The students in the group need to respond to the Presentation ( the summary) . You can respond in not more than 200 words , in any of the following ways: 1. Agree or disagree with the author's or the article presenter's opinions ( student opinions) about the article and the issues discussed therein. But keep in mind that just saying "I agree or I disagree" will not receive any points. Support your opinion by presenting supporting evidence, argument or other relevant links. 2. You can expand the discussion by providing links to other related sources or articles from other credible financial sources, like the WSJ itself, or academic journals like the "Journal of Financial Planning". Keep in mind that your discussion should be related to the issues presented in the article being discussed and not start a completely new thread of discussion. It will be up to my discretion to decide the relevance of the links that you provide. This an example of a student respond to this discussion : [[Thank you for the article. It really made me think. But I can’t really agree with the author’s impression that marriage conveys more benefits. The problem in most relationships is that most people love each other, and love equals trust. And trust often equates to trusting your partner to handle the household finances. The person who earns more money in a marriage often wields the most power, and this can be disastrous for the other person. For example, the article recommends putting a home in joint tenancy with right of survivorship. But what if it’s an expensive home, that was just purchased, with little downpayment. If the spouse with the job dies, is the other spouse stuck paying a huge mortgage with little or no income? Or what if one of the partners has a few children from a prior marriage and the other spouse is reluctant to provide for them. Then, the parent of the children dies and the children have no right to the home. I think unmarried couples have an...
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