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April 17, 2014

Protected: Achieving Financial Success

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March 25, 2014

She’s Making History

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

September 29, 2013

Preparing for a Personal Financial Crisis

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

January 02, 2013

Why Hire a Financial Planner?

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

February 09, 2012

American Greed – how women can protect their purses from scams

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

August 26, 2011

My greatest fears for women and how we can overcome them

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