“There has never been a better time to be an entrepreneur….” I wrote these words in a previous article here on the Huffington Post and backed them up with several reasons for optimism, including today’s relatively low cost for an Internet based startup. Powerful technologies and resources exist and are readily available with just a … Continue reading A Crisis Can Also Be an Opportunity for Entrepreneurship
Category Archives: Personal Finance
4 Money Management Tips from Carrie Schwab-Pomerantz
By Carrie Schwab-Pomerantz Editor’s Note: In The Charles Schwab Guide to Finances After Fifty, Carrie Schwab-Pomerantz answers your questions about personal finance and more. Here, she offers tips for money management. QUESTION: I’m too busy to manage my money carefully. Are there any simple strategies for someone like me? You might be surprised to learn … Continue reading 4 Money Management Tips from Carrie Schwab-Pomerantz
4 tips for stronger social media marketing
Social media marketing can be an inexpensive and effective way for almost any business to bolster its audience and interactivity, but many business leaders may not know how best to harness its abilities. However, following simple tips that can boost outreach and effectiveness of efforts can be an easy method of improvement. Provide information users … Continue reading 4 tips for stronger social media marketing
Teaching Financial Literacy At Home And School
In between working on my taxes and tomorrow, which is the start of Financial Literacy Month, I’ve been thinking about financial responsibility. Whether it’s personal financial stability or business planning, having a budget is usually a first step. But too many of us don’t even budget. The 2012 Financial Literacy Survey by the National Foundation … Continue reading Teaching Financial Literacy At Home And School
The Three Top Selling Personal Finance Books
In the recent times, there are many personal finance books available to you in lots of different selections. Once you go to the book stores, you actually just need to look into the best selling books in order to get the right books. This will help not to waste your times searching the one best … Continue reading The Three Top Selling Personal Finance Books
Personal Finance Management Tips
The increase in consumerism today has made the common man or the average earner to spend more than what he used to. This resulted in more people getting in to debts and credit card scams. Many people today are suffering from huge loans that they have taken from the banks and are finding it difficult … Continue reading Personal Finance Management Tips
The top 10 financial planning mistakes
Wealth Matters: The top 10 financial planning mistakes How otherwise smart people make bad investment decisions By Bruce Dzieza I’ve been working with people and their money for over 30 years and there are some very basic mistakes I see folks make. Many of these seem like no-brainers, but in reality they are issues that … Continue reading The top 10 financial planning mistakes
States Lag in Educating Students About Personal Finance
This piece comes to us courtesy of Stateline, where it was originally published. Students paid attention when Mark Ingram, former Alabama Crimson Tide star and current running back for the New Orleans Saints, showed up at Calera High School outside of Birmingham. Ingram and Alabama state Treasurer Young Boozer unveiled a free educational videogame called … Continue reading States Lag in Educating Students About Personal Finance
Foolish In Love And Money
Love and money have a lot in common. It struck me how similar these two pursuits are while reading a recent Wall Street Journal article on the pursuit of a satisfying life by Charles Murray. We seek both love and money over our lifetimes; we’re drawn to them, fight over them, agonize over them, neglect … Continue reading Foolish In Love And Money
Guide women through personal finance decisions and issues – 1980s
Front cover of ‘Women and Money’ a publication to guide women through personal finance decisions and issues – 1980s History of Women and Banking – 1907 until WWI Posted on 06 Mar 2012 Midland’s (later HSBC plc) first woman recruit, Miss Anne Tulloch, joined the Bank at its Head Office in Threadneedle Street on 21 … Continue reading Guide women through personal finance decisions and issues – 1980s