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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
- Ch.16, Retirement Planning
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- Ch.18, Financial Life Events
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Category Archives: Ch. 7, Consumer Loans
Payday Loans and Why to Avoid Them
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
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
Personal Finance in the News: The Mortgage Settlement – Class Discussion and Teaching Video
Teaching Tip: Jean Chatzky has a short (3-4 minute) video from the Today show on the new “Mortgage Settlement” that summarizes what took place. In mid-February, 2012, the Justice Department announced a $25 billion settlement deal between 49 state attorneys … Continue reading
Class Discussion and Written Assignment: Help for a Recent Graduate
Teaching Tip: Chris Farrell is the economics editor for Marketplace Money, the personal finance show by American Public Media. He also writes a column for American Public Media titled Marketplace Getting Personal. In that column he fields questions from readers … Continue reading
Class Discussion and Assignment: Financial Hurdle #1, Paying for Your College Education
Teaching Tip: Talking about paying for college generally makes for a spirited class discussion. This can be done without any reading assignments, or you can assign a reading before class. There are a number of suggested readings mentioned below. In … Continue reading
Finance in the News, Class Discussion, & Video: Changes Come to Student Loans
Teaching Tip: There are a couple excellent videos you can show in class that do a great job of explaining the changes in the student loan program. One, done by ABC News runs about three and a hlaf minutes, while … Continue reading
Finance in the News & Teaching Video: Student Debt Will Top $1 Trillion By the End of The Year
Teaching Tip: CBS News has a video of the article “The Crushing Impact of Student Debt” available online (http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-18563_162-20126148/the-crushing-impact-of-student-debt/). The video is only about two and a half minutes long and is a good way to begin a class discussion. … Continue reading
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