Summary: This program gives students a solid grounding in a variety of real-life money matters: it provides financial decision-making methods, advises on consumer concerns such as buying versus renting, outlines insurance types and terminology, and discusses the financial scams that students are most likely to encounter. Reviewing the critical concepts of impulse buying and opportunity cost, the video...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2011
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Summary: Recognizing that students may have hazy notions about the consequences of over-spending, this program provides practical information about credit card use, credit reports, credit problems, and managing debt. Viewers learn how to build a credit history and raise a low credit score-and why this is important. Taking a look at a sample credit card statement, the video explains the various fees,...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2011
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Summary: Do checking accounts earn interest? Is e-banking safe? What's the best way to pay for things when traveling out of the country? This program schools viewers in the basics of financial transactions, then arms them with how-to's and tips for choosing a bank, writing and depositing checks, using a debit card, and balancing a checkbook. E-banking to manage accounts and transfer funds is discussed,...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2011
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Summary: If you earn money, spend money, or save money, you have to pay taxes. If the money you save earns money, you have to pay taxes on that, too. This program explains the essentials of taxes, helping students to become well-informed about both earned and investment income taxes, workplace tax benefits, and filing an annual return. It covers paycheck deductions, the W-2 and W-4 forms, guidelines for...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2011
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Summary: Stocks and bonds, money market and mutual funds, IRAs and Roth IRAs, CDs and annuities, and good-old-fashioned passbook accounts-this program helps students make sense of the many ways to save and invest money. With input from financial experts about the risks and rewards of each, the video defines terms viewers may have heard but not understood, such as compound interest, capital gains and...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2011
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Summary: Many young people are unfamiliar with the concepts of simple interest and compound interest, and how the different rates could impact their wallet over a number of years. In this program a teen planning to purchase a new bike investigates several financing options: personal loans, interest-free loans, store credit, credit cards, and investing her money in a savings account. Using spreadsheets...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2011
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Summary: To get to college, good grades and high hopes will take a person only so far. Sooner or later the subject of tuition will come up, and no amount of wishing will make it go away. Fortunately, a little creativity and a lot of determination can pay off - literally. This video will help viewers understand four key financial aid sources: scholarships, grants, work-study, and student loans. The...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2011
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Summary: In her inimitable straight-talking style, financial advisor and best-selling author, Suze Orman provides powerful, insightful, and often surprising guidelines for actions that can help young men and women at perhaps the most critical financial time of their lives - getting started. Ms. Orman understands the financial realities of today and believes this generation has the grit to deal with...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2005