The Big Five

What this checks

5 questions, 2 minutes: the Big Three plus bonds and mortgages, asked exactly as in the US National Financial Capability Study — then see how your answers compare.

Based on: the Lusardi–Mitchell Big Five, as asked in the 2009 US National Financial Capability Study

Practise with these simulations

• Compound Interest
• Savings Sprint
• Inflation & Purchasing Power
• The Cost of Borrowing
• Credit-Card Debt Trap
• Credit-Card Debt Lab
• Eggs in One Basket
• Insurance & Risk Pooling — The Risk Pool
• Prospect Theory: Loss Aversion & Framing

Related concepts

• Compound growth
• Inflation & purchasing power
• Risk & diversification
• The cost of credit