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88% of adults support mandated personal finance education

Most adults in the US support guaranteed access to personal finance education for high school students. Eighty-eight percent of adults surveyed by the National Endowment for Financial Education said their state should require either a semester or year long personal finance course for graduation. The survey of 1,030 adults was conducted in March. More from […]

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Nearly 25% of US students have access to personal finance education

Personal finance teacher Marina White teaches Canyon High School seniors in Santa Clarita, California, a lesson on investing and the power of compound interest. Helen Zhao | CNBC Millions of high school students across the US will graduate in 2022 with one important course under their belt: personal finance. Recent momentum among states requiring personal […]

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Personal Finance

88% of adults support mandated personal finance education

Most adults in the US support guaranteed access to personal finance education for high school students. Eighty-eight percent of adults surveyed by the National Endowment for Financial Education said their state should require either a semester or year long personal finance course for graduation. The survey of 1,030 adults was conducted in March. More from […]

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43% of investors say they’re too nervous to get into markets right now

Sarote Pruksachat | time | Getty Images The stock market has been off to a rough start this year. The S&P 500 Index is currently down more than 16% year to date through Monday’s close. That’s sparked worry for some investors. Some 43% said they’re too nervous to invest in the market right now, according […]

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Georgia is now the latest state to mandate personal finance education

Georgia Governor Brian Kemp makes remarks during a visit to Adventure Outdoors gun shop as he pushes for a new state law to loosen requirements to carry a handgun in public, in Smyrna, Georgia, January 5, 2022. Alyssa Pointer | Reuters High school students in Georgia will soon have guaranteed access to a personal finance […]

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The 7 levels of financial freedom, according to a millionaire — 50% of US workers are at Level 2

Grant Sabatier isn’t retired. But he could be. One of the leading voices and biggest success stories in the FIRE movement — short for “financial independence, retire early” — the self-made millionaire has amassed enough money to live comfortably off income from his investments in perpetuity. More from Grow:How much you’d have now if you […]