8602390859?profile=originalThe Teachers Insurance and Annuity Association - College Retirement Equities Fund (TIAA-CREF), a Fortune 100 investment company based in New York, released Monday a new study that focused on the personal finances of college-educated Latinos. They found that majority of Latinos are struggling to pay for their monthly expenses, and nearly 40 percent said they would have difficulty finding $2,000 in an emergency. 

The report collected data from the National Financial Capability Study in 2012, which surveyed 25,000 adults nationwide, and reviewed the personal finances of the 1,553 participants who claimed to be Hispanic and have had college education. The study found that majority of Latinos consider themselves in a "fragile financial state," Dean Starkman of The Los Angeles Times wrote. READ MORE AT i SCHOOL GUIDE

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