FINRA Study on Emotions & Financial Fraud
This week is National Fraud Awareness Week, and according to the Investor Protection Trust, almost one in five Americans over the age of 65, or nearly seven million seniors, have been taken advantage of financially. A recent study from Stanford University, FINRA, and AARP revealed that inducing strong emotions has an effect on older adults financial decisions.
More Americans Working After 70
Traditionally, the retirement age in America is 65. The American Dream was all about working hard for 40 years and then relaxing and enjoying life for the next decade or two. According to the AARP, that is changing.
Tips for Saving for College
Before you know it, that sweet little baby of yours will be all grown up and graduating high school. Time flies and in the blink of an eye college preparations will be upon you. Unless you plan ahead, it is all too likely that you will be part of the majority of American families who do not have a college savings plan in place.
Millennials and Financial Education
It may no longer come as a surprise to anyone that Millennials do not have an excellent grasp on the management on money. Studies suggest that even with greater financial burdens from economic uncertainty and student loans, they are still lagging behind in basic financial education.
Financial Planning Tips for Recent Graduates
As proud families celebrate and relieved graduates get ready to enter the workplace, new financial concerns take precedence. Now it is no longer about how to pay for their education, it is whether they will get a job and how they will manage on their own.
Money Management Course Most Useful for Young Adults
Students often complain that they wo not use what they study in school later in life. One course young adults 18 - 24 say they feel would be most useful is money management, according to a new survey from the National Financial Educators Council.
Elderly Financial Abuse
American seniors have historically been late adopters when it comes to technology. According to a Pew Research Center almost 90% of seniors with a college degree use the internet. With more and more mature Americans getting involved in the online community, the amount of scams targeting elders is ever on the rise.
Millennials Can Create a Lifelong Wealth Plan
For a highly educated generation, Millennials show a surprising ineptitude in certain areas of money management. And a generation that lacks secure pensions will certainly need to prepare for their twilight years.
Money Smart Millennials
They watched their parents finances crushed in the recession and their own financial outlook darken in the times following, but Millennials are now raising their financial IQ collectively.
Generation X and Their Retirement
People in Generation X (those in their 30s and 40s) have solid reasons to be stressed out about their financial futures. Many are saddled with debt, have not saved as much as they should have for retirement, and perhaps were underemployed during recent economic downturns.