In today's economy, nearly everyone wishes that his or her
personal finances were a little bit stronger. It was recently
revealed that household net worth has been set back 20 years,
according to the Federal Reserve's Survey of Consumer Finance.
Financial literacy has never been a more important skill and
will be even more critical for the next generation.
Unfortunately, many children are not getting the financial
literacy education they will need as adults. The Jump$tart
Coalition for Personal Financial Literacy's most recent national
survey, which measures the financial literacy in high schools,
found that seniors answered just 48.3 percent of the financial
literacy questions correctly. Compared to other countries,
things do not look any better. Currently, American students rank
behind their peers in Mexico, Australia and Brazil in their
knowledge of financial literacy and basic concepts like interest
rates and budgeting money, according to Visa International
Financial Literacy Barometer 2012. I partner wit