Category Archives: Financial Literacy Blog
Top 5 Financial Literacy Web Sites We Love
… (beside our own of course!) and we think you should love them too. MyMoney.gov: Description from site: MyMoney.gov is the U.S. government’s website dedicated to teaching all Americans the basics about financial education. [The] site organizes financial education help from over 20 different Federal web sites in one place. Content is organized by where [...]
Choosing What to Do With Your Cake
When our parents reminded us that we cannot have our cake and eat it too, it taught us all we need to know about the saving versus spending choice. Since debt and money problems are such a big source of stress for so many people, logic tells us that we would be happier with a [...]
Was I Absent the Day They Taught That?
The Employee Benefit Research Institute, as published in their 2009 Retirement Confidence Survey, noted that “ignorance is still a major factor”, while pointing out that only 44 percent of workers report they and/or their spouse have tried to calculate how much money they will need to have saved by the time they retire. The report [...]
Cultural Influence
For the last 40 years, education and awareness on a wide range of societal challenges has sprouted, and continues to grow, thanks to one single institution. They have been responsible for launching campaigns that have addressed some of the most relevant social issues over that period of time, including ethnic diversity and race relations, single [...]