College Money 101
When visiting with nearly 1200 incoming college freshmen last week, we talked about money and making good financial decisions. I suggested they might want to track…
Credit Card Lessons at College
Credit cards and college students go together like peanut butter and jelly–and create a similarly sticky situation too. It’s easy to see why more students drop…
College Begins…And So Do the Loans
Did you know that more students drop out of college because of debt than because they have poor grades?
Spending A Million?
If you won $1 million and spent just $1 every second, you would go broke in 12 days.
Most Kids Want to be Rich
National surveys show the top goal of most kids is to be rich?.And how do they hope to do that? Believe it or not, most think…
Standing at U.S. Economic Base
Being on the trading floor of the New York Stock Exchange has to be the highlight of my trip to New York this week. A new…
What Credit Freeze??
College kids are charging more on credit cards than ever, despite the credit freeze that seems to be affecting other consumers. About 84% of college undergrads…
Welcome to the Money Godmother blog
Managing your money is harder than it appears. There are times we all wish someone–perhaps a Godmother–would whisper common-sense advice, a few tips, or encouragement. This…
No One Has a Crystal Ball
You can’t control what happens in the stock market…or the economy. But you can control how you react. Take charge of your investment decisions. Now is…
Jobless Recovery?
What is a jobless recovery, and are we having one? Fed chair Ben Bernanke’s testimony today referred to a jobless recovery. First, he talked about an…
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