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I'm considering teaching a small local intro to personal finance class, and was interested in what topics others thought might fit into the class. Here's a few things I've thought of so far:
- Attitudes/Limiting Beliefs about Money
- How to create a budget
- Debt Management and leveraging (not all debt is bad)
- How insurance fits into the picture
- Tax deferred/advantage accounts
- Post-tax strategies (i.e. indexing vs. AA vs. individual stockpicking, etc)
- Wealth building via business and/or real estate
- How to (Not) choose a personal financial planner (why would they want one if they're learning to do it themselves?)
The intent isn't to necessarily go into explicit detail into every topic (though some require details), but rather, get people on the right road to personal finance.
I'm thinking that hands-on activities, interactive discussions between students, and real-world homework projects (i.e. things they will use for THEIR personal finance) are some of the things I'd like to utilize.
Other thoughts?
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