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How To Fight Financial Overwhelm
What would happen if you pared your life down to the essentials? It's been a while since my last blog post. Truth be told, I've been frozen like a deer in headlights. It felt like everything there was to say about personal finance had already been covered in...
The White House Report On Women: 3 Surprising Insights
How Are American Women Doing? March 8th is International Women's Day. Celebrated around the globe, each year there is a different focus. For 2011, "Equal access to education, Training and science and technology, Pathway to decent work for women" are highlighted...
Suits: A Woman On Wall Street
Have you ever wondered what it's like being a woman working on Wall Street? In 2009, New York Times Op-Ed Columnist Nicholas Kristof eloquently pointed out that our economy might be in a very different place had it been Lehman Sisters and Brothers rather than...
Are Your Bonds Safe?
"Last year I invested in a bond fund and now I've lost money. What happened? I thought bonds were supposed to be safe investments!" Recently several people have asked me this same question. Given the turbulent economic times we're (hopefully!) coming out of,...
Shocking Statistics on Women & Retirement
Do you ever worry about ending up old and poor? For many women, becoming the proverbial "bag lady under the bridge" is one of their worst nightmares. Myself included. I literally sit down with my husband and our financial planner twice a year to re-confirm that we are...
The Saver's Credit: Are You Eligible?
If you could reduce your taxes in three ways with one simple tactic, would you pass it up? Believe it or not, that's exactly what many hard-working Americans are unknowingly doing. Only 12% of Americans who reported an annual household income of less than $50,000 and...
Turn Your Kids Into Personal Finance Champs
Do your children think you are a walking ATM? If you are tired of "must-have-that-toy-right-now" tantrums as you walk down the aisles of Target or Toys “R” Us, go straight to your nearest bookstore and buy Alisa T. Weinstein's new book, Earn It, Learn It. Alisa...
Do Money Books For Women Hurt Women?
What do you think... Do personal finance books written by women for women perpetuate the myth that women are bad with money? Why is there a "money management for women" section but no "money management for men" section at Amazon and other booksellers? What's up with...
The Four Most Dangerous Words To Your Portfolio
How Should I Invest? As we head into the New Year, media outlets ranging from CNBC to The Washington Post are full of financial commentary addressing this question. On the surface it seems like a logical query. But if you were getting ready to go out, would you ask...