Financial Planning: Process and Environment
The Burnham System
HS 300
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The Burnham System is written and promptly revised by

Ray Burnham, CPCU, CLU, ARM, AIC, AINS, AIS, API, SPPA, AIM, AIC-M, ARM-E, AU, AU-M, ALCM, AAI, AAI-M, APA, ARP, AIAF, AMIM, AAM, AIT, ARe, AFSB, ASLI, AIDA, ARC, ARM-P, PRC, REBC, RHU, ASF, LIA, CASL, ChFC, and PRC;

Jean O’Reilly, PhD, CPCU, ARM, AINS, AIS, API, AIC, SPPA, AIM, AIC-M. ARM-E, AU, AU-M, AAI, AAI-M, APA, AMIM, AIT, ARe, AFSB, ASLI, AIDA, ARC, ARM-P, AIAF, and PRC; and

Lisa Tobey, JD, CPCU, CLU, ARM, AINS, AIS, API, SPPA, AIM, AIC-M, ARM-E, AU, AU-M, AAI, AAI-M, APA, AIAF, AMIM, AIT, ARe, AFSB, ASLI, AIDA, ARC, ARM-P, ACS, PRC, RWCS, RHU, REBC, CASL, AIC, EA, ChFC, and PRC.

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Financial Planning: Process and Environment Study Guide

The Burnham System is the gold standard for HS 300 study guide materials. Using our guide you will learn everything needed to pass the HS 300 Exam in the shortest time possible. Simply, you will learn more faster.


Included for FREE with your purchase of this Digital Study Guide:

  • HS 300 Audio Study Guide Narrations, in MP3 file format, expertly narrated by Lisa Tobey
  • Our definitions of each assignment's key words and other new terms
  • A sample diagnostic exam with answers and answer explanations


Study guide last updated: June 30, 2021


Current Text Edition: 6th


Ray's estimate of course difficulty (1, easiest and 10, hardest): 6


Number of study guide pages: 53


Covered within this study guide:

  • The Financial Planning Process
  • Effective Communication for Financial Planners
  • Ethics and Professionalism
  • Risk Tolerance in Financial Decisions
  • Gathering Data and Preparing Financial Statements
  • The Time Value of Money
  • College Funding
  • Emergency Fund Planning
  • Credit and Debt Management
  • Regulation of Financial Planners and the Financial Services Industry
  • Financial Planning for Special Circumstances

As a good study guideline, figure anything in those 53 pages might be on your exam and that there will be nothing on your exam that is not covered in those 53 pages.


The Burnham System is written and promptly revised by

Ray Burnham, CPCU, CLU, ARM, AIC, AINS, AIS, API, SPPA, AIM, AIC-M, ARM-E, AU, AU-M, ALCM, AAI, AAI-M, APA, ARP, AIAF, AMIM, AAM, AIT, ARe, AFSB, ASLI, AIDA, ARC, ARM-P, PRC, REBC, RHU, ASF, LIA, CASL, ChFC, and PRC;

Jean O’Reilly, PhD, CPCU, ARM, AINS, AIS, API, AIC, SPPA, AIM, AIC-M. ARM-E, AU, AU-M, AAI, AAI-M, APA, AMIM, AIT, ARe, AFSB, ASLI, AIDA, ARC, ARM-P, AIAF, and PRC; and

Lisa Tobey, JD, CPCU, CLU, ARM, AINS, AIS, API, SPPA, AIM, AIC-M, ARM-E, AU, AU-M, AAI, AAI-M, APA, AIAF, AMIM, AIT, ARe, AFSB, ASLI, AIDA, ARC, ARM-P, ACS, PRC, RWCS, RHU, REBC, CASL, AIC, EA, ChFC, and PRC.

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