http://www.getrichslowly.org/blog/2006/04/09/study-says-teens-money-trouble/ Personal finance that makes cents. Common sense advice on topics from high interest savings accounts, frugality, cd rates, money market accounts, mortgage rates, how to get out of debt, money management and more. Wed, 17 Mar 2010 02:42:28 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7.1 hourly 1 http://www.getrichslowly.org/blog/2006/04/09/study-says-teens-money-trouble/#comment-220823 Red Mon, 25 Jan 2010 23:29:22 +0000 http://www.getrichslowly.org/blog/2006/04/07/study-says-teens-money-trouble/#comment-220823 I took a personal finance class in high school (class of 2005), and it was a joke. We played a stock market game for about 75% of the semester. She taught us how to balance a check book, but we learned nothing about savings account, interest, debt or credit cards. Those are the things that I think most people need to know about before becoming adults - not how to play the stock market. (Though I know a lot of people do end up investing, but I like my money where I can see it. Not a gambler!) :) I took a personal finance class in high school (class of 2005), and it was a joke. We played a stock market game for about 75% of the semester. She taught us how to balance a check book, but we learned nothing about savings account, interest, debt or credit cards. Those are the things that I think most people need to know about before becoming adults - not how to play the stock market. (Though I know a lot of people do end up investing, but I like my money where I can see it. Not a gambler!)

]]> http://www.getrichslowly.org/blog/2006/04/09/study-says-teens-money-trouble/#comment-99030 What Fire Finance's Top 100 PF Blog List Can Teach Us About Investing, Bestsellers and Cheerleaders | The Dough Roller Tue, 02 Oct 2007 12:40:43 +0000 http://www.getrichslowly.org/blog/2006/04/07/study-says-teens-money-trouble/#comment-99030 [...] and looked at the oldest post I could find on some of the top PF Blogs. For JD the post was called Teens and Money, was published on April 9, 2006, and had 0 comments. At My Money Blog, the first post was called [...] [...] and looked at the oldest post I could find on some of the top PF Blogs. For JD the post was called Teens and Money, was published on April 9, 2006, and had 0 comments. At My Money Blog, the first post was called [...]

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