This
portion of your Signature Assignment will have you relate your budget
to a TED Talk. You’ll write a few more paragraphs, an introduction and
conclusion, and polish your budget worksheet and bibliography to make
one cohesive document.

Part 5: Emergency Funds (three paragraphs)

Watch Elizabeth White’s TED Talk by clicking the following link. Captioning and transcripts are available at the link.

https://www.ted.com/talks/elizabeth_white_an_honest_look_at_the_personal_finance_crisis (Links to an external site.)

Write a paragraph summarizing your thoughts about Elizabeth White’s TED Talk.

Find two current (within the last six months) magazine or news
articles about emergency funds. Write a single paragraph summarizing the
information from these articles. Address each of the following
questions. What is a situation that may arise that would require the use
of your emergency fund? What are three benefits of having an emergency
fund that would support you for three to six months? What is one
difficulty of setting up your emergency fund?

Use a formula from the Financial Literacy Unit and the amount you put
aside for savings each month according to your budget to determine how
long it would take you to save $1000 in an account that earns 3%
interest compounded monthly.

Use a formula from the Financial Literacy Unit and the amount you put
aside for savings each month according to your budget to determine how
long it would take you to save enough to cover six months’ worth of
expenses according to your budget in the same account.

Write a paragraph that includes this information and your thoughts on the length of time required to achieve these goals.

Part 6: Putting it all together (two additional paragraphs and a bibliography)

Write an introduction and a conclusion tying everything together.

Include the content from your rough draft. You can order your content
however it works best for your paper, but be sure to include all the
required information.

Revise your budget worksheet (if needed) and include it in your final document.

Write a bibliography of the Internet sources and other sources you
referenced using APA formatting. If you need help with this, the UTA
Writing Center is available for you. http://www.uta.edu/owl/ (Links to an external site.)

Formatting criteria for your final paper

Your final paper should meet these criteria:

1. No cover page, twelve point font, one inch margins, double-spaced. Include your name and MATH 1301-XXX in the header.
2. This document should be seven to ten pages long (inclusive of your budget and bibliography).
3. Your final document should be converted to a single .pdf file and uploaded to Canvas.

This will be 80% of your total Signature Assignment grade.