Here’s a few links to blog posts from top personal finance blogs that I thought might interest you (maybe I will make this a new feature:):

• If you shop online, you should care about dynamic pricing (Consumerist):

You’re a savvy shopper, a well-educated consumer. You know to shop around to look for the best price on something before you fork over your cash. And after doing all your homework, you find out from Facebook that a friend on the other side of the country got the same item from the same website for less than you just paid. Why? How? Because an algorithm decided how much each of you should pay, and there’s nothing you can do about it.

• Five millenial money apps your students may be using (Wisebread)
  • Use this article in conjunction with this NGPF Project: Online Tools and Apps where your students take on the role of app reviewers in analyzing these new financial apps

• Looking for a financial calculator to embed in your lesson or activity? Here are 15 from Wisebread including a Drive vs. Fly and a Cost of Living calculator that you might find useful.

• New tool could reduce time to complete FAFSA from 1 hour to 20 minutes; don’t forget that you can start filing it now, too (Consumerist)!

FAFSA determines whether an applicant is eligible for subsidized federal loans and whether they can get access to grants that can reduce how much you need to borrow to pay for your education. But that’s only possible if you actually fill out the form, which is available starting Oct. 1 on the Dept. of Education website. 

About the Author

Tim Ranzetta

Tim's saving habits started at seven when a neighbor with a broken hip gave him a dog walking job. Her recovery, which took almost a year, resulted in Tim getting to know the bank tellers quite well (and accumulating a savings account balance of over $300!). His recent entrepreneurial adventures have included driving a shredding truck, analyzing executive compensation packages for Fortune 500 companies and helping families make better college financing decisions. After volunteering in 2010 to create and teach a personal finance program at Eastside College Prep in East Palo Alto, Tim saw firsthand the impact of an engaging and activity-based curriculum, which inspired him to start a new non-profit, Next Gen Personal Finance.