“Personal Finance”is a free online video course from Missouri State University through iTunes. This basic course is good for beginners who want to learn aboutpersonal financial statementsand budgets, how to use consumer credit wisely, and how to make decisions about cars and housing.20 Podcasts...
Well, Missouri is having a hard time ranking high on any list. It has some of the lowest middle-class income ranges in the nation. It also has a pretty high poverty rate 12.1%. It isn’t the worst, but it’s certainly something to work on. Indiana Two-Person Family Middle-Class Inc...
Fancy brown eggs, supposedly from hens fed better grain and allowed to run around, were just $3.49 a dozen at Acme this week. While some grocery prices are higher than they were before COVID, the percentage of my budget spent on groceries seems the same. My income is slightly higher and...
Your annual percentage rate (APR) is an expression of the loan’s total cost after factoring in origination fees. The higher the fees, the higher the APR. But if the lender doesn’t charge any fees, your APR and interest rate are the same. ...
In addition, a large percentage of every country's population lives in more expensive urban cities. High cost of living areas presents some unique challenges which I address in the book. With how bifurcated America is, I'm hoping to create an understanding bridge between those who live on the...
The negotiations to turn it into a tourism business took about a year, and included the stipulation that the studio earn a percentage of the money from every tour given. When finally completed in 2002, formalized tours of the movie-set began, and a former sheep shearing building that ...
An account funded as described above is likely to provide a far bigger percentage of a retiree’s pre-retirement income than Social Security does. The government in the past has ‘fixed’ the Social Security system by increasing taxes and retirement ages—and the system is still in trouble. ...
Missouri law states that if you are the victim of a car accident caused by another party’s negligence, you areentitled to compensationfor any injury or property damage caused by the crash. Even if you are found partially guilty, you may get asettlement in proportionto the other driver’s ...
the chances of getting injured are reduced to one in eight. Accident data collected over the years indicate that over 70 percent of all fatal accident victims in Missouri were not wearing seat belts. A similar percentage of people who suffered severe life-altering injuries were also not buckled...