Even though it isn’t an official, national declaration, many are recognizing April as Financial Literacy Month. So stop and think about your personal finances, and consider what you can do to increase your financial literacy — and your financial stability.

By now, it should be fairly obvious that global finances are inextricably related. I mean, the subprime lending crash here in the U.S. triggered all sorts of investing snafus all over the world. And the IMF has come out with a financial stability report. Check this out. It diagrams the twisty path from subprime to bust: