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Fluid Intelligence. Cognitive Theory. Word Recall Test (immediate and delayed average, 2010 Health & Retirement Study). ( Source :). Rates of cognitive impairment by Age (Source Agarwal , Driscoll, Gabaix and Laibson , 2010). Interest Rates on Loans. - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
Fluid Intelligence
Cognitive Theory
Word Recall Test (immediate and delayed average, 2010 Health & Retirement
Study)
(Source:)
60 65 70 75 80 85 903
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Episodic Memory
Rates of cognitive impairment by Age(Source Agarwal, Driscoll, Gabaix and Laibson, 2010)
71-79 80-89 90 +0
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Cognitive impair-ment, not demenitaDementia
Interest Rates on Loans
Financial Literacy (TTU Financial Literacy Assessment Project)
Examples of questions:8. Savings accounts and money market
accounts are most appropriate for1 Long-term investments like retirement 2 Emergency funds and short-term goals 3 Earning a high rate of return 17. If you have an insurance policy with a
higher deductible, the premiums will be1 Higher 2 Lower 3 The same
Investments
13. The benefit of owning investments that are diversified is that it
1 Reduces risk 2 Increases return 3 Reduces tax liability
15. The main advantage of a 401(k) plan is that it:
1 Provides a high rate of return with little risk 2 Allows you to shelter retirement savings from taxation 3 Provides a well diversified mix of investment assets
Age and Literacy
Literacy and Confidence
60 65 70 75 80 850
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90Financial Literacy Confidence
By Topic Area
60 65 70 75 80 850
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Basic Borrowing Investment
Equity allocation and cognitive decline
Lowcog Avgcog Highcog
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-15
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Percent change in Equities 2008-2010 by Word Recall
Median
Who Pays for Financial Advice?(By Age & Type of Advice)
(Source: Finke, Huston, and Winchester, 2011)
<35 35-44 45-54 55-64 65+
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Transaction-based Comprehensive
Accepting Cognitive Aging
Decline in financial decision making ability mirrors decline in cognitive ability in advanced age
Importance of planning for cognitive declineSimilar to decline in drivingBut, when drivers given objective evidence of
declining skills, they change behavior (Holland & Rabbitt, 1992)
