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Maine Jump$tart Coalition for Personal Financial Literacy

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02.12.20 Blog, Maria MacDougal

The Cost of Getting Sick

By Maria MacDougal, College Access Counselor at FAME, one of Maine Jump$tart’s foundational partners and sponsors. Reposted with permission from Munchies, Money, and Mumblings. The cost of getting sick. Fair warning, I'm going to talk about both vaccines (do it, duh) and health care/insurance, ... 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

06.05.18 Blog, Steve Kautz

When Fitness Meets Finance

By Steve Kautz, former Maine mathematics teacher and personal finance expert.  "You make your mistakes to learn how to get the good stuff." - Quincy Jones   As I make progress on my financial journey, I have an annoying tendency to think about the mistakes I've made. I try not to use ... 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

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

12.11.17 Blog, Steve Kautz

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

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