NOTES FROM THE WILD
Who taught you about money? My own answer is a short list of people and one book.
A supervisor at a department store, twenty-seven and running her money better than I ever had, showed me her system. Scott Pape's book reached me while I was closing Stella and gave me the buckets I still run. Everything else useful I know about building wealth arrives in a conversation, and I started Wild Money to pass those conversations on.
Fidelity Investments asked 1,900 American adults who taught them about money in 2024, and 56 per cent said their parents "never discussed money" with them. I have yet to find a Papua New Guinean survey that asks the same question.
56 per cent said their parents
"never discussed money" with them.
A 2013 Cambridge review for the UK's Money Advice Service cites research finding that children learn about money three ways, by observation, instruction and practice. A quiet house still teaches through the first one. A child watches who pays at the market, who counts the notes twice and whose face changes when a relative asks for help.
So I'm asking. Who taught you, and what did they teach, on purpose or by example? Write to me at [email protected] and I'll quote two or three answers when I hear back, with first names and only with your permission.
TOMORROW
Your answers, the week and the phrase “good with money”.
Best
Amanda
P.S. What’s your view on today’s newsletter? Did I miss something out that you’d like to share? Write to me, [email protected]. I may not get back to you, but I will try to read what you send in.
IMPORTANT NOTE
Wild Money is general information only, drawn from my own experience and research. It isn't financial advice, and nothing in it is a recommendation to buy, sell, hold or manage money in any particular way. What worked for me won't necessarily suit you. Please seek advice from a licensed financial adviser before making decisions about your own money.