WHY  “FINANCIAL STUFF” MATTERS
Channel: Troutwood
Date: 22/03/2023

Financial literacy and personal finance impact 100% of people, nearly every day of our respective lives!  You can’t ignore the money conversation because this “financial stuff” matters, hugely!

Welcome to the second video in a series based on Gene Natali’s award winning personal finance book, The Missing Semester.  This 13 video playlist, breaks the book into a bite size piece followed by a single action step for you to apply after reading each chapter.

THIS VIDEO:

The Missing Semester Chapter 1:  Why this “financial stuff” matters   

HERE'S WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW:

77% of Americans are stressed about money
69% live paycheck to paycheck,
54% spend more than they earn. 
 - You do not need to be on of these statistics, because you are in control of the outcome! 

YOUR ACTION STEP:

Have a plan - Yes, it’s that simple.  Have a plan that details where you want to go and how to get there. 

TIMESTAMPS

0:00  Everyone makes choices about money
0:11 Here's what you need to know
0:29 What a graduating student can expect
0:42 Your financial action Step
 
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More from Troutwood:

FINULATOR: Enter the forest of finance and practice adulating before you become one . . . https://www.troutwood.com/finulator
 
BUY SELL HOLD: An investment game based on real historical stock market data.
https://www.troutwood.com/stock-market-game

TIME PORTAL: Simulate an investment in the stock market.
https://www.troutwood.com/stock-market-simulator

FINMOJI:  Find your financial personality type!
https://www.troutwood.com/finmoji

TROUTWOOD MAP: An interactive stock market map.
https://www.troutwood.com/map-of-the-stock-market

BLOG: Your financial questions answered.
https://blog.troutwood.com/

PODCAST: Watching Trees Grow (because what if money worked the same way . . .)
https://www.troutwood.com/finance-podcast
 
READ THE MISSING SEMESTER SERIES:  
The Missing Semester: https://a.co/d/6G0n9YX
The Missing Second Semester: https://a.co/d/f9dxWzM

BIOGRAPHY:
Gene Natali is Co-founder and CEO of Troutwood, a financial technology company founded out of the Carnegie Mellon University Swartz Center.  He is a Chartered Financial Analyst, board member of CFA Society Pittsburgh, Executive in Residence at the Black School of Business|Penn State Behrend and a part-time lecturer at the University of Pittsburgh, where he has taught Personal Finance since 2015.

He is an award-winning author (The Missing Semester), has spoken in over 1000 unique high school and college classrooms, and regularly keynotes investment and education conferences across the country. Gene holds an MBA with a concentration in finance from Carnegie Mellon University and a bachelor's degree with a concentration in economics from Allegheny College.

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