MONEY SMART WEEK
Money
Smart Week, held during the week of April
18-25 in 2015, is a public awareness
campaign designed to help consumers better manage their personal finances. This
is achieved through the collaboration and coordinated effort of hundreds of
organizations across the country including businesses, financial institutions,
schools, libraries, not-for-profits, government agencies and the media. Started
in 2002 in Chicago with just 40 programs, it has expanded significantly to
become the only national educational program for people at all stages of life.
As a public library system,
the Martinsburg-Berkeley County Public Libraries participates by offering a
variety of resources including books, databases, print subscriptions, and
classes and workshops presented at different times throughout the year. The
main library offers the Morningstar Investment Research Center online, and
Value Line Investment subscriptions, as well as Standard and Poor’s Outlook,
Barron’s Weekly, Consumer Reports, Investor’s Business Daily, and The Wall
Street Journal in print.
Some recent book titles,
dealing with finances and consumer education, include:
Happy Money--The Science of
Smarter Spending;
Saving for Retirement--Without
Living like a Pauper or Winning the Lottery;
J.K. Lasser’s New Rules for
Estate, Retirement, and Tax Planning;
Social Security for Dummies;
The Age of
Cryptocurrency--How Bitcoin and Digital Money are challenging the Global
Economic Order;
The
Opposite of Spoiled--Raising Kids who are Grounded, Generous, and Smart about
Money;
20
Retirement Decisions You Need to Make Right Now;
Millennial
Money--How Young Investors Can Build a Fortune;
Money--Master
the Game: 7 Simple Steps to Financial Freedom; and
The
Cold Hard Truth on Men, Women & Money--50 Common Money Mistakes and How to
Fix Them.
