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What Is National Financial Literacy Month?

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

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).

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Your Diploma Guarantees You Nothing

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

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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Stay the Course Financially

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

’ 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.