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CFP Board’s Consumer Guide to Financial Self-Defense
The CFP Board—a financial planner standards and certifying authority—has just released a Web site with their Consumer Guide to Financial Self-Defense. In this guide they’ve outlined 10 potential red flags to look out for when dealing with financial planners and advisors. According to the CFP Board’s own members, 60% of CFP® certificants know a victim [...]
How Do You Score in Financial Wellness?
Judith Cohart might know a thing or two about the relationship between financial wellness and an employee’s overall productivity and well-being. She’s the President and CEO of the Personal Financial Employee Education Foundation™ (PFEEF) who’s done research on how an employee’s financial well-being impacts their productivity. In a recent blog post she says, While it [...]
Survey Shows Teen Girls Have High Interest in Financial Education
A recent survey of 15 seventh grade girls, taken by the American Association of University Women – California showed a strong level of interest in learning more about personal finance topics. Not surprisingly most of the students averaged pretty low in their comfort level in a variety of topics. The students rated their overall knowledge [...]
Don’t Lecture Kids about Money
Sometimes, learning money concepts is most easily done through experience rather than lecture. But how do we teach our kids money lessons without having them learn “the hard way?” Check out this Credit Union Times article for some insight on how to make personal finance more relevant to kids and their daily lives. “Money is very [...]
Financial Literacy Update August/September 2010
The latest Financial Literacy Update for August and September from the office of the Comptroller of the Currency and the U.S. Department of Treasury. The Financial Literacy Update is a bimonthly e-newsletter that reports upcoming financial literacy events, new initiatives and related resources of the OCC and other government agencies and organizations.
