Being financially illiterate can lead to financial disaster, as it increases the likelihood of accumulating unsustainable debt burdens due to poor spending decisions or a lack of long-term planning.

A growing number of states require high schools to teach the basics of free-market capitalism in their financial literacy ...

(An excerpt from the book, "Dividend Investing: Dependable Income to Navigate All Market Environments," by Jenny Van Leeuwen Harrington, CEO of Gilman Hill Asset Management.) While I instantly loved ...