Should personal finance be a required course in public High School?
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Good God yes.
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It should be.
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YES!!!!!!! Was that loud enough??? OMG....this country would not be in the financial mess it's in if it were a required course!! I wish I'd have had it way back when. No...they taught us gals how to make muffins, for God's sake & called it "Home Economics"!!! What a joke!!! PS....Hi "Peas"!!! :-) Just noticed ya!
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By all means. In the 3-years I have been answering credit questions here I have come to believe that personal finance classes should not only be offered but should be required in high school. The amount of people that come straight out of school and know nothing about finance or credit is appalling.
Friday, October 28, 2011
Friday, October 21, 2011
Do I need an A/S in mathmatics to take a course in acountancy and finance
Do I need an A/S in mathmatics to take a course in acountancy and finance?
I am 16 thinking of taking an A/S in maths to eventually be an acountant
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Not at all -- you simply need the prerequisite math skills. An A.S. in math will likely include those skills, but it's not a requirement. Many of my classmates simply took the math, then the accounting, and th
I am 16 thinking of taking an A/S in maths to eventually be an acountant
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Not at all -- you simply need the prerequisite math skills. An A.S. in math will likely include those skills, but it's not a requirement. Many of my classmates simply took the math, then the accounting, and th
Friday, October 14, 2011
Shouldn't a Finance course be a requirement of High School graduation
Shouldn't a Finance course be a requirement of High School graduation?
These days it's not about how smart you are bookwise, you could have a PhD in Chemistry and on your way to bankruptcy. I actually know some people who make a large amount of money at jobs they've obtained through college degrees and still manage to be broke all the time. I think if Biology and Chemistry courses in example are enforced in high school, why not Finance? Everyone has to deal with money, not the case with these other subjects. I think that would alleviate alot of problems going on like silly bad investments, foreclosures, repos, etc..things that just come down to bad management of money. Some people are in bad financial situations because of illness or other factors, those are exceptions. Alot are just bad decisions though.
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Yes, it should be mandatory.
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I don't know about other places but in the state that I live (Georgia) - one full year of Economics is required for graduation.
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I think a degree in foraging (not necessarily in rubbish bins) for food should be a compulsory subject.
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Why
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I agree. I know a lot of people who don't even know how to balance a checkbook. I know in school they taught us the basics, but some people need more in depth study which would be coverd by a course dedicated to finance.
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Having studied finance to MSc Level, and working in a bank, I can safely say that it would be not very useful to study it at school. Finance is a subset of economics. Without the relevant math background or economic intuition, the level of finance that you could possibly learn would be fairly minimal. Discrete time finance borrows a lot of its models from economic theory and if you are pricing things in continuous time, you need a lot of math to understand stochastic calculus. I mean if you've only just been learning integration, then its a bit much. Although many people do get into finance without any of that, their knowledge is fairly basic and tends to be focused around definitions of various instruments and their knowledge of current events (all of which you can get from a newspaper and not from a classroom). Given this comment beware of finance courses that do not obey this rule (they tend to be crap and cost too much). Accountancy on the other hand - Well, there's no reason why you shouldn't study that in school, but I think that this is possible.
These days it's not about how smart you are bookwise, you could have a PhD in Chemistry and on your way to bankruptcy. I actually know some people who make a large amount of money at jobs they've obtained through college degrees and still manage to be broke all the time. I think if Biology and Chemistry courses in example are enforced in high school, why not Finance? Everyone has to deal with money, not the case with these other subjects. I think that would alleviate alot of problems going on like silly bad investments, foreclosures, repos, etc..things that just come down to bad management of money. Some people are in bad financial situations because of illness or other factors, those are exceptions. Alot are just bad decisions though.
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Yes, it should be mandatory.
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I don't know about other places but in the state that I live (Georgia) - one full year of Economics is required for graduation.
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I think a degree in foraging (not necessarily in rubbish bins) for food should be a compulsory subject.
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Why
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I agree. I know a lot of people who don't even know how to balance a checkbook. I know in school they taught us the basics, but some people need more in depth study which would be coverd by a course dedicated to finance.
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Having studied finance to MSc Level, and working in a bank, I can safely say that it would be not very useful to study it at school. Finance is a subset of economics. Without the relevant math background or economic intuition, the level of finance that you could possibly learn would be fairly minimal. Discrete time finance borrows a lot of its models from economic theory and if you are pricing things in continuous time, you need a lot of math to understand stochastic calculus. I mean if you've only just been learning integration, then its a bit much. Although many people do get into finance without any of that, their knowledge is fairly basic and tends to be focused around definitions of various instruments and their knowledge of current events (all of which you can get from a newspaper and not from a classroom). Given this comment beware of finance courses that do not obey this rule (they tend to be crap and cost too much). Accountancy on the other hand - Well, there's no reason why you shouldn't study that in school, but I think that this is possible.
Friday, October 7, 2011
Can I have a list of universities in USA that offer finance
Can I have a list of universities in USA that offer finance?
Hey, I'm planning to go study in USA next year and I'm doing some research about the universities over there. Can somebody give me a list of universities in USA that offer Finance course. I'm taking Finance. Thanks
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site below may help
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There is such a large list, your best bet is to go to collegeboard.com and do the college match and pick your major you want and don't specify a state or zip
Hey, I'm planning to go study in USA next year and I'm doing some research about the universities over there. Can somebody give me a list of universities in USA that offer Finance course. I'm taking Finance. Thanks
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site below may help
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There is such a large list, your best bet is to go to collegeboard.com and do the college match and pick your major you want and don't specify a state or zip
Saturday, October 1, 2011
Are there any good finance websites to learn about corporate finance
Are there any good finance websites to learn about corporate finance?
Hi! I'm a college student who just started my first week in a Corporate Finance course. I'm wondering if there is a good corporate finance website for students that has for instance a tutorial on corporate finance concepts and terms? Or any discussion groups for students? I've tried googling for it, and haven't had any luck so far. If you search for the website, could you let me know the search terms you used? Thank you!
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Pick up a copy of the Wall Street Journal and read the "Money and Investing" section. It's also on line but not free.
Hi! I'm a college student who just started my first week in a Corporate Finance course. I'm wondering if there is a good corporate finance website for students that has for instance a tutorial on corporate finance concepts and terms? Or any discussion groups for students? I've tried googling for it, and haven't had any luck so far. If you search for the website, could you let me know the search terms you used? Thank you!
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Pick up a copy of the Wall Street Journal and read the "Money and Investing" section. It's also on line but not free.
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