Tag Archives: financial education
Workplace Financial Education: America Saves Week
America Saves Week 2011 is scheduled for February 20 to the 27th. What have you planned to encourage your employees to take financial action through saving, debt reduction, and wealth building? The American Savings Education Council (ASEC) first piloted America Saves Week in 2007, with the goals of: Raising the profile of the savings issue [...]
Investing: The Benefits of Starting Young
Over the past few weeks I have had the opportunity to meet with a number of people who are recent college graduates just starting their careers. Boy, has the world changed a little bit since I graduated! The first thing I noticed is that starting salaries today are what managers’ salaries were when I was [...]
Financial Education in the Workplace: The 2% Decision
Now that our politicians have finally come to a decision about the new 2011 tax law, your employees have a decision of their own to make – what will they do with the 2% raise they will see in their paychecks? With the December 17th passage of the Tax Relief, Unemployment Insurance Reauthorization, and Job [...]
Teach Your Kids Financial Know-How
It’s Friday afternoon, and Garrett Jay is surrounded by 30 kids at the mall. He’s not giving away tickets to the IMAX, but the adventure is about to begin. Garrett runs Money Lessons For Life, a business dedicated to teaching children the day-to-day issues of money, and these field trips help them experience that first [...]
Financial Education: The New Curriculum
Create a budget and stick to it. Shop around for the best price. Pay off credit-card balances each month. Roy Kobert set aside his work as a bankruptcy attorney one Friday morning to teach these and other personal-finance lessons at Boone High School. Read the full article at CSMonitor.com
