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Building a Financially Capable America Through Education and Research

The People We Help

Learn how the Foundation helps Americans build financial stability, invest for life goals and guard against fraud.

The Knowledge We Gain & Share

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Research allows us to understand and improve money decisions. The FINRA Foundation connects those who create new knowledge with those who use it.

The Networks We Strengthen

Learn how the Foundation empowers its partners to reach people where they live, work, and learn.

They Just Add Up: Combined Math and Financial Knowledge Tied to Better Financial Outcomes

This study by FiCycle, NORC at the University of Chicago, and the Foundation examines the joint roles that math and financial knowledge play on people’s financial outcomes. The findings indicate that those with high math and financial knowledge report more positive financial outcomes and fewer negative financial outcomes than those with high knowledge in only one (or neither) domain.

They Just Add Up: Combined Math and Financial Knowledge Tied to Better Financial Outcomes

 

Gen Z and Investing: Social Media, Crypto, FOMO, and Family

This study by the FINRA Foundation and CFA Institute examines the behaviors, influences, information sources, perceptions, and attitudes of Gen Z investors (ages 18-25 at the time of the survey) relative to millennial investors and Gen X investors.

Gen Z and Investing: Social Media, Crypto, FOMO, and Family

 

Hidden Disparities: A Closer Look at the Financial Vulnerability of AAPI Adults

This study uses data from the NFCS to examine the financial vulnerability of AAPI adults, in the aggregate and across different heritages within the AAPI population. The findings suggest that wide disparities in financial vulnerability are found in different heritage groups.

Hidden Disparities: A Closer Look at the Financial Vulnerability of AAPI Adults