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            <title>Re: What the the most common finanical misunderstandings?</title>
        
            <link>http://mathforum.org/kb/thread.jspa?messageID=7373761&amp;tstart=0#7373761</link>

        

            <description><![CDATA[Understanding how interest works is critical to both savings and borrowing. Do you think people have trouble understanding interest as it applies to]]></description>

        

            <jf:creationDate>Feb 1, 2011 11:52:17 AM</jf:creationDate>
            <jf:modificationDate>Feb 1, 2011 11:52:17 AM</jf:modificationDate>
            <jf:author>valerie@mathforum.org</jf:author>
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            <title>Re: What the the most common finanical misunderstandings?</title>
        
            <link>http://mathforum.org/kb/thread.jspa?messageID=7373752&amp;tstart=0#7373752</link>

        

            <description><![CDATA[This is a hard concept for people to wrap their head around. I find graphical representations to capture these ideas pretty well and help me make]]></description>

        

            <jf:creationDate>Feb 1, 2011 11:31:25 AM</jf:creationDate>
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            <jf:author>valerie@mathforum.org</jf:author>
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            <title>Re: What the the most common finanical misunderstandings?</title>
        
            <link>http://mathforum.org/kb/thread.jspa?messageID=7373649&amp;tstart=0#7373649</link>

        

            <description><![CDATA[I couldn't agree more. I think the concept of a safety net/emergency fund/rainy day fund is not terribly hard to comprehend. But understanding how to]]></description>

        

            <jf:creationDate>Feb 1, 2011 9:38:43 AM</jf:creationDate>
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            <jf:author>valerie@mathforum.org</jf:author>
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            <title>Re: What the the most common finanical misunderstandings?</title>
        
            <link>http://mathforum.org/kb/thread.jspa?messageID=7373123&amp;tstart=0#7373123</link>

        

            <description><![CDATA[I think the whole concept of the time value of money, from future values, annuities, discounts and present values.<br>]]></description>

        

            <jf:creationDate>Jan 31, 2011 6:34:28 PM</jf:creationDate>
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            <jf:author>kenkatzenberger</jf:author>
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            <title>Re: What the the most common finanical misunderstandings?</title>
        
            <link>http://mathforum.org/kb/thread.jspa?messageID=7373041&amp;tstart=0#7373041</link>

        

            <description><![CDATA[I believe the concept of interest to be by far the one in most needs of attention.<br>]]></description>

        

            <jf:creationDate>Jan 31, 2011 4:31:38 PM</jf:creationDate>
            <jf:modificationDate>Jan 31, 2011 4:31:38 PM</jf:modificationDate>
            <jf:author>jmelees</jf:author>
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            <title>Re: What the the most common finanical misunderstandings?</title>
        
            <link>http://mathforum.org/kb/thread.jspa?messageID=7364348&amp;tstart=0#7364348</link>

        

            <description><![CDATA[I'm adding a comment to 'fiscal responsibility'. I've noticed that youths and adults seem to understand the concept of having a safety nest and can]]></description>

        

            <jf:creationDate>Jan 21, 2011 4:07:03 AM</jf:creationDate>
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            <jf:author>sweets</jf:author>
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            <title>Re: What the the most common finanical misunderstandings?</title>
        
            <link>http://mathforum.org/kb/thread.jspa?messageID=7233453&amp;tstart=0#7233453</link>

        

            <description><![CDATA[I assume you mean personal fiscal stability? I find the notion of a rainy day fund or an emergency savings account to be very helpful, but it is hard]]></description>

        

            <jf:creationDate>Oct 7, 2010 10:15:31 AM</jf:creationDate>
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            <jf:author>valerie@mathforum.org</jf:author>
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            <title>Re: What the the most common finanical misunderstandings?</title>
        
            <link>http://mathforum.org/kb/thread.jspa?messageID=7232763&amp;tstart=0#7232763</link>

        

            <description><![CDATA[Poor financial strategies. An inability to realistically budget and plan for future fiscal instabilities is a symptom of financial misunderstanding.]]></description>

        

            <jf:creationDate>Oct 6, 2010 1:20:38 PM</jf:creationDate>
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            <jf:author>szimbov2</jf:author>
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            <title>Re: What the the most common finanical misunderstandings?</title>
        
            <link>http://mathforum.org/kb/thread.jspa?messageID=7136935&amp;tstart=0#7136935</link>

        

            <description><![CDATA[I have noticed a misunderstanding about borrowed money.  I have noticed that sometimes students (and my own children!) think of borrowed money as]]></description>

        

            <jf:creationDate>Jul 26, 2010 3:27:22 PM</jf:creationDate>
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            <jf:author>stacey.seeger</jf:author>
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            <title>Re: What the the most common finanical misunderstandings?</title>
        
            <link>http://mathforum.org/kb/thread.jspa?messageID=7135000&amp;tstart=0#7135000</link>

        

            <description><![CDATA[APR on credit cards is misunderstood. I think a lot of people don't understand the concept of paying the minimum and how interest adds up over time.]]></description>

        

            <jf:creationDate>Jul 23, 2010 7:40:06 PM</jf:creationDate>
            <jf:modificationDate>Jul 23, 2010 7:40:06 PM</jf:modificationDate>
            <jf:author>arosmath</jf:author>
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