Money Rocks is a basic guide helping young adults increase their knowledge of personal finance. It is specifically designed to address the challenges of making good decisions in a complex world by minimizing poor financial habits and maximizing good choices. While it will not guarantee the reader makes a million bucks overnight or achieves fame and fortune, it will provide a foundation for a stable financial future.
Chapters in this book include:
Your Financial Future
Job Hunting and Careers
Budgeting: Building a Road Map
Taxes
Credit Cards and Cash Management
Schemes, Scams and Identity Theft
Home Sweet Home
Insurance
Savings and Investing
Makin’ Your Money Rock
And an appendix with several activities to reinforce the concepts presented in the chapters
Sue Lynn
Sasser
Sue Lynn Sasser is professor emeritus of economics in the College of Business at the University of Central Oklahoma. She has been actively involved in promoting economic and financial literacy for the past 30 years, serving in several leadership positions in the state and nationally. She has also authored and edited numerous publications in both economics and personal finance for grades K-12 used in thousands of classrooms across the country. She was recognized as the national Friend of the Family by the American Association of Family and Consumer Sciences for her work in Oklahoma and has received other state and national recognitions. Dr. Sasser joined the UCO faculty in 2001 and has a PhD in Consumer Economics from Texas Woman’s University.
Randall
Ice
Randall Ice is professor emeritus of finance in the College of Business at the University of Central Oklahoma. He taught personal finance courses at UCO for almost 30 years and is nationally recognized for his work in promoting financial literacy at the collegiate level. In addition, he has hosted weekly radio shows on business and education as well as collaborated on other various other finance-related projects while serving as chair of the UCO Department of Finance. He has also led several study groups to Great Britain, introducing students first-hand to international finance and business experiences. Dr. Ice joined the UCO faculty in 1984 and has a doctorate from Oklahoma State University.