Written By Steve Kautz, AFC® Financial Education Programs Specialist Finance Authority of Maine October 23, 2025 Among debtors, 60% reported financial stress post-Black Friday, emphasizing the psychological toll of holiday overspending. – Federal Reserve …
Written By Steve Kautz, AFC® Financial Education Programs Specialist Finance Authority of Maine September 24, 2025 Timeless personal finance advice to fill your mind and, hopefully, your wallet I Googled “Personal Finance Advice” just to see what AI would …
Written By Steve Kautz, AFC® Financial Education Programs Specialist Finance Authority of Maine August 26, 2025 From 25 to 29 and Counting: Personal Finance Education Requirements When I started this blog in April of 2024, there were 25 states that had …
Written By Steve Kautz, AFC® Financial Education Programs Specialist Finance Authority of Maine July 18, 2025 Boston, Spring of 2012 Waynflete School’s team has made it to the finals of the Boston Federal Reserve Cup Challenge for Economics and Personal …
Written By Steve Kautz, AFC® Financial Education Programs Specialist Finance Authority of Maine June 23, 2025 There are many definitions of interest, but this one has been my go-to for a long time. Short. Simple. Strong. in · ter · est the cost of money …
Written By Steve Kautz, AFC® Financial Education Programs Specialist Finance Authority of Maine May 20, 2025 “The first principle is that you must not fool yourself — and you are the easiest person to fool.” –Richard Feynman, Nobel laureate and physicist, …
Written By Steve Kautz, AFC® Financial Education Programs Specialist Finance Authority of Maine April 09, 2025 About a year ago we released the first post for this blog, and I’m still here, 15 posts older and more eager than ever to keep the conversation …
Written By Steve Kautz, AFC® Financial Education Programs Specialist Finance Authority of Maine March 19, 2025 Economic conditions are increasingly volatile and stressful, and that is the perfect time to take a deep dive into our budget, look for leaks, …
Written By Steve Kautz, AFC® Financial Education Programs Specialist Finance Authority of Maine February 14, 2025 “Kids these days.” – said by everyone who is not a kid, in every decade since the beginning of kids. A funny thing has happened to me during …
Written By Steve Kautz, AFC® Financial Education Programs Specialist Finance Authority of Maine January 22, 2025 If you Google, “Personal Finance Tips for 2025”, you’ll get 800,000,000 results. Not only did I not read all 800,000,000, but I also didn’t …
Written By Steve Kautz, AFC® Financial Education Programs Specialist Finance Authority of Maine December 18, 2024 “Out of college, money spent. See no future, pay no rent. All the money’s gone, nowhere to go.” -The Beatles Most of the ideas for these posts …
Written By Steve Kautz, AFC® Financial Education Programs Specialist Finance Authority of Maine November 18, 2024 Recently I’ve been running into “top financial mistakes” lists in the form of articles, social media posts, news stories, etc. I imagine this …
Written By Steve Kautz, AFC® Financial Education Programs Specialist Finance Authority of Maine October 16, 2024 What season is it? Ask most folks and of course, they will say fall, but ask high school seniors, their parents, and counselors, and they might …
Written By Steve Kautz, AFC® Financial Education Programs Specialist Finance Authority of Maine September 11, 2024 There is no quick or definite answer to that question. But there are ways to analyze coverage versus cost and feel you are getting what you …
Written By Steve Kautz, AFC® Financial Education Programs Specialist Finance Authority of Maine August 13, 2024 Once upon a time, in a high school far enough away, I taught a full-year economics course. And in that course, I often referred to classic …
Written By Steve Kautz, AFC® Financial Education Programs Specialist Finance Authority of Maine July 15, 2024 I don’t currently have a TV, and I am spending a few minutes of these TV-less days thinking about whether I want to have one again. However, I’m …
Written By Steve Kautz, AFC® Financial Education Programs Specialist Finance Authority of Maine June 17, 2024 Last time I outlined my experience learning and then learning to love economics. Now it’s time for detail and ideas for economics-related …
Written By Steve Kautz, AFC® Financial Education Programs Specialist Finance Authority of Maine June 03, 2024 In our economic system—let’s call it Mostly Capitalism—there is no escaping the incredible weight of decision making when it comes to managing our …
Written By Steve Kautz, AFC® Financial Education Programs Specialist Finance Authority of Maine May 01, 2024 The following sounds like one big, loud, and proud advertisement for Maine Jump$tart and the educators who are bringing personal finance education …
Written By Steve Kautz, AFC® Financial Education Programs Specialist Finance Authority of Maine April 02, 2024 The information in this blog is for general educational and informational purposes only and does not constitute financial, investment, insurance …
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