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 The Case Approach to Financial Planning: Bridging the Gap between Theory and Practice, Second Edition 

John E. Grable, PhD, CFP®, RFC; Derek D. Klock, MBA; and Ruth H. Lytton, PhD

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978-1-936362-99-8
Format: Paperback, 8 ½" x 11", approx. 750 pages
Pub. Date: August 2012

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• Helps fill the need for quality case studies for use in the financial planning curriculum.
• Provides a content review of all of the major subject areas in the financial planning curriculum
• The unique, comprehensive Bedo Family Case can be used as the foundation for writing a comprehensive financial plan. Questions and discussion related specifically to the Bedo case run through the entire book.
• Chapter-Based Cases illustrate how financial planning strategies can be developed to help clients meet goals and objectives.
• Quantitative/Analytical Mini-Cases are multiple-choice question-and-answer cases designed to help develop a student’s ability to evaluate quickly a client’s current financial situation, arrive at correct dollar outputs from calculations, and then choose between and among appropriate financial planning strategies. A separate ethics case tests knowledge of securities rules and financial planning practice standards.

Financial Facilitator
• An integrated Excel financial planning spreadsheet package, designed as a key learning tool for analyzing financial situations.
• The textbook is keyed to the Financial Facilitator, and includes highlighted spreadsheet pages with call-outs to show the cascading impact of data additions and changes to individual and related spreadsheets.

Authors

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John E. Grable, PhD, CFP®, RFC
Professor, School of Family Studies and Human Services
College of Human Ecology
Kansas State University
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Derek D. Klock, MBA
Assistant Professor of Practice
Department of Finance
Pamplin College of Business
Virginia Tech
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Ruth H. Lytton, PhD
Professor, Financial Planning
Department of Agricultural and Applied Economics
Virginia Tech
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Table of Contents

Part I: Review of the Systematic Process and Computational Skills for Developing a Financial Plan

Chapter 1—The Financial Planning Process: A Review of Steps 1 to 3
Chapter 2—Financial Computations for Financial Planning
 
Part II: Analyzing and Evaluating a Client’s Financial Status to Plan for Client Earnings
Chapter 3— Cash Flow Planning
Chapter 4— Income Tax Planning
 
Part III: Analyzing and Evaluating a Client’s Financial Status to Plan for Client Risk Protection

Chapter 5— Life Insurance Planning
Chapter 6— Health Insurance Planning
Chapter 7— Disability Insurance Planning
Chapter 8— Long-term Care Insurance Planning
Chapter 9— Property and Liability Insurance Planning

Part IV: Analyzing and Evaluating a Client’s Financial Status to Plan for the Growth and Distribution of Assets

Chapter 10— Investment Planning
Chapter 11—Education Planning
Chapter 12—Retirement Planning
Chapter 13—Estate Planning

Part V: Review of the Systematic Process

Chapter 14—The Financial Planning Process: A Review of Steps 4 to 6

Part VI: Financial Planning Case Studies

The Zimmer Case: A Financial Situation Mini-case
The Ande Case: A Tax Planning Mini-case
The Roth Case: A Tax Planning Mini-case
The Shim Case: An Insurance Planning Mini-case
The Butterfield Case: An Insurance Planning Mini-case
The Little Case: An Investment Situation Mini-case
The Cantrell Case: An Investment Planning Mini-case
The Alpha Case: A Retirement Planning Mini-case
The Edwards Case: A Retirement and Employee Benefits Mini-case
The Mayfield Case: A Retirement Planning Mini-case
The Dion Case: An Estate Planning Mini-case
The Graham Case: A General Planning Mini-case
The Case of the Good Gone Bad—A Play in Three Scenes: An Ethics Case

Index

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