Welcome to the 2015 Financial Literacy Awareness Carnival. It is my great honor and privilege to host this celebration of financial literacy. As someone with great passion around the subject, it always saddens me to see how many people are financially illiterate. It affects all people, regardless of education or the size of their nest egg. They don’t how to use their money joyfully and their lack of knowledge prevents
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April is Financial Literacy Month, which makes it one of my favorite months of the year. I am a huge proponent of financial literacy, and I am thrilled that we honor the importance of understanding how money works every year. Of course, we need to honor it every day but having a celebratory month helps us bring financial literacy into the mainstream consciousness, which is what matters to me.
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In doing some research for Financial Literacy Month, I stumbled across a great website called Three Coins who share a common passion of mine—financial literacy. Three Coins is a cross-country financial literacy initiative in Europe, with a specific focus on Central and Eastern Europe and South Eastern Europe. They pioneer innovative solutions to teach financial literacy through games, including the facebook game, Kicked Out.
View Blog...My passion for financial literacy began over dinner when my father started teaching me about money when I was thirteen years old. As I observed those around me, I became fascinated by the relationship people had with money. It became apparent very quickly that my father was right when he told me money was emotional. But it wasn’t until I became a financial advisor in the early 90’s that I
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In each of us, there is an emotional shopper of varying degrees. Some of us are better at recognizing when our emotions cloud our good judgment while others are not. I found the best way to make sure my emotions aren’t guiding my purchases is to have goals.
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SHANNON RYAN, CFP®