Financial Literacy Challenge http://knowmoremoney.org Know Your Money to Earn More Money! Fri, 02 Oct 2009 07:41:07 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 en hourly 1 Identity Theft http://knowmoremoney.org/?p=295 http://knowmoremoney.org/?p=295#comments Thu, 10 Sep 2009 11:06:44 +0000 Alex http://knowmoremoney.org/?p=295 Please visit the following web pages to prepare for Quiz 2:

Participants will be able to identify the following:

What is identity theft
Common ways that criminals commit identity theft
Ways to prevent identity theft
What do you do if you are a victim of identity theft
What is a credit report?
What are the 3 credit reporting agencies?

]]> http://knowmoremoney.org/?feed=rss2&p=295 0 Earning Money http://knowmoremoney.org/?p=290 http://knowmoremoney.org/?p=290#comments Thu, 10 Sep 2009 10:50:14 +0000 Alex http://knowmoremoney.org/?p=290 Please visit the following web pages to prepare for Quiz 2:

Participants will be able to identify the following:

What is the difference between gross pay and net pay?
What is income tax and when it should be deducted from ones pay?
How to analyze a pay stub from work
What the required deductions are on a paycheck

]]> http://knowmoremoney.org/?feed=rss2&p=290 0 Credit http://knowmoremoney.org/?p=285 http://knowmoremoney.org/?p=285#comments Thu, 10 Sep 2009 10:40:55 +0000 Alex http://knowmoremoney.org/?p=285 Please visit the following web pages to prepare for Quiz 2:

Participants will be able to identify the following:

How credit works
Why it is important to manage credit carefully
How to make credit card payments on time.
How the Annual Percentage Rate (APR) will affect one’s credit card balance
What elements make up a credit score and why is it important?
The difference between a credit score and a credit report
What is included in a credit report
The advantages of a credit card
The difference between interest and principal payments

]]> http://knowmoremoney.org/?feed=rss2&p=285 0 Banking http://knowmoremoney.org/?p=278 http://knowmoremoney.org/?p=278#comments Thu, 10 Sep 2009 10:06:59 +0000 Alex http://knowmoremoney.org/?p=278 Please visit the following web pages to prepare for Quiz 1:

Participants will be able to identify the following:

Services that a bank offer, including the types of accounts one can open
Responsibilities of a bank customer relating to bank accounts and loans
How to choose a bank
Benefits of a checking account
How a checking account works
What it means to “bounce a check?”
Difference between checks and debit cards
How to write a check

]]> http://knowmoremoney.org/?feed=rss2&p=278 0 Budgeting http://knowmoremoney.org/?p=48 http://knowmoremoney.org/?p=48#comments Mon, 17 Aug 2009 14:45:32 +0000 admin http://knowmoremoney.org/?p=48 Please visit the following web pages to prepare for Quiz 1:

Participants will be able to identify the following:

What is a budget
How to calculate net worth
What items should be included in a budget
Why it is important to pay yourself first
What a fixed expense is
What a variable expense is

]]> http://knowmoremoney.org/?feed=rss2&p=48 0 Savings http://knowmoremoney.org/?p=38 http://knowmoremoney.org/?p=38#comments Mon, 17 Aug 2009 14:35:45 +0000 admin http://knowmoremoney.org/?p=38 Please visit the following web pages to prepare for Quiz 1:

Participants will be able to identify the following:

Types of savings accounts available
Why saving your money is important
The different ways to save your money
How compounding can be beneficial

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