By: Amanda Gleason Personal Finance Views: 4020 | Comments: 0 | Votes: 0
love the CNN Money section's series "Millionaires in the Making". She's got all kinds of savings and brokerage accounts, however, what interested me most about her was her lifestyle. Jeanette's friends call her "commitment to finances" bordering on "obsession". She brings her lunch (I am a huge fan of bag lunches. More
By: Amanda Gleason Personal Finance Views: 3340 | Comments: 0 | Votes: 0
The American home is much different today that it was 50 years ago. Sure, I wasn't around then, so I don't know for certain, but from what I've heard from my parents and grandparents, families lived differently. One major change, that came into many American homes around that time, was the introduction of the home television. It wakes you up in the morning, it puts you to bed at night. More
By: Amanda Gleason Financial Planning Views: 3659 | Comments: 0 | Votes: 0
This morning's Wall Street Journal had an article called "Financial Planning for the Not-Yet-Rich" that I found rather relevant for my blog. Basically, the article on how traditionally, financial planners have not been particularly interested in our age group - people in their 20s and 30s just beginning their careers and families - because we don't represent very high net worths. More
By: Amanda Gleason Education Planning Views: 4651 | Comments: 0 | Votes: 0
Bankrate.com just released their 2007 College Financing and Career Guide, and there are some articles included that are definitely worth checking out. I'd had internships during college, but my last one wasn't something that could pan out into a full-time job (the company was too small, I think). It was then that my parents sat me down and had a little talk about "networking". More
By: Amanda Gleason Personal Finance Views: 3625 | Comments: 0 | Votes: 0
Although "soft" addictions have been kind of a hot topic recently in terms of their financial affect on a person's life, apparently "real", hard addicitions are still the most costly to individuals and society. I wrote a while back on shopaholics, and how that kind of compulsive behavior leads to credit card disaster and often bankruptcy. So what are the 5 most costly addictions? More
