Saturday | May 25, 2013
One Kid Making a Positive IMPAC
Positive IMPAC (Intelligent Minds Pursuing Change), Inc is a 501c3 Non-Profit organization that was developed to inspire leaders of tomorrow. Positive IMPAC Inc. was foundered by Antione Hudson Jr., a Junior and honor roll student at the Landon School in Bethesda, Maryl Read more...
Teach Your Child Financial Independence
Courtesy of USAA
It’s a great time for parents to teach real-life lessons about money. “In the past year, college savings plans may have had big losses, or a friend’s parents might have lost a job or a house,” says USAA member Susan Beacham, founder and CEO o Read more...
7 Common (Expensive) Financial Mistakes & How to Avoid Them
If nothing else, this latest recession has made us brutally aware of what we don’t know. Young adults are graduating college lacking a basic proficiency in financial literacy. Employers are finding that their employees don't understand their paychecks, much less their Read more...
Young Not Saving, Social Security Almost Gone
According to a 2006 USA Today/NEFE poll, 40% of all young adults do not have a savings account. The same survey found that 55% of young adults are not saving in an IRA or 401(k) accounts.
Most young people are not counting on Social Security or company pensions. Yet, Read more...
Most Young Adults Not Financially Literate
A recent poll by YoungMoney.com found that only 24 percent of people felt they have a decent knowledge of personal finances. This correlates with the 2008 Jump$tart Coalition’s Personal Financial Literacy Exam, which found that the financial literacy of high school st Read more...
