(Augusta) - Last Friday at Maine Jump$tart Coalition's annual Fostering Financial Education in Maine Schools Conference, Machias Savings Bank announced it was now accepting applications for its 2018-2019 Jump$tart National Educators Conference Scholarship. As a longtime sponsor of the Coalition, ... Read More
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Don’t You Just Love the Smell of Fresh Ground Beans?
By Steve Kautz, former Maine mathematics teacher and personal finance expert. I love coffee. Portland is a great place to be a coffee lover. We enjoy an incredible mix of strong franchises with cheap, weak coffee, local businesses with strong, expensive coffee, and everything in between. There ... Read More
A Financially Literate Future is Within Our Reach
Augusta, ME (April 3, 2018) – The Maine Jump$tart Coalition for Personal Financial Literacy and its partners are on a mission to create a financially literate future (#afinlitfuture) and believe it is “Within our Reach.” Financial Literacy Month (#FLM2018), sometimes also referred to as Financial ... Read More
Being “Loyal” to Yourself
By Steve Kautz, former Maine mathematics teacher and personal finance expert. I mentioned in my last entry the idea of choosing how we live (from a financial point of view) in our economic system. In the American version of capitalism, personal finance isn't all about managing your money so that ... Read More
Register for our 2018 Fostering Financial Education in Maine Schools Conference!
Register here to attend Maine's premiere financial education conference! Join your fellow educators, counselors, and financial capability champions to learn about strategies and resources designed to promote lifelong financial wellness. Extensive training opportunities and best practices ... Read More
Saying “No” to $14.60
By Steve Kautz, former Maine mathematics teacher and personal finance expert. I'm not really sure where to go with this. A recent shopping experience inspired me to talk about this modern consumer classic; "Would you like to save 20% on your bill today by signing up for a Kohl's card?" But as I ... Read More
Budgeting: Part II of Infinity
By Steve Kautz, former Maine mathematics teacher and personal finance expert. That's right, the topic of budgeting can never be thoroughly covered. Just do a quick Google search and you'll find a million pages of advice containing another million or so formulas for success. For now, ... Read More
“It’s Clearly a Budget. It’s Got a Lot of Numbers in it.” – George W. Bush
By Steve Kautz, a former Maine mathematics teacher and personal finance expert. Budgeting. Oh, This is Going to Be Fun Sorry, that was a bit of a lie. I suspect most people don't think budgets are fun or interesting. I do, but "Kautz, you are such a geek" has been overheard in my classroom ... Read More
The Case for Financial Literacy
By Steve Kautz, former Maine mathematics teacher and personal finance expert. I Like Numbers First, thank you for reading, for your comments, encouragement and suggestions. I am enjoying the conversation, and you have motivated me to keep learning and teaching and blogging. Picking up on ... Read More
Dos and Don’ts of Personal Finance: A Discussion Everyone Should Have
By Steve Kautz, former Maine mathematics teacher and personal finance expert. The Scoop on the Blog The subtitle of this blog is "Conversations in Personal Finance," and that is exactly how I see it. Conversations, storytelling, talking, thinking, scratching, digging, crawling ─ whatever we ... Read More
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