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- Ch. 3, Time Value of Money
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- Ch. 6, Credit Cards
- Ch. 7, Consumer Loans
- Ch. 8, Home and Auto
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- Ch.10, Property and Liability Insurance
- Ch.11, Investment Basics
- Ch.12, Securities Markets
- Ch.13, Investing In Stocks
- Ch.14, Investing in Bonds
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Women Assume More Financial Responsibility, but Lack Confidence
To say the least, the world of personal finance is constantly changing. There was a time when men largely assumed the responsibilities of personal finance – but today, the financial responsibilities that women take on continue to grow. Unfortunately, their … Continue reading
Mortgage Lengths – the Surprising Popularity of the 15-Year Mortgage
For most people, their home mortgage amounts to the most money they will ever borrow. In Chapter 8 of Personal Finance, Turning Money into Wealth we look at “the mortgage decision” and lay out the steps you need to take … Continue reading
Personal Finance in the News – A Depressing Look at the Job Market for New Grads
As you saw in Table 1.2 in Chapter 1 of Personal Finance, Turning Money into Wealth, your college major goes a long way toward determining your salary, but perhaps even more important, not only does it help determine your salary, … Continue reading
Posted in Ch. 1, Financial Planning Process, Ch.18, Financial Life Events, Personal Finance In The News
Tagged American Dream, Graduation, Internship, job market, job market for new grads, new grads, new graduates, recent college graduates, salaries, salaries and college majors, salaries at graduation, salaries by degree, work trends
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Personal Finance In the News: Affordable Care Act Upheld
Chapter 9 of the 6th edition of Personal Finance, Turning Money into Wealth, discussed the fact that more than two dozen states had joined in a lawsuit stating that the healthcare law was unconstitutional. On June 28, 2012 the Supreme … Continue reading
Class Discussion and Assignment: What We Spend Our Money On
Teaching Tip: The Planet Money article, “What America Buys” is fascinating, and the side-by-side graph showing the spending differences between 1949 and 2012 are extremely interesting. If you can project these onto the board in class, it’s a great place … Continue reading
Discussion Topic: Who Pays Taxes in America?
Teaching Tip: This discussion can be developed based upon an out of class assignment (your students prepare to answer the discussion questions before class), or if you have access to the internet in class and can project the NPR Planet … Continue reading
Posted in Ch. 4, Tax Planning
Tagged Income tax, Tax, tax fairness, Taxation, what americans pay in taxes, who pays taxes
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Heads Up to Students – An e-mail to Your Students: Dealing with Student Debt
If you’ve got student loans and you’re like most students, you try not to think about it. But at some point you’re going to have to deal with them – and while that’s not going to be pleasant, there are … Continue reading
Class Discussion: The Downside of Student Loans
Teaching tip: There is a very good, short, three and a half minute video with the author of the article that can be played in class to begin a healthy class discussion. It works well in particular is you have … Continue reading
Class Discussion and Assignment: 100 Years of Spending
100 years can bring about a lot of change. Let’s look a a couple of these changes: In 1901, the average family size was 4.9 people, by 2002-03 it was down to 2.5. In 1901 women made up one quarter … Continue reading
Class Assignment and Discussion: The Money-Death Problem
The New Yorker has always been famous for it cartoons, and one of the best is a 2003 cartoon by Barbara Smaller that shows a husband talking to his wife, saying, “If we take a late retirement and an early … Continue reading
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