Classes, history classes, Foreign Language classes you can graduate with a deep understanding of quantum phys s physics. You can get a ph. D. In modern literature they teach that in school if you get enough education but you know the one thing they almost never teach in middle school or high school, to say nothing of college, Financial Literacy and im not talking about economics here you could be an econ major and still learn nothing about personal financial planning, retirement readiness, let alone how to invest your money wisely. Money is just not talked about its almost like a third rail of American Education youre a thousand times more likely to read doss capital. Marx is actually a pretty good economist, hes not going to show you how to balance a checkbook, let alone manage a portfolio of stocks. Financial literacy, the third rail thats why aisim on a Constant Mission to teach you how to manage your money so you can be a better investor. Think of this show as a continuing educatio
Cliff. Our very own lou dobbs is not buying it. Adam our very own Nicole Petallides is on the new york stock exchange. Where do we stand right now. Right now the Dow Jones Industrials are down nearly 60 points. The nasdaq composite is down three quarters of 1 . Not a great day here. There are concerns about the fiscal cliff. We just have the deadline timeclock up again. We know that we have very accommodative feds. Lets take a look at some european markets. Finance ministers have been discussing things including giving them more power. These are some of the things that they are looking at closely. We had seen europe really pushing some new recent highs. That is something that pushed us along in the last couple days. Lori a showdown in washington. Sparring over a dead deal. It does not look like either party is ready to budge. Where are we now, rich we are still in the middle of a work in progress. That could be a little bit of an understatement. Democrats say they want a commitment fro