We provide
research-based information on personal finance topics
to encourage individuals and families to take action to improve their finances.
- cash flow
management
- credit
- investing
- retirement
and estate planning
A variety
of teaching methods are employed to reach those requesting
financial management education, including learn at home material
(on-line presentations and short courses, and fact sheets),
as well as traditional classroom seminars and multi-session
short courses.
On-Line
Presentations
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Understanding
Your Relationship to Money
Duration: 6 minutes, 23 seconds
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How
Are You Doing? A Financial Check-Up
Duration: 10 minutes, 10 seconds
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Estimates
and Tradeoffs: How to Plan For Retirement
Duration: 10 minutes, 34 seconds
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Online
Shopping: What You Need to Know
Duration: 9 minutes, 49 seconds
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Take An On-Line Course
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Investing
For Your Future
This
11-unit home study course was developed for beginning
investors with small dollar amounts to invest.
It begins with the basics: setting goals, investment
terms, and finding money to invest, risk and security.
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After exploring "the
basics," the course describes specific types of investments
(e.g., stocks and bonds) in detail. You'll begin to understand
their characteristics, how they are purchased, and what it
costs to purchase each investment. There are also units that
focus specifically on tax-advantaged investments and investments
that can be purchased with $1,000 or less.
Finally,
the course concludes with additional topics of use to investors:
available resources, how to select professional financial advisors,
and information to help you avoid becoming a victim of investment
fraud.
You can choose
to read the entire course, in any order that makes sense to
you, or select only those topics that are of most interest.
The choice is yours.
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Take
A Quiz
What's
Your Financial Fitness?
Want to improve your personal finances? Start by taking this quiz to get
an idea of how well you've managed your money so far. Choose the score that
best describes your current financial management practices.
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Ask An Expert
Do you have
a financial question that you'd like a Certified Financial
Planner (CFP) to address? Department of Family and Consumer
Sciences faculty members are available to answer your questions.
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