Comments on: Why Don’t Young People Care About Finances? http://www.followingthegoods.com/2009/04/06/why-don%e2%80%99t-young-people-care-about-finances/ Financial Management for the Young and Ambitious Mon, 15 Feb 2010 15:56:01 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: Jason Unger http://www.followingthegoods.com/2009/04/06/why-don%e2%80%99t-young-people-care-about-finances/comment-page-1/#comment-103 Jason Unger Tue, 07 Apr 2009 19:04:28 +0000 http://www.followingthegoods.com/?p=351#comment-103 Yeah, absolutely -- the times may certainly change how people feel. (Shameless promotion: <a href="http://www.automaticfinances.com/generation-y-personal-finance/" rel="nofollow">here's my take on it</a>) Yeah, absolutely — the times may certainly change how people feel.

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]]> By: Adam Goodman http://www.followingthegoods.com/2009/04/06/why-don%e2%80%99t-young-people-care-about-finances/comment-page-1/#comment-101 Adam Goodman Tue, 07 Apr 2009 04:27:56 +0000 http://www.followingthegoods.com/?p=351#comment-101 Thanks for the link Jason - I'd be interested to see what this survey looked like two years ago. Thanks for the link Jason – I’d be interested to see what this survey looked like two years ago.

]]> By: Jason Unger http://www.followingthegoods.com/2009/04/06/why-don%e2%80%99t-young-people-care-about-finances/comment-page-1/#comment-100 Jason Unger Mon, 06 Apr 2009 15:33:11 +0000 http://www.followingthegoods.com/?p=351#comment-100 Adam, believe it or not, the facts say otherwise. Check out this study from Charles Schwab, which shows most young people actually really care about their finances. http://tinyurl.com/cossw2 Highlight: "Making better choices about managing money" is the most important issue for Americans to act on today, says 52 percent of the 23-28 year olds surveyed. Mostly, we young people don't have the level of personal finance education that we need. The study found that we look to our employers for help ... and they often don't provide. (Maybe that's why we start personal finance blogs) Adam, believe it or not, the facts say otherwise.

Check out this study from Charles Schwab, which shows most young people actually really care about their finances.
http://tinyurl.com/cossw2

Highlight:
“Making better choices about managing money” is the most important issue for Americans to act on today, says 52 percent of the 23-28 year olds surveyed.

Mostly, we young people don’t have the level of personal finance education that we need. The study found that we look to our employers for help … and they often don’t provide.

(Maybe that’s why we start personal finance blogs)

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