Financial planning engine
A system and a method are disclosed for generating financial goal packages. Personal and financial information is received from a user. Multiple budgeting strategies are generated based on the received personal and financial information. The budgeting strategies specify an amount of money to be saved by the user every set time period. A selection of a budgeting strategy is received from the user. Multiple goal packages specifying an allocation for the money saved by the user are generated. The multiple goal packages are scored based on the selected budgeting strategy. A goal package is selected based on the scores of each of the goal packages. The selected goal package is displayed to the user via a graphical user interface.
1. An operating architecture for a financial planning system comprising:
one or more client devices including at least one smart phone;
a graphical user interface; and
a financial planning engine at least indirectly in communications with the one or more client devices by way of a wireless communications system, the financial planning engine configured to cause at least some first information to be displayed at the graphical user interface, the financial planning engine including each of:
a first hardware module including at least one first processor that includes at least some first dedicated circuitry and at least some first programmable circuitry and configured to operate as a budgeting module;
a second hardware module including at least one second processor that includes at least some second dedicated circuitry and at least some second programmable circuitry and configured to operate as a cash flow module;
a third hardware module including at least one third processor that includes at least some third dedicated circuitry and at least some third programmable circuitry and configured to operate as a goal package generation module; and
a fourth hardware module including at least one fourth processor that includes at least some fourth dedicated circuitry and at least some fourth programmable circuitry and configured to operate as a goal package scoring module,
wherein the first, second, third, and fourth hardware modules are configured to perform a plurality of operations in a substantially concurrent manner,
wherein the at least one first processor, at least one second processor, at least one third processor, and at least one fourth processor are included in a cloud computing environment,
wherein the goal package generation module is configured to generate one or more of a plurality of goals at least in part automatically based on received personal and financial information,
wherein the goal package generation module additionally is configured to generate a plurality of goal packages by permuting feasible goals, comprising generating a respective goal package for each sub-combination of the feasible goals including a respective plurality of the feasible goals, each goal package including its respective sub-combination of the feasible goals,
wherein each of the plurality of goals includes a respective goal amount and a respective goal date, and is of a respective type that is selected from the group consisting of a retirement goal type, a housing goal type, a child education goal type, an adult education goal type, an emergency savings goal type, a family growth goal type, a vacation goal type, and a credit card payment goal type,
wherein the goal package scoring module is configured to score each of the generated goal packages at the goal package scoring module based on a selected budgeting strategy,
wherein the at least some first information includes a goal calendar for a selected one of the plurality of goal packages, and
wherein the goal package scoring module is configured to score each of the generated goal packages at the goal package scoring module at least in part by:
for each of the plurality of goals, determining whether the respective goal is included in the respective goal package; and responsive to determining that the respective goal is not included in the respective goal package, decreasing a respective score of the respective goal package that does not include the respective goal, the decrease in the respective score of the respective goal package based on an importance of the not included respective goal.
2. The operating architecture of claim 1 , wherein the goal package generation module further is configured to generate the plurality of goal packages by:
determining whether each of the goal packages is feasible based on the selected budgeting strategy; and
responsive to determining that a first goal package of the plurality of goal packages is not feasible, relaxing a goal constraint of the first goal package.
3. The operating architecture of claim 2 , wherein the relaxing of the goal constraint comprises reducing the respective goal amount of a first goal of the first goal package.
4. The operating architecture of claim 2 , wherein the relaxing of the goal constraint comprises increasing the respective goal date of a first goal of the first goal package.
5. The operating architecture of claim 1 , wherein the cash flow module is configured to determine at least one cash flow based on the received financial information, the at least one cash flow including a positive cash flow and a negative cash flow, the positive cash flow and the negative cash flow including an additional amount, a frequency, and a likelihood; and wherein the budgeting strategy is based on the at least one cash flow.