Personal Finance simulation
Plan and directly experience 50 years of your financial future in this highly realistic and customizable life simulation!
Format
Online
CD
Network
Learner
College
& Adult
G 10–12
G 7–9
G K–6
Pre K
Depth
Duration
Language
Detailed
MAX
dozens of hours
English
Moderate
MIN
1 hour
Intro
Latest version 1.7.0
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About
GoVenture Personal Finance simulation is a realistic software simulation designed to help youth and adults learn about personal money management decisions in a fun and educational manner. Like a flight simulator for finance and life, GoVenture Personal Finance enables you to learn-by-doing. It’s easy to use, visual, interactive, and exciting!
Establish your life plan, enter your financial information — income, expenses, assets, liabilities — and then live your financial future: 5, 10, 20, or up to 50 years. Decide where to invest your money — savings account, stocks, bonds, mutual funds, and more! Watch your investments grow and shrink based upon the economy, your investment decisions, and your personal spending habits. Will you be wealthy or bankrupt in the future? Can you afford to buy that new car or home today? Should you invest in a rental property or the stock market? When can you retire? Try GoVenture Personal Finance and find out!
Practice your money management skills on your own, or against your friends and classmates. Learn how financial markets operate. Gain practical experience so you have the knowledge and ability to plan your own financial future.
Unlike any book, course, or seminar, GoVenture Personal Finance enables you to gain years of finance and life experience in minutes! Play again and again — every new simulation you run is different!
GoVenture Personal Finance is ideal for youth and adults in self-directed or facilitated learning environments. GoVenture Personal Finance is also the perfect complement to any finance, business, economics, math, career, or family and consumer sciences course. See below for what's included.
Plus, run an entire session of GoVenture Personal Finance within minutes, or over an extended period of time. Compare your results to those of other learners investing in the same economic conditions. Use a single computer, or play on multiple computers — over a local network or the Internet.
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Activities, topics,
and outcomes
With nearly 300 activities, topics, and outcomes covered, GoVenture Personal Finance makes it quick and easy to deliver curriculum-matched outcomes in a way that is problem-based, cross-curriculum, thematic, and holistic.
Help
Technical Support
Sales Questions
Education QuestionsCONTACT
Case Studies
Education Bundle Resources
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Experiencing Personal Finance
An Illustrated Introduction to Personal Finance
Lesson plans and activities designed to bring education on writing a business plan, pricing products, hiring employees, and other business challenges alive in the classroom.
A 140-page book that outlines the basics of personal finance and investment options, in an easy-to-read, summary format.
Learning Guides & Activities
Instructor & Student Editions
A selection of objective questions which can be used to create tests.
Test Bank
A helpful feature included in the software simulation that displays detailed simulation results, assigns a score to performance based upon a number of factors, and can be printed out as a report for evaluation.
Performance Report
See the table of contents.
Experiencing Personal Finance — Table of Contents
1. Welcome
2. GoVenture Personal Finance
a. What is the GoVenture Personal Finance Simulation
b. What Makes GoVenture Personal Finance unique
c. What You Need to Play GoVenture Personal Finance Simulation
d. More Information
3. Your Personal Finances
a. Introduction
b. Making and Spending Money
c. Assets, Liabilities and Net Worth (Equity)
4. Managing Your Personal Finances
a. Setting and Meeting Goals
b. Monitoring Your Financial Health
c. The Investment Timetable
5. Return on Investment - ROI
a. The Time Value of Money
b. Risk
c. Types of ROI
d. Rate of Return
6. The Economy
a. Overview
b. Economic Factors
c. Economic Indicators
7. Putting Your Money to Work for You
a. Making Your Money Grow
b. Savings and Debt Investments
c. Equity Investments
d. Gambling
e. Qualified Retirement Plans
8. Bank Accounts
a. Overview
b. Checking Accounts
c. Savings Accounts
d. Term Deposits
e. Risks and Benefits
9. Annuities and Insurance
a. Overview
b. Annuities
c. About Life Insurance
d. Term Insurance
e. Whole Life Insurance
f. Term Insurance vs Whole Life Insurance
g. Other Insurance
10. Money Market Instruments
a. Overview
b. Money Market Securities
c. Buying and Selling Money Market Instruments
d. Risks and Benefits
11. Bonds
a. Overview
b. Why People Buy Bonds
c. Bond Characteristics
d. Special Types of Bonds
e. Bond Ratings
f. Buying and Selling
g. Risks and Benefits
12. Stock
a. Overview
b. Why Companies Sell Stock
c. Why People Buy Stock
d. Common and Preferred Shares/Stock
e. Buying and Selling in the Stock Market
f. Risk and Benefits
13. Mutual Funds
a. Overview
b. Types of Mutual Funds
c. Buying and Selling Mutual Funds
d. Ownership
e. Risks and Benefits
14. Other Equity Investments
a. Derivatives
b. Commodities
c. Precious Metals
d. Capital Assets
15. Capital Assets
a. Overview
b. Investment Property vs Personal Use Property
c. Real Estate Investments and Your Home
d. Investment Risks and Benefits
16. Borrowing, Debt and Credit
a. What Is It?
b. Good Credit - Bad Credit
c. Credit Cards - Financial Institution Credit Cards
d. Credit Cards - Retail Charge Cards
e. Personal Line of Credit
f. Overdraft Protection
g. Personal/Consumer Loans
17. Borrowing, Debt and Credit
a. Direct and Indirect Taxes
b. Consumption, Income and Wealth Taxes
c. Sales Tax
d. Income Tax
e. Real Estate Tax (Property Tax)
f. Estate Tax
g. Tax Shelters
18. Next Steps
FREE Resources
Product Videos
Watch demonstration and training videos - the best way to get started quickly.
Award Certificates
Printable certificates for rewarding learner achievement.
Case Studies
Examples of how GoVenture is being used by others.
Standardize On GoVenture
Why states and districts are adopting GoVenture as a curriculum standard.
Education Standards Maps
See how GoVenture maps to specific education standards.
GoTeacher
Start your week with 1 item that informs, inspires, or entertains.
GoVenture Sponsorship Program
A special resource for schools and nonprofits to help find the funds needed to purchase GoVenture.
Instructor Guide
A guide to using GoVenture in the classroom or in a business training environment.
Adobe PDF (399kB)
Cheat Sheet
Summarizes helpful business and money information into a single sheet of paper.
GoVentureOasis.com
A free website containing a wealth of business tools, activities, and games.
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