financial literacy

Made in America: China’s Financial Literacy Program

April 17, 2012

California-based Camp Millionaire Makes Global Debut SANTA BARBARA — April 16, 2012 – While certain U.S. agencies are looking busy convening meetings about how best to improve this nation’s financial literacy, people from other countries are using a U.S.-based program to get right down to business. “A solid financial education program crosses borders,” says Elisabeth [...]

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Financial Literacy: The Missing Pieces

January 5, 2012

A Financially Literate Society – The Five Critical Missing Pieces If it’s one thing most of us adults are painfully aware of, it’s that we weren’t taught how to manage or invest our money when we were young so that we could live independent, financially free lives as adults. We went to school ‘assuming’ we [...]

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“Make it cash for me!” in the Cash versus Credit Question

September 30, 2011

by Paul Richard – ICFE PresidentSan Diego, CA – A growing number of merchants won’t accept cash anymore, including many airlines, which insist you pay by credit card if you want to buy a drink or a sandwich on board. There are also news reports that the U.S. Treasury is printing fewer dollars, as American [...]

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What Kids Think About Money

July 11, 2011

(Guest Blog – by Jan Ruskin) What Kids Believe You might be surprised to know that, by the time kids graduate high school, they will probably have adopted the two following limiting beliefs: Money can cause a lot of problems. It’s better to give than to receive. You might NOT be surprised, though, if either [...]

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The Money Game (and How to Win it)

May 19, 2011

By John Buerger, Guest Note from Elisabeth: John is on the board of directors of Creative Wealth International and love The Money Game. Here’s a great article he wrote on playing The Money Game to win. Right now, you are playing in the biggest, most important game of your life. How are you doing?That game [...]

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Basic Financial Principles All Children Need

April 28, 2011

Many people want to know what kids and teens learn in our Camp Millionaire summer or weekend workshops. To give you a basic overview of just some of what the kids learn, we’ve enclosed the basic Money Game Principles we cover in the weekend program. These are also the financial objectives of The Money Game. [...]

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Teaching kids about interest

April 27, 2011

Here’s a great article entitled, “5 lessons to teach kids how interest works” written by Tamara E. Holmes: http://www.creditcards.com/credit-card-news/five-credit-lessons-teach-kids-how-iinterest-works-1267.php To subscribe to this blog, just click here. Once or twice a week, you’ll receive my musings about financial education for kids and teens (and us big kids, too)! Please know that sometimes my ideas will [...]

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Financial Literacy: We Need A Paradigm Shift

February 17, 2011

Financial Literacy – The Old Paradigm Many years ago, most parents felt that the only way their adult children would succeed in life was to go to college, get good grades, graduate and get a good steady, secure job. This approach doesn’t work very well, however, for a kid who wants to be his own [...]

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How A Financial Education Program Can Help You Achieve Financial Independence

February 14, 2011

Author: Indra Arman Every day we are learning that individual debt is growing at an astronomical rate and people spend far more than they earn. Foreclosures, bankruptcies and consumer delinquency have reached an all time high. A major part of the problem has stemmed from the fact that the majority us were not provided with [...]

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Make a Bank Date With Your Kids

November 23, 2010

Now that we have ATM machines that spit out money and credit cards that seem to magically buy anything we want, it’s important to give children a picture of what is happening behind the scenes so that they develop a healthy perspective on money. Even though it might seem unnecessary, we suggest making an actual [...]

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