A few years back I met a pretty smart young man - someone who was one his way to being very financially responsible, and assured a prosperous life of asset growth. He had obviously been through at least a little bit of personal finance training in his life. He had saved throughout all of his teenage years while driving an insanely cheap and uncool beater of a car. He had banked gifts from family members instead of blowing them on useless stuff. He had secured a four year college scholarship … [Read more...]