Generous donations from the financial industry help millions\nof students, teachers, schools and communities across the country\nto participate in the SIFMA Foundation's financial education\nprograms: The Stock Market Game™, Capitol Hill Challenge™,\nInvestWrite® and Invest It Forward™.\n \n Nurturing financially literate and capable children will\nenable them to make smart financial decisions throughout their\nlives, and provide a foundation for them to be the vital\ncontributors to our society and economy of tomorrow.\n \n Since 1977, the SIFMA Foundation's financial education\nprograms have enabled more than 15 million students to better\nunderstand the capital markets, improve their saving and investing\nhabits, and increase their academic engagement, better preparing\nthem for college and career success. \n \n To learn more about this year's Tribute Dinner, visit \nhttp://www.sifma.org/tributedinner2014/
For just over 30 years the PNC Christmas Price Index has been\ndelighting classrooms across the country with its entertaining use\nof the classic holiday carol, \“Twelve Days of Christmas,\” as an\ninformative measure of the rate of inflation.\n \n In 2010, PNC and the SIFMA Foundation came together to launch\nthe first PNC Christmas Price Index – SIFMA Foundation Stock Market\nGame Challenge, a competition where students estimated the current\nPNC Christmas Price Index values for an opportunity to win cash\nprizes. This year the SIFMA Foundation invites middle school and\nhigh school Stock Market Game teams in Florida, Michigan, New\nJersey, and Wisconsin to participate in the PNC Christmas Price\nIndex – SIFMA Foundation Stock Market Game Challenge.\n \n Please join us Tuesday, October 21, 2014, 4PM-5PM ET, for a\nspecial webinar introducing teachers to the PNC Christmas Price\nIndex and its associated competition: \nhttps://www1.gotomeeting.com/register/295502152
ICYMI - John Taft, CEO at RBC Wealth Management, writes about\nthe necessity of financial literacy programs like the ones provided\nby the SIFMA Foundation. Reacting to an article in \n\n\nThe New Yorker\n that compared the religious elite in ancient Egypt to today's\nfinancial elite, John examines the financial industry's role in\ncombating financial illiteracy through programs like the SIFMA\nFoundation's Stock Market Game program.\n \n Read his piece in its entirety: \n\nhttps://www.linkedin.com/pulse/article/20140929145358-229992090-america-s-foreign-language-finance?trk=mp-reader-card\n \n