What's your Financial I.Q.? (12 question Multiple Choice interactive test)

....More than two-thirds of the Americans surveyed in 2010 by Milwaukee insurer Northwestern Mutual flunked a financial literacy quiz. A separate 2009 survey by the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority’s Investor Education Foundation, which supports financial education, found that fewer than half of Americans could answer two basic questions about interest rates and inflation. 

“The lack of financial literacy is a major problem in the United States,” said Michael Goodman, an associate professor and chairman of the public policy department at University of Massachusetts Dartmouth. “It affects not just people who are poorly educated, but also people who received some of the finest educations in the world.”

The literacy gap is particularly wide for younger adults, who have less experience with money and can easily fall into debt through credit cards or student loans. A 2009 study by student loan giant Sallie Mae found only about 18 percent of college students with credit cards paid them off completely every month, while the rest likely racked up interest costs or fees by carrying a balance or paying their bills late......

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