Search Results for 'financial literacy'
The week that was
After a crazy week at the markets, a much-needed weekend break is upon us. Next week will be a full week of trading, but I am assuming volume may be light Thursday and Friday heading into the Memorial Day Holiday weekend. The chart below illustrates the SPX for the past month, and as you will [...]
Bank On North Carolina
The Bank On North Carolina program is a project of State Treasurer Janet Cowell and Banking Commissioner Joe Smith. “Bank On North Carolina is a program designed to help families make better use of financial services to convert their wages into wealth. With an initial focus on connecting qualified “unbanked” households – those without any [...]
Seven Survival Skills
I am currently reading “The Global Achievement Gap” by Dr. Tony Wagner, after seeing him speak at the North Carolina Education Summit in Raleigh, NC a few weeks ago. I highly recommend reading this book if you are at all interested in education policy, school change, achievement gap between classes or countries, etc. Certain aspects [...]
The Business Case for Financial Literacy
This is what I’ve been waiting for!!!
Bank tellers may spend their days counting out money, but that doesn’t mean they all manage their own finances well. So, starting this fall, SunTrust Banks Inc. will kick off a company-wide financial literacy initiative in which it will train front-line employees in the basics of money management – [...]
First Board Meeting Today…
The start of something new and very beneficial in my life. I participated in my first non-profit board meeting today for the North Carolina Council on Economic Education. The NCCEE is an organization whose mission is to ensure that all students in North Carolina develop economic understanding and abilities to solve problems [...]
