Mars & Venus… Orbiting Their Wallets

Mars & Venus… Orbiting Their Wallets

Who is better with money – men or women? A recent study by employee benefits company Financial Finesse appears to indicate the answer is… Men.  As a self-proclaimed bra-burning feminist, I was taken aback when originally presented with the results of this...
A Spending Hiatus

A Spending Hiatus

The economic headlines these days are far from uplifting: The unemployment rate is currently 9.5%.  That’s a 26-year high, and will likely continue to rise. An average of 5.4 people are vying for each available job opening Broken out by age, gender, and...
Retirement, Recalibrated

Retirement, Recalibrated

I love shocking statistics.  Especially when they relate back to personal finance. So as I was reading a recent column by the always thought-provoking Scott Burns, this line jumped out at me: “The fastest-growing population group in America isn’t the young: It...
Rebooting America

Rebooting America

There is something oddly poetic about launching this blog in the same week that General Motors filed for bankruptcy . Who would have thought that this 100 year-old iconic American company would not only be dropped from the Dow Jones Industrial Average but also face...