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Your Money Milestones: A Guide to Making the 9 Most Important Financial Decisions of Your Life
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Your Money Milestones: A Guide to Making the 9 Most Important Financial Decisions of Your Life

by Ph.D. Moshe A. Milevsky
January 2010
Beginner content levelBeginner
224 pages
5h 26m
English
Pearson
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4. Are Kids Investments and Can Marriages Diversify?

Of the many questions I ask my undergraduate students during the semester-long course on personal finances, the question I ask to kick-start the lecture on family economics provoke the strongest response. Here they are: Are children financial assets or liabilities ? And, did your parents have you for consumption or investment purposes?

After the yelling subsides and the classroom returns to normal, I add that I’m sure their parents love them very much (for the most part)—but note that at the same time, my students must acknowledge that kids aren’t free, and they can have quite a detrimental impact on a family’s personal finances. Here are some facts: According to my much-referenced Survey ...

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