5 Top Finance Tips No Matter Your Age
Whether you are in college or even about to retire, there are a few things that you should be doing to make sure you are financially safe and secure. The following pointers are things that can be done by anyone who wants to make sure...
Financial Lessons for College Students
Almost 2 million students are expected to graduate this year, and according to some reports they will be entering a very positive job market. Along with many other freedoms graduates will experience once they end their school career, they will also have to manage their...
Millennials Most Common Money Mistakes
Although young Americans who graduated this year are better off than their older siblings, they are still feeling some effects of the Great Recession. One thing they are doing right is starting to save earlier than previous generations, but their biggest money mistakes are not...
FINRA Study on Emotions & Financial Fraud
This week is National Fraud Awareness Week, and according to the Investor Protection Trust, almost one in five Americans over the age of 65, or nearly seven million seniors, have been taken advantage of financially. A recent study from Stanford University, FINRA, and AARP revealed...
More Americans Working After 70
Traditionally, the retirement age in America is 65. The American Dream was all about working hard for 40 years and then relaxing and enjoying life for the next decade or two. According to the AARP, that is changing....
Tips for Saving for College
Before you know it, that sweet little baby of yours will be all grown up and graduating high school. Time flies and in the blink of an eye college preparations will be upon you. Unless you plan ahead, it is all too likely that...
Millennials and Financial Education
It may no longer come as a surprise to anyone that Millennials do not have an excellent grasp on the management on money. Studies suggest that even with greater financial burdens from economic uncertainty and student loans, they are still lagging behind in basic financial...
Financial Planning Tips for Recent Graduates
As proud families celebrate and relieved graduates get ready to enter the workplace, new financial concerns take precedence. Now it is no longer about how to pay for their education, it is whether they will get a job and how they will...
Money Management Course Most Useful for Young Adults
Students often complain that they wo not use what they study in school later in life. One course young adults 18 - 24 say they feel would be most useful is money management, according to a new survey from the National Financial Educators Council....
Elderly Financial Abuse
American seniors have historically been late adopters when it comes to technology. According to a Pew Research Center almost 90% of seniors with a college degree use the internet. With more and more mature Americans getting involved in the online community, the amount of scams...