Personal Finance: Net Gain

The Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame, AIG American General and GoodPayer.com support programs that promote the awareness of fiscal responsibility among today’s youth.    

In collaboration with USA TODAY Education, these organizations are pleased to offer an exciting financial literacy education program entitled NetGain:  Scoring Points for Your Financial Future. This program is the result of our team effort to offer financial wellness resources to be used across curricula in high school classes. The resources for the NetGain program will assist in introducing young adults to the basics of credit, the importance of saving money and budgeting and strengthening students’ overall financial literacy skills. This program will better prepare students for academic achievement and career success.

Lessons    

• A strong credit score can help you score a lower rate on a mortgage
• Tech experts plot to catch identity thieves
• Coping with the real estate slump
• Will aging boomers lose benefits?
• Students who charge their education have a lot to learn
• Savings bonds: Should you buy now or later?
• Money tight? Give time, give miles, give vacation
• Few solutions on horizon as health costs rise
• Scoring a financial education
• Control your piles of paper by organizing financial records
• Weak enforcement spurs more tax filers to cheat
• Young people are spending big – and investing, too
• Middle class barely treads water – Introduction
• They want to be ready for a family financially
• Cast your net to find out about college scholarships
• Credit card fees become cash cow
• Banks’ free checking
• Building wealth, not debt
• Self-control key to managing credit card debt in college