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Bowie State University Office of Human Resources has invited me to speak Thursday, Feb. 16, 2012, from 11-2, at the Library Conference Room. I’ll be presenting on the topic: Rebounding from Financial Mistakes – 5 Steps to Getting it Right. Presentation Summary: Discuss investment challenges you may have faced recently or in the past that

After reading an article in BusinessWeek detailing the changing roles of women in the family unit, I just thought I have to add my personal input regarding this discussion.  According to the article, more women are making the choice to be the primary breadwinner in the family and their spouses are choosing the position as the

As we approach the holiday shopping season, we can get caught up with Black Friday and Cyber Monday sales events. The media hypes up these two days to get us excited about spending money for the holidays and oftentimes, I feel it is money we should use in other ways. I have put together some

In just a couple days Harris and Harris Wealth Management Group is teaming up with SimplySoles to host an exclusive upscale shoe extravaganza and fundraiser for The Ivy Community Charities of Prince Georges County. The fundraising event will be held Dec. 1, 2011, 5 pm – 8 pm, at SimplySoles National Harbor location, 138 Waterfront

I was featured in the November 2011 Black Enterprise article 5 Common Money Mistakes. In the article, I share an incident where I loaned a family member money that was never repaid. This experience forms the basis of one of the common mistakes many people make. Read more about them in the magazine. In the

When you are buying a service, do you prefer to pay for multiple years of the relationship up front or pay as you receive the service? Do you prefer compensation to be based on a system that you don’t quite understand or one where you know service providers are rewarded when they add value? At

You wouldn’t want to be caught dead in a shoe store not knowing the essentials of the latest brands and styles. Then to have the salesperson politely explain that Jimmy Choo has nothing to do with trains or the noise they make. Many of us might feel the same way with financial terms. You don’t

One of my greatest fears for women is that we are not saving enough. Do you know how money you will need for retirement if you want to stop working at 60 or 65? That could be as much as 25-30 years living. Let’s talk about why that is important and three easy steps to

As I wonder about the state of our economy, the recent theatrical swings of the market, and the ongoing housing dilemma, I am also thinking about what can we do to hedge ourselves financially, especially when we feel like we are stuck or trapped in our current situations. The answer is we have to go

Right now, the stock market is experiencing a panic attack. Let’s avoid confusing the market’s gyrations with what’s actually going on in the real economy. Unfortunately, stocks are overreacting to the convergence of events: the downgrade of U.S. government bonds, some weaker than expected economic data, and the troublesome but manageable U.S. fiscal position. Along