Americans Grade Themselves Highly on Financial Literacy

See this article and poll in AccountingToday showing American’s opinions on their financial literacy by Michael Cohn: http://www.accountingtoday.com/news/Americans-Grade-Themselves-Highly-Financial-Literacy-68008-1.html Really? You guys think you know what’s going on but everyone else are idiots?  The fact of lack of  financial education is important, but why not use what is available and learn something?   For financial, accounting and tax musings, You can count on us to count for you! email: bstonercpa@sbcglobal.net  phone: 818-317-6035   Website: www.briantstonercpa.com   https://twitter.com/bstonercpa

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6 Ways to Overcome Anxiety and Talk Money With Your Children

A good article about ways to combat the fears of talking money with kids (who think they know everything!) in The New York Times by Ron Lieber: http://parenting.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/09/19/6-ways-to-overcome-anxiety-and-talk-money-with-your-children/?_r=0 Hopefully this will get them on their way to learning about financial items.  See my blog on required personal finance classes in school below: http://blog.briantstonercpa.com/2013/05/27/cpa-financial-musings-a-big-push-for-mandatory-personal-finance-classes-in-school.aspx   For financial, accounting and tax musings, You can count on us to count for you! email: bstonercpa@sbcglobal.net  phone: 818-317-6035   Website: www.briantstonercpa.com   https://twitter.com/bstonercpa

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Financial scams, new and old, try to trap consumers

Here are some more financial scams trying to catch people via phone, mail or online.  See this list from Claudia Buck in the Sacramento Bee: http://www.sacbee.com/2013/09/08/5711890/some-new-some-old-financial-scams.html Just remember to be aware of these schemes and don’t get caught thinking “Greed is good!”  You may get more than you bargained for. For financial, accounting and tax musings, You can count on us to count for you! email bstonercpa@sbcglobal.net phone 818-317-6035 Website www.briantstonercpa.com Follow me on Twitter! @bstonercpa

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