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US Presidents and Personal Finance

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Grant also did poorly in personal finance. In more recent times, President Truman also did poorly on the personal finance front. Not all of the US presidents were bad at personal finance. million according to All the President’s Money: Where the Obama Invested in 2010. He earned 1.57 Presidents.

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What Is National Financial Literacy Month?

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Forty-one percent of adults in the United States gave themselves a grade of C, D, or F on their knowledge of personal finance (according to the 2011 Consumer Financial Literacy Survey Final Report of the National Foundation for Credit Counseling). Your children know that you are saving money.

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Your Diploma Guarantees You Nothing

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I graduated from college in 2008 with a degree in Finance. If you have a full “Experience” section on your resume when you graduate, you’ll be receiving far more offers than your video-game playing friend. She received her Master’s Degree in Finance in May, 2010. Do you remember 2008? My cousin went this route.

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Meet a Reader | JenRR from the Midwest

The Frugal Girl

I started reading The Frugal Girl back in 2010 when Kristen’s kids were still itty bitty. After I became a mother, finances became much more complicated. The first few years after graduating, I racked up a large credit card debt and bought a new SUV that cost approximately the same as my annual salary.

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Stay the Course Financially

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’ While there is some macro economic sense in consumer spending causing an impact on the country’s growth, it doesn’t necessarily play well at the individual consumer finance level. Recent graduates were also hard hit. percent in 2010 following a decrease of 2.8 Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) reported today.