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Maine Jump$tart Coalition for Personal Financial Literacy

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06.17.20 Blog, Jake Holmes

Are You Talking to Your Family About Money?

By Jake Holmes, Financial Literacy Outreach Coordinator at the Maine Credit Union League. Reposted with permission from the Financial Literacy Blog. According to the New York Times, almost half of Americans say the most difficult topic to discuss with others is personal finance and they would ... Read More

12.09.18 Blog

Keeping A Budget on Track During the Holidays

It’s hard to believe the holiday season has arrived. We’re sure you and your students are being bombarded with ads for toys, clothes, and other gifts. Gift-giving pressure can be overwhelming, especially when trying to stick to a budget and pay for school. Here are  some money management tips to ... Read More

07.17.18 Blog, Steve Kautz

Financial Stairmaster

By Steve Kautz, former Maine mathematics teacher and personal finance expert.  Mastering the Steps to Success with those Finances Last week while rereading my posts, I realized that I often say things like "start your emergency fund," or "contribute to a retirement plan." I also realized you ... Read More

06.21.18 Blog, Steve Kautz

Thinking About Expenses on an Annual Basis

By Steve Kautz, former Maine mathematics teacher and personal finance expert.  All that talk last week about fitness made me think about my gym membership. When I re-activated my monthly membership this past weekend, it got me thinking about another aspect of budgeting. That is, the importance of ... Read More

04.12.18 Blog, Steve Kautz

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

03.15.18 Blog, Steve Kautz

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

01.24.18 Blog, Steve Kautz

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

01.09.18 Blog, Steve Kautz

“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

12.05.17 Blog, Steve Kautz

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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