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Independence, a secure future, investment opportunities - are these your goals?
Making wise choices throughout your life will be key to obtaining these goals. And the key to making wise choices is, of course, access to INFORMATION. Gathered here are a variety of resources - books, web sites, courses, organizations – that explain financial terms, give you tips on how to save money and how to invest it, how to rate credit cards and how to maintain a good credit record, and how to avoid scams and make solid plans for the future. These resources offer facts and they offer advice, take a look and decide which you need to get started with your financial future.
CardRatings
Comprehensive, free site for comparing credit card offerings
Driving Your Future
An interactive look at how your money skills and knowledge can be the key to getting yourself on the road to financial independence!
El futuro es en su manos
A narrated and animated site for adults and students on personal financial skills from Wells Fargo Bank.
Jump$tart Coalition for Personal Financial Literacy
A consortium to encourage curriculum enrichment to insure that basic personal financial management skills are attained during the K-12 educational experience.
Money Smarts
A good site to learn the ins and outs of earning, spending saving and investing money. Sponsored by the Girl Scouts.
TeenAnalyst
A site for young investors with articles on investing, stocks, bonds, mutual funds, and other investing topics. Good list of books and videos.
YoungBiz.com
Provides articles, advice, glossaries, as well as lists of internships, investment camps and workshops.
A database of full text articles from 800 magazines and newspapers, including The Wall Street Journal. Provides information on advertising, economics, industry trends, human resources, finance, marketing, computers and more.
Full text articles from general publications such as Fortune and Money plus trade publications such as Restaurant Hospitality. Also includes detailed company profiles for the world's 5000 largest corporations.
Find information on more than 10,000 U.S. public companies, including business summaries, histories, news items, and detailed financial data.
Cómo manejar su propio dinero
Laura Castañeda
Dictionary of finance and investment terms
John Downes, Jordan Elliot Goodman.
Money: save it, manage it, spend it
Mary Bowman-Kruhm
Street wise: a guide for teen investors
Janet Bamford.
Teenvestor: the practical investment guide for teens and their parents
Emmanuel Modu and Andrea Walker
The complete idiot's guide to money for teens
Susan Shelly
The incredible internet guide to online investing and money management
Marc Dauphinais
The Motley Fool investment guide for teens : eight steps to having more money than your parents ever dreamed of / by David and Tom Gardner with Selena Maranjian
David and Tom Gardner
Adventures in Money Management
Weekly classes will be offered in October & November.
Brooklyn Public Library - Business Library,
280 Cadman Plaza West.
Call for details:
718-623-7000 x1231
Junior Achievement is a non-profit organization that brings economics-based education programs into the classroom for students in grades K-12.
JA of New York, Inc,
205 E. 42nd St. Suite 203,
New York , NY 10017,
(212) 949-5269
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