I was fifteen years old when I opened my first bank account. My father took me to the local bank branch, introduced me to a gentleman named Bill, and advised me to consult Bill anytime I needed financial guidance. I received a debit card, and a department store credit card which I was only allowed […]
For many, it’s easier to simply ignore their finances than make a financial plan and stick to it. While it may be easy to “forget” to check in on your financial health, the long-term impacts can be worse than one might expect. As the economy evolves and younger generations find it more difficult to attain […]
There’s no shortage of financial self-help books to help guide one toward a more stable financial future. While they’re full of great advice from some of leading industry experts, the truth is, most of these books preach the same things. Nicole Dieker writes provides a succinct breakdown of the top financial advice out there today […]
It’s never too early to teach your kids about money management. The more children know about money at a young age, the more likely they are to establish a healthy and secure financial future. MarketWatch provides a great overview on how to teach your kids real-life financial lessons. Their advice? In order to teach your […]
I don’t know one single stay-at-home parent. Mothers, fathers, doesn’t matter. Not one. And all the people I know who have kids are racked with guilt: We don’t spend as much time with our children as we want to spend. There are all kinds of reasons for having two working parents (or more, depending on […]
My mother is a 77-year-old dynamo and has neither the time nor the fancy to talk with me about her finances, thank you very much. But, she’s 77. And tomorrow is not guaranteed. It’s time. If you’re also in that weird place of starting to parent your parent – part of which is helping ensure […]
About 15 years ago, long before I was married and had kids, I had a particularly difficult time handling my finances. I lived in New York City (expensive), I worked in the news biz (doesn’t pay well), and when I got a promotion and raise, I moved into an apartment I could barely afford. Rent […]
Planning as much as you can to make life simpler sounds both obvious and difficult. For example, how do you plan for emergency room visits, sudden job loss, or in other words, the unforeseeable? News flash: You don’t plan for emergency room visits. That’s why they’re called emergencies. (You could debate me over whether it’s […]
We all know not to go to the grocery store on an empty stomach, right? In case you haven’t heard that one, bear with me: We don’t go to Whole Foods on an empty stomach because if we do, chances are we’ll walk out with about half the inventory, and nine-tenths of it will be […]
Growing up, our family was often strapped for cash, but my father always approached the situation with characteristic good humor, and I don’t remember feeling “poor”—at least not compared to some of the other kids in our neighborhood. I was fortunate that, for all of my parents’ ambivalence about money, they always made sure that […]