Life of Fred: Financial Choices

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Life of Fred: Financial Choices  

Personal finances from the brilliant mind of America’s favorite college professor, six-year-old Fred Gauss! Teaching teens the importance of financial responsibility, Life of Fred: Financial Choices provides thirty-four lessons covering vital topics like needs vs. wants, assets and liabilities, budgeting, net worth, credit cards/debt, simple and compound interests, savings, education, investments/stocks, real estate, retirement, owning your own business, insurance, taxes, constitutional limits, and much more. Complex financial equations are simplified with practical explanations, along with Your Turn to Play chapter questions providing students practice to reinforce important concepts. Answers included. Whether your students have previously fallen in love with the Life of Fred (LOF) math courses or you are new to Fred, this course provides a witty, yet educational story to teach the inherent responsibilities we have as consumers and producers in today’s society. 

If you want to wear clothes or eat or live indoors, this book may help you accomplish those goals.

In this book you will find:• Three reasons to use a credit card• The ultimate use of money• The five places to invest• How to retire in 24 years (Nothing financial is 100% certain–but this comes close.)• Five suggestions for choosing a good spouse• Insurance–what to buy and what not to buy• Taxes–the seven categories• Personal habits that will help make you successful• Real estate–what to buy and when to buy• Stocks, bonds, mortgages, REITS, certificates of deposit, mutual funds• How Kingie made his fortune.

This book is designed for 10^th grade through adults.