Courses
GDBU1045 Personal Financial Planning (3 units)
- Medium of Instruction:
- English
This course is designed to help students realise the importance of personal financial planning. Students will understand how to build a disciplined financial plan in an early stage to achieve the financial goals and non-financial goals in their lives. An appropriate use of credit cards and loans will be emphasised to avoid being destroyed by excessive and irresponsible borrowing, a common and serious problems for youths in other countries as well as Hong Kong. Other essential tools (e.g. mortgages and savings) will be introduced to solve problems at various stages of life. Various investment alternatives will also be described with the focus on their appropriateness, risk and return trade-off and roles in personal financial planning. Students will be able to protect themselves from being pushed into making inappropriate financial decisions. This course will help students to live a life balancing various aspects of humanity.
http://ge.hkbu.edu.hk/course/GDBU-1045/