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1.2Financialplanninginpersonalfinance
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Demography:
Lifelengthofthehouseholdmembersisacrucialriskfactorinpersonal
finance.Longtermdemographicchanges,resultingfromdevelopmentin
medicalscienceandinhealthservices,aswellasfromchangesinlifestyle,
arecontributingtothechangesinlifetables(lifeexpectancytables,mortality
tables),usedinpersonalfinance.Asananecdote,itisworthtomentionthat
thefirstsuchtableswereconstructedbytheGermanLutheranpriestCaspar
Neumann(1689)forthecityofWrocławandthenusedbyfamousEnglish
scientistEdmondHalleyinhispaperonlifeannuities(1693).
Economics:
Decisionsmadeinpersonalfinanceshouldtakeintoaccountthechangesin
theeconomy,particularlytheconditionofnationaleconomyandthe
forecastedchanges.Theycanbeexplainedonthebasisofeconomictheories,
suchasthegrowththeory,monetarypolicytheory,etc.
Law:
Mostoftherulesusedinpersonalfinance(retirement,taxation,financial
regulations,etc.)aresetbytheauthoritiesoftherespectivecountry,which
explainstheroleoftheresearchinlegalregulations.
Realestate:
Sincerealestateisthesubjectoftheimportantlifetimegoalofthehousehold
andalsoitcouldbesubjectofhouseholdinvestment,thetheoreticalinsights
intothisarea-notonlyrelatedtofinance-maycontributetopersonal
finance.
Thesebasicideasofthepersonalfinanceareappliedinthekeypracticaltasksof
thehousehold,namelyinfinancialplanning.Theframeworkofthehousehold
financialplanningispresentedinthenextsubchapter.
1.2Financialplanninginpersonalfinance
Themostimportantpracticalpartofpersonalfinanceispersonalfinancial
planning.Inthisbook,acloselyrelatedtermofhouseholdfinancialplanningisused
aswell.Individuals,eitherlivingaloneortogetherwithsomeotherpersons,form
households,asdefinedinsubchapter3.1.Thus,personalfinancialplanningisusually
thefinancialplanningforahousehold.
Wemayconsideranexceptionconsistinginasituationwhenafinancialplanis
preparedforonepersononly,whiletheirhouseholdiscomposedofmorepersons.
Thisis,however,aratherraresituation.Iftwoormorepersonsrunacommon
householdandprepareafinancialplan,theywouldrathermakeaplanforthe
householdthanforitschosenmember.
Inmostcasestermspersonalfinancialplanningandhouseholdfinancialplanning
haveactuallyidenticalmeanings.Personalorhouseholdfinancialplanningmaybe
alsocalledjustfinancialplanning,aslongasweremembernottoconfuseitwith