WHY IT MATTERS

• Nearly 1 in 20 US households are impoverished due to crushing credit card debt (Source: KBTX, linked here)

• 1 in 3 Americans don’t even know their credit card interest rate and 21% don’t know if they have credit debt (Source: AARP, linked here)

• By teaching kids how to invest and the basics of financial literacy we can help our future generation avoid these mistakes.

• Investing is a huge aspect of finance - the ability to know how to invest your money can lead to much more financial gain.

• There are very few classes on investing taught in schools, so students may never even learn how to properly invest - yet habits and mindsets form young.

• The ability to invest will not only allow students to be able to make much more money as adults, but also generally give them more financial literacy and promote good financial habits - instead of sinking money into unnecessary things, students will instead learn to make wiser decisions with their money.

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YIW is designed to be inclusive, supportive, and non-intimidating, welcoming students with no prior exposure to investing or finance.