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What Is National Financial Literacy Month?

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Increased financial literacy empowers individuals to make wise financial decisions and reduces the confusion caused by an increasingly complex economy. A greater understanding of, and familiarity with, financial markets and institutions will lead to increased economic activity and growth. Your children know that you are saving money.

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How to Handle the Stock Market Roller Coaster Ride?

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This economic downturn is just the ticket to accomplish some of those actions. Here are some of the actions I could take during this downturn in the economy to benefit the long term growth of our future family members: Set up a family investment partnership or company, fund it and help the grown kids invest it’s assets.

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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. My grandchildren’s other set of grandparents are just one example. .” percent in 2010 following a decrease of 2.8