Recently, I attended a women’s event at Motley Fool. It was an engaging opportunity to meet Megan McArdle, author of The Upside of Down, which inadvertently relates to the experience of investing. In order to become successful, you have to learn from your failures. You’ll probably make some poor choices along the way, but you
Your finances could be your biggest barrier to running for office In 2008, Hillary Clinton told us there were “18 million cracks in the highest and hardest glass ceiling, filling us with the hope and sure knowledge that the path will be easier next time.” Six years later, it looks like her prediction is getting
Photographer, Tim Trumble, American Council on Education (Gretchen Bataille, Senior VP at ACE; Ruth Simmons, President of Brown University, and Diana Cordóva, Assistant VP at ACE) In my 20 years’ experience, I’ve encountered and met women who have been guilty of making the occasional money mishap. Even those of us who work in high-profile
It all began in 1981 when Congress authorized a week dedicated to acknowledging the contributions of women to America’s history. As women, we have achieved great feats from becoming airplane pilots (Amelia Earhart), astronauts (Sally Ride and Mae Jamison), congressional representatives (Jeannette Rankin and Shirley Chisholm), millionaires (Madame CJ Walker), and each day more stories
As we take into account the political environment that we now live in, it is very unnerving to a lot of us as to how it’s going to affect our money, impact our lives. I find myself continually talking to clients and individuals about focusing on their goals. Explaining how we can’t spend time trying
Happy New Year! We are at the start of another year and I know how a new year can be the jumpstart to new goals and aspirations. One that generally is on the list is putting your financial life in order right behind starting an exercise regime and losing weight or it could be the
As I was flipping channels one evening, I stopped on CNBC to listen to a story on the show American Greed. It was the Kenneth Ira Starr episode of how he created his $30 million dollar ponzi scheme using the funds of his high-profile wealthy clients such as Sylvester Stallone and Wesley Snipes. (As you
I am not a fearful person, but I do have these nagging fears when it comes to women and money. My fear is that we don’t get it when it comes to savings and investments. We are inundated with investment information, but we don’t know how to process it to make the best decisions. I