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It’s critical to have a financial literacy toolkit when planning your finances.<\/p>\n
You need first to learn the basic skills like setting smart financial goals. But once you have that ground work, you move onto budgeting, bank accounts, credit, credit cards, investing, insurance and estate planning. That’s where a financial literacy toolkit comes in — and we have it all for you here in this article.<\/p>\n
April is National Financial Literacy Month<\/a> in the U.S. As I do every April, I’ll spend much of the next few weeks reviewing basic financial concepts. But unlike past years, I’m not going to devote every<\/i> post in April to this subject. It’s important, yes, but spending an entire month on the basics gets tedious.<\/p>\n Here’s a list of financial literacy resources to help you add to your financial literacy toolkit.<\/p>\n This site regularly features articles about basic personal finance skills. Some of the best from the past five years include information on the following topics:<\/p>\n As a general rule, the basics category<\/a> here at Get Rich Slowly contains information about fundamental financial literacy.<\/p>\n But there’s more to financial literacy than just learning the nuts and bolts. There’s a lot of mental and philosophical stuff that can help you take control of your finances. To learn more about these aspects of money management, browse through the fourteen tenets of my financial philosophy<\/a>:<\/p>\n In April 2007, I shared a series of videos from author Michael Fischer. Though designed as companions to his book, Saving and Investing<\/b><\/i><\/a>, these short pieces stand on their own. Look past the fact that these aren’t polished and professional \u2014 Michael provides some excellent information. Here are links to each part in the series:<\/p>\n There are other excellent financial literacy resources around the web.<\/p>\n<\/span>Get Rich Slowly<\/span><\/h2>\n
Basic skills<\/h3>\n
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Budgeting<\/h3>\n
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Bank accounts<\/h3>\n
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Credit and credit cards<\/h3>\n
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Investing<\/h3>\n
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Insurance and Estate Planning<\/h3>\n
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