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- 10 Principles of Personal Finance
- Ch. 1, Financial Planning Process
- Ch. 2, Measuring Financial Health and Making a Plan
- Ch. 3, Time Value of Money
- Ch. 4, Tax Planning
- Ch. 5, Cash Management
- Ch. 6, Credit Cards
- Ch. 7, Consumer Loans
- Ch. 8, Home and Auto
- Ch. 9, Life and Health Insurance
- 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
- Ch.17, Estate Planning
- Ch.18, Financial Life Events
- Heads Up
- Personal Finance In The News
- Teaching Tips
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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: 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
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
Class Discussion: Birth Order and Your Financial Personality
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
Class Assignment and Discussion: Retirement Confidence – A Thing of the Past
According to a 2011 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, only 13% of those polled were … Continue reading
Class Discussion and Assignment: Warren Buffett’s Insights and Words of Wisdom
Much of personal finance deals with understanding basic investment principles. That’s why Part 4 of Personal Finance, Turning Money into Wealth is titled “Managing Your Investments” – and in Chapter 11 we take a look at investment basics, then in … Continue reading
Class Assignment and Discussion: Retirement Confidence – A Thing of the Past
According to a 2011 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, only 13% of those polled were … Continue reading
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