What is it?

MONEY MATTERS

A Financial Literacy Textbook Written With the Support of CFA Society Ireland


Money Matters is a financial literacy textbook with the support of CFA Society Ireland. It is written as menu of personal finance, investing and entrepreneurship life skills.


The book is tailored for young people in the following ways:


  1. it is story-focused whereby students can learn about pensions through characters like Sarah who starts her first job and is wondering what “tax relief” means for her.

  2. It is full of relevant modernity including ESG, fintech, online brokers, differentiating between trading and investing as well as using technology for active learning.

  3. It gives a real taste of the diversity of careers available today and tomorrow in finance. Each chapter contains a case study of a CFA Institute charterholder and highlights how the the theory learned in subjects like accounting, business, maths and economics connect with the practicality of everyday life and life-changing decisions.

Money Matters: How to use the financial literacy textbook in the classroom

What do people think of the book?

“Money Matters is a comprehensive and essential textbook for students of all ages. It covers all areas of finance from personal budgets to business and stocks. It is presented in a thorough yet fully understandable manner for everyone.”

Jaclyn Gurulé, mother of 5 children

“This book provides very good introductions to the basic principles of managing a budget and seeing how you can break down your monthly costs to different categories.I would highly recommend this book to anyone who has entered Secondary School..."

Lucas Browne, 4th Year, Age 15

“I found Money Matters very interesting. I like the layout and the examples in the book are very practical. The activities were not too daunting and I really liked the interviews with the various business people.” 

Mark aged 15

“I found Money Matters to be a great book. As a family we found it very to-the-point and we found some very useful information in it.The book is very well laid out and is written in really nice short paragraphs or bullet points.”

Mary

Get a taste of financial freedom with an excerpt from the book

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