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A$k the Dolans
Wall Street is catching its breath after a wild ride. On Thursday the big board dropped 999 points in less than a half an hour, before rebounding No one is sure what happened. The Securities and Exchange Commission is trying to find out why.
European leaders are vowing to do more to stem the Greek debt crisis. They're calling for a stabilization mechanism to calm markets before they reopen on Monday. This week a $140billion aid package hammered out by European Union countries sparked violent riots in Greece. The deal calls for severe cuts in government services there, including wage and retirement freezes.
CNN's Fredricka Whitfield asked personal finance experts Ken and Daria Dolan about the state of the world's economy and whether investors should be worried in the days and weeks to come.
The Legal Guys
More questions in the Times Square car bomb case. Police say Faisal Shahzad, the Pakistani-American suspect, has admitted leaving a SUV rigged with a gasoline and propane bomb in New York.
Now investigators are trying to determine whether he was trained or recruited for the operation by a Pakisan-based terrorist organization.
CNN's Fredricka Whitfield talked to our legal experts about the case. Avery Friedman is a civil rights attorney and law professor. Richard Herman is a New York criminal defense attorney and law professor.
"Wait, no one taught me about credit!"
From finance expert Clyde Anderson:
Well, it's that time of year again. The time when thousands of young adults graduate from institutions of higher education, with degree in hand, tossed into their new reality ready to take on the world, but ill-prepared for what will soon hit them dead smack in the face and more importantly their wallets. Sure they've learned about history, science, math and maybe even the arts, but the big questions is did they learn anything that can help them navigate through the personal finance maze that often leaves many lost?
It befuddles me that we don't teach our children nor our young adults about something as simple as balancing a check book or creating a budget. Although quadratic equations are important (well maybe to some), it's something that most of us will never use in our everyday life. Money is something that we have to deal with on a daily basis if we want to achieve any level of success or just live within society.
Now students will be trading in that college transcript for a new transcripts of sorts; a credit report. Instead of A's and B's it will now be 30 day late payments and balance transfers that will determine their ability to get loans, insurance and even jobs. Yes, I said jobs as employers are checking potential employees' credit reports to see if they are a good fit for their organization. "But wait no one taught me about credit", you might be saying. It's true that the way you handle your personal finances could stop you from getting that job that you've been working toward and paying for for the past 4 years.
So if you want to make the grade after graduation you have to have an education in greenbacks - also known as cold, hard cash. How to make it, maintain it and how if affects your life. It would be a shame to graduate at the top of your class, but fail Personal Finances 101, only to be held back in life.
Clyde Anderson's Home School segment airs today in the 7AM ET hour of CNN Saturday Morning with TJ Holmes.
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