Financial Education

This Reality TV Show Can Save Your Retirement

Can a reality TV show fix your troubled family finances?

By Dan Kadlec June 5, 2014

Workers to Bosses: Take Twice as Much of My Pay

Here's the savings crisis in a nutshell: workers want to save twice as much but won't do it for themselves.

By Dan Kadlec May 30, 2014

Here's Proof Cash Is Dying Fast

Only 1 in 10 adults always carry cash. Where does this leave the rest in an emergency? Just fine, thank you.

By Dan Kadlec May 29, 2014

We're Traveling, Video Gaming and Hitting the Bars Like Before the Recession

Household spending on consumer goods hit $10 trillion for the first time, driven by experience-craving Millennials and retiring boomers.

By Dan Kadlec May 23, 2014

Why Wall Street Is Courting 'Modern Families'

As boomers obsess about launching their Millennial offspring and form new types of households the financial industry is refocusing on what family means.

By Dan Kadlec May 22, 2014

Millennials Have No Idea Who Bernie Madoff Was

And that says a lot about their financial mindset

By Dan Kadlec May 21, 2014

We've Been Asking All the Wrong Questions About Retirement

Merrill Lynch is making a big bet on a new retirement planning approach based on 'life priorities.'

By Dan Kadlec May 15, 2014

Only Rich Kids Should Go to College

The evidence keeps mounting: college loans are holding back young Americans in unprecedented numbers.

By Dan Kadlec May 14, 2014

This Is the Easiest City in America for Saving Money

Half of all households spend more than they make. Here are the easiest and hardest cities in which to turn that around.

By Dan Kadlec May 14, 2014

Here's a Dead-Simple Way to Guarantee Your Retirement Security

A new, free financial guide for Millennials makes the critical point that saving early is a cure-all. And it's not torture to read.

By Dan Kadlec May 7, 2014

Why Starbucks Could Become Your New Favorite Bank

As Millennials come into focus for banks, research consistently shows that this generation knows it must fend for itself and craves trustworthy guidance.

By Dan Kadlec May 7, 2014

3 Generations, 3 Paths to the Retirement Poorhouse

Every working generation has a unique plan for retirement. Will any of them get there?

By Dan Kadlec April 29, 2014

Your Kids Are Better With Money Than You Are

Millennials show some disturbing gaps in knowledge of personal finance. But boomers were no better at that age--they just didn't have so much student debt.

By Dan Kadlec April 10, 2014

Why Millennials Would Choose a Root Canal Over Listening to a Banker

Fed up with indifference, Millennials envision a bank-free existence.

By Dan Kadlec March 28, 2014

Kansas Argues Over Teaching Kids About Money

A statehouse debate in Topeka shines a light on common blind spots in the fight for financial education. Some favor in offering it, while others say there is no room in the school day for a stand-alone course in personal finance

By Dan Kadlec March 22, 2014

More Proof Americans Think It's a Great Time to Retire

A new survey by the Employee Benefit Research Institute finds that 18 percent of Americans are "very confident" they'll live comfortably when they retire, up 5 percent from last year, thanks to planning like a 401(k) plan or IRA

By Dan Kadlec March 18, 2014

Millennials Are About to Change Everything You Know About Money IRL

Same story, new generation? Not so fast. Millennials struggle with money like previous generations but they just might rewrite the script.

By Dan Kadlec March 13, 2014

The Huge Mistake Millennials Are Making Now

Young workers rate international opportunities dead last when it comes to what makes a job attractive. Why travel when you can get all the foreign experience you need via FaceTime?

By Dan Kadlec March 10, 2014

Obama Wants Kids to Learn About Money

The President’s Advisory Council on Financial Capability for Young Americans opens for business Monday and is squarely focused on kids in the effort to empower Americans to take charge of a better financial future

By Dan Kadlec March 7, 2014

Why Students in Oklahoma Have a Brighter Future

For the first time, the state's graduating high school students must demonstrate a basic understanding in 14 areas of personal finance.

By Dan Kadlec February 28, 2014

The Economy is Big News--So Why not Teach it?

With the economy on the front page most days the past six years, you might think economics and personal finance would be a prominent subject in our schools. Yet less than half of states require...

By Dan Kadlec February 12, 2014

Global Internships: The New Key to Getting a Job

As if paying for college wasn't enough, now students are paying to get a high-value internship that will give them an edge in the job market.

By Dan Kadlec February 4, 2014

The Problem With President Obama's 'MyRA' Savings Accounts

Expanding savings opportunities makes sense. But a big issue is whether people have the means to use them.

By Dan Kadlec January 30, 2014

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