FINAL: Tale of Two Credit Scores Upsets Mutual Fund 115-74 

UPDATE at 3pm PT: Tale of Two Credit Scores leads Mutual Fund 96-66

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Game Report: Let's Make a Mutual Fund vs. A Tale of Two Credit Scores

Let's Make A Mutual Fund has all the elements to make it a championship contenda. It's fast-paced offense will get your students out of their seats learning about the Xs and Os of investing. We all know how important that is! While index investing may seem the equivalent of the Princeton offense, Make A Mutual Fund's strategy is to build  to a crescendo with the key learning objective hit on the final play. Swish! Students will leave your class buzzing more than the crowd at a Kentucky-Louisville match-up in March. 

Critics will say that you shouldn't judge an NGPF activity by its name, but it's hard to avoid that temptation with A Tale of Two Credit Scores (apologies to Charles Dickens). This captivating case study chronicles the lives of two students and how their credit score or lack thereof impacts their young lives. No debt, no problem, right? The credit score playbook is a little more complicated than that. Tale of Two Credit Scores relies on a swarming defense because protecting credit scores is sometimes all about defending against bad behaviors that can take points off the board. 

This one is sure to be an instant classic! 

As for our intrepid prognosticator, Melissa, here are her comments:

"This is a tough matchup and I think we are in for a ride with this one. Let's Make a Mutual Fund and Tale of Two Credit scores are completely different teams with different strengths. Let's Make a Mutual Fund is a high energy, fast-paced activities that will get any fan (and their students) out of their seats, but Tale of Two forces students to question and debate what they know which can frazzle any opponent. Although you love to see an 11 seed advance, I think I've gotta go with Let's Make a Mutual Fund this time around. Sorry, underdog. What we do know though, is this will be one for the books!"

Vegas is clearly torn up too with odds only slightly in Let's Make a Mutual Fund.

Upcoming Games: 

• Wednesday: #2 Can you Make It As An Uber Driver vs. #10 Earnings By Major
• Thursday: #5 Spent vs. #13 FICO Score Simulator 

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About the Author

Tim Ranzetta

Tim's saving habits started at seven when a neighbor with a broken hip gave him a dog walking job. Her recovery, which took almost a year, resulted in Tim getting to know the bank tellers quite well (and accumulating a savings account balance of over $300!). His recent entrepreneurial adventures have included driving a shredding truck, analyzing executive compensation packages for Fortune 500 companies and helping families make better college financing decisions. After volunteering in 2010 to create and teach a personal finance program at Eastside College Prep in East Palo Alto, Tim saw firsthand the impact of an engaging and activity-based curriculum, which inspired him to start a new non-profit, Next Gen Personal Finance.