Category Archives: 10 Principles of Personal Finance

Mind Games and Fuzzy Math

Posted on September 25, 2013 by ajkeown

You are at your local mall shopping for a sweater for your dad’s birthday. Ever find yourself wishing you had a calculator? How fast can you figure out what 25% off of $52.00 is? Would you make your “decision to … Continue reading →

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Detroit, Pensions, and Retirement Planning

Posted on August 28, 2013 by ajkeown

In Chapter 16 of Personal Finance, Turning Money into Wealth, retirement planning is discussed.  In that chapter we discuss defined benefit retirement plans.  To say the least they are great, but problems arise if they aren’t fully funded.  On July … Continue reading →

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Planning for Retirement: A Look at Worker Confidence

Posted on August 26, 2013 by ajkeown

According to a recent Retirement Confidence Survey by the 2013 Retirement Confidence Survey by the Employee Benefit Research Institute, worker’s confidence that they will have enough money to “live comfortably throughout their retirement years” continues to decline – in fact, … Continue reading →

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Your Financial Personality – Taming Your Emotions When Investing – an Audio Discussion

Posted on May 2, 2013 by ajkeown

When it comes to investing – your financial personality, which is a reflection of your attitude about money based on your behavioral and emotional traits, tends to get in the way of good decision making.  When it comes to money, … Continue reading →

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Understanding Why You Invest as You Do – A Look at Your Financial Personality

Posted on April 24, 2013 by ajkeown

Use your brain, don’t act emotionally – that’s generally the advice given to individuals when they invest.  Unfortunately, it’s impossible to take your financial personality and your emotions out of investment decisions.  In Chapter 1 of Personal Finance, Turning Money … Continue reading →

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The Money Code and Your Financial Personality

Posted on April 17, 2013 by ajkeown

In Chapter 1 of Personal Finance, Turning Money into Wealth, we introduce Principle 9: Mind Games, Your Financial Personality, and Your Money.  That principle points out how behavioral biases can lead to big financial mistakes. In effect, your mind can … Continue reading →

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Payday Loans and Why to Avoid Them

Posted on February 28, 2013 by ajkeown

As you learned in Chapter 7 of Personal Finance, Turning Money into Wealth, you should be wary of “payday loans.” Recently, banks have moved into this market with “bank deposit advance loans” which look an awful like payday loans – … Continue reading →

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The Lifetime Cost of Pets

Posted on September 24, 2012 by ajkeown

Teaching Tip:  If you can show the Infographic the “Lifetime Cost of Pets,” you can begin this discussion by asking which students have, or are considering, adopting a pet.  Then ask everyone in class to write down a guess as … Continue reading →

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Paying Off Your Debt

Posted on September 18, 2012 by ajkeown

Teaching Tip:  “Bridge to Financial Freedom, 7 Steps to Paying Off Your Debt” is a great Infographic and makes a for an excellent class discussion or short lecture.  It can be projected on a screen in class and talked through … Continue reading →

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Class Discussion: Birth Order and Your Financial Personality

Posted on March 28, 2012 by ajkeown

Bankrate.com recently looked at the impact of birth order on personal finance in the article “How birth order can affect your finances.”  It takes an interesting look at how being the oldest, youngest, or somewhere in between can impact your … Continue reading →

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