowing the class to digress into a hodge-podge of chaos
- Extensive knowledge of the subject matter
- Very enjoyable--if Robin Williams did financial planning this is how it would be
- Brilliant–he’s brilliant!
- Very well documented
- Very clear
- Excellent professional and personal examples
- He really knows what he teaches. A vast experience to call on
- Very willing to assist class members in and out of class