Realising financial health and happiness needs conscious and adequate effort. Every financial experience can be a valuable money lesson.
The journey towards financial well-being starts by building up financial knowledge and practising making financially sound decisions. In this month of SMU Libraries Curate, check out our journey towards personal financial literacy.
Books
Financial literacy for children and youth / Lucey, Thomas A. & Cooter, Kathleen S.
Li Ka Shing Library Level 3 HG179 .F4629 2018
How finance works : the HBR guide to thinking smart about the numbers / Desai, Mihir A.
Li Ka Shing Library Level 3 HG173.D433 2019
Li Ka Shing Library Level 3 HG179 .F66 2004
Money smart : own your financial destiny / Tan, Lorna
Li Ka Shing Library Level 3 HG179 .T374 2019
Li Ka Shing Library Level 3 HG179 .C28 2017
The wisdom of finance : discovering humanity in the world of risk and return / Desai, Mihir A.
Li Ka Shing Library Level 3 HG101 .D47 2017
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Videos
- A guide to personal finance : the basics / Yahoo Finance
- An honest look at the personal finance crisis / TED
- Financial Masterclass / OCBC Bank
- Five fundamental concepts behind financial planning / Global Financial Literacy Excellence Center (GFLEC)
- How do foreign exchange rates affect your money? / Yahoo Finance
- How to achieve financial literacy / FT Financial Literacy and Inclusion Campaign
- Inflation, stocks and what it means for your money / Yahoo Finance
- Institute for Financial Literacy e-learning videos / Institute for Financial Literacy
- Investing : value versus growth stocks / Yahoo Finance
- Looking after your wealth : exposing five common myths / Financial Times
- MoneyOwl video guides on money matters / MoneyOwl
- Personal finance / Yahoo Finance
- SGFinDex explainer video / Monetary Authority of Singapore
- The difference between active vs passive investing / Yahoo Finance
- Wealth Hacks / OCBC Bank
- World Investor Week 2022 foundational accountancy topics every investor should understand / International Federation of Accountants (IFAC)
Podcasts
- Guiding Assets / CFA Institute
- Money Box / BBC Radio 4
- Money Clinic with Claer Barrett / Financial Times
- Money Talks / CNA Personal Finance Podcast
- The Meaningful Money Personal Finance Podcast / Pete Matthew
- The Wallet / Emilie Bellet
Articles
- 4 Elements Define Personal Financial Well-being / Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB)
- 5 Questions to Ask a Financial Advisor / Morningstar
- 7 Financial Ratios to Gauge your Financial Health / DBS Bank
- Ask Yourself These 5 Questions Before You Look for a Financial Advisor / Morningstar
- Basics of Financial Planning / DBS Bank
- Effects of Compounding Interest / MoneySense
- Financial Literacy / MoneyOwl
- Financial Literacy — Learn Now, Benefit Later / Financial Times
- Financial Planning for Singaporeans Enhanced with Insurance Data on SGFinDex / Monetary Authority of Singapore
- Financial Planning is for Everyone #MoneySense101 / MoneySense
- How Should We Teach Young People about Personal Finance? Q & A / Financial Times
- Investing 101 / Quantalytics
- Investing Glossary / Quantalytics
- Managing Your Money / MoneySense
- National Standards for Financial Literacy / Council for Economic Education
- SAVED : Five Steps for Making Financial Decisions / Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB)
- Setting Financial Goals / MoneySense
- Seven Steps to Financial Fitness / CFA Institute
- Taking Stock of Your Finances / MoneySense
- The Best Financial Rule I Ever Learnt? Open the Bills / FT Financial Literacy and Inclusion Campaign
- The Fundamentals of Personal Finance / Fast Lane
- The Short Answer : Answers to Your Basic and Not-so-basic Questions about Investing. / Morningstar
- Think You Learned Everything About Your Finances? Financial expert Tim Ranzetta describes the four C’s of financial education. / Morningstar
- Teaching Personal Finance with Hair Extensions / FT Financial Literacy and Inclusion Campaign
- Tips for Avoiding the Top 20 Common Investment Mistakes / CFA Institute
- ‘We need people to know the ABC of finance’ : Facing Up to the Financial Literacy Crisis / Financial Times
- What is Inflation? / MoneySense
- What is Inflation? We also explain deflation, disinflation, and stagflation. / Morningstar
- What's Your Personal Inflation Rate? / Morningstar
- What's Your Real Inflation Rate? / Morningstar
- World Investor Week 2022 Key Messages / World Investor Week 2022
- What to Do with $1,000 / Kiplinger’s Personal Finance
Quizzes & Tools
- Consumer Banking Consumer Guides / Association of Banks in Singapore (ABS)
- Crypto Quiz / MoneySense
- Financial Health Check / MoneySense
- Find Out Your Financial Well-being / Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB)
- Financial Tools / MoneySense
- Financial Wellness Quiz / OCBC Bank
- MyMoneySense / MoneySense
- MyMoneySense Expense Manager / MoneySense
- Personal Inflation Calculator : What is Your Inflation Rate? / Financial Times
- The FinMI Game : Explore Your Journey Towards Financial Literacy! / Institute for Financial Literacy
- The Uber Game : Can You Make It in the Gig Economy? / Financial Times
- Useful Financial Calculators / Institute for Financial Literacy
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This selection of resources is curated by your friendly Research Librarian, Business (Finance) & Accountancy, Tee Lip Hwe.