Many American consumers fail to grasp the basic math of inflation, according to a large-scale study of financial literacy. The FINRA Investor Education Foundation, a financial education nonprofit, ...

A new survey found that most Americans were not able to pass a quiz on financial literacy that had just seven questions. The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) recently conducted one of ...

Budgeting, the economy, inflation, stocks, and bonds — how much do you know about money and finances? One thing's for sure: these concepts aren't exactly taught in school. Financial literacy is ...

Ours is a nation with shockingly poor financial literacy. Many Americans don’t comprehend common, elementary financial terms such as “Roth IRA” and “mutual funds.” The lack of understanding money and ...

April is National Financial Literacy Month. To mark the occasion, MarketWatch will publish a series of “Financial Fitness” articles to help readers improve their fiscal health, and offer advice on how ...

April is National Financial Literacy Month. To mark the occasion, MarketWatch will publish a series of “Financial Fitness” articles to help readers improve their fiscal health, and offer advice on how ...

While there’s been a slight uptick in financial literacy among young people, Americans’ overall financial knowledge and understanding is still shy of what they need to get through life, according to ...

Money touches just about every part of our daily lives. It influences what we buy, where we live and how the future unfolds. If you’ve paid higher prices at the gas station or grocery store lately, ...