Tag Archives: Survey

Who Would Win March Madness Based on Salary?

March 19, 2010 – 1:17 pm

March Madness is well underway (sorry for the reminder, Georgetown fans), and with college acceptance letters just weeks away from flooding the inboxes of high-school seniors across the country, now is a good time to ask: How much money do graduates from those universities make, anyway? Salary research organization PayScale surveyed alumni of the top [...]

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The Role of Testosterone in Money Management

August 28, 2009 – 7:34 pm

A new study that examines the connection between gender and finance is raising some eyebrows. Could it be that your tolerance for risk in money and career is determined by your hormones? Researchers at Northwestern and the University of Chicago are publishing their findings in an upcoming issue of Economic Sciences: “Higher-testosterone women are more [...]

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The Birds, the Bees, and Your Budget

August 25, 2009 – 12:18 pm

Carla’s post from last week about a guy whose girlfriend drove him into debt got me thinking: To what degree should financial habits drive who you date? A few recent studies shed some light on the subject. While most people end up marrying those who are overall similar in personality, “opposites attract” seems to be [...]

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CEEL In The News

July 16, 2009 – 4:06 pm

With banks and credit card companies collecting more money than ever from customers, the Center for Economic and Entrepreneurial Literacy reminds consumers that “economic illiteracy is at the heart of our current economic crisis.” A CEEL survey conducted in December of 2008 found that a majority of those surveyed were unable to answer simple questions [...]

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Need real debt help?

February 24, 2009 – 5:45 pm

Ask Dave Ramsey. Dave’s nationally syndicated radio show helps Americans who are interested in getting out of debt. Yesterday he discussed Econ4U’s survey which showed that 35% of Americans admit that they don’t have a plan to get out of credit card debt by the end of 2009.

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