Relationship Finance
Dateline NBC Investigates Equity-Indexed Annuities
Tuesday, April 15th, 2008Thanks to reader, “Pal,” for sending me this link.
I just watched Dateline NBC’s seven part undercover series on equity-indexed annuities. This is a must watch for everyone. It is pathetic the lengths that some people will go to to make a sale.
For instance, one of the video segments shows an annuity [...]
Do You Have a Financial Confidant?
Monday, October 29th, 2007OneFrugalGirl asks: Do you have a financial confidant? In her post, One Frugal Girls wondered why one of her friends was comfortable telling her the price of a home she was thinking about buying while another friend wouldn’t divulge the information. It’s an interesting question. Could modesty play a part? Maybe [...]
Which Would You Rather Have?
Friday, June 15th, 2007A $30,000 wedding or $30,000 to help get you started in life?
Interesting question.
That’s the question a father asked his daughter in an article by Jonathan Yardley that I just finished reading. The daughter chose the wedding! I expect that most women (and probably a few men) would choose the wedding, which I think [...]
Parents of the World Unite!
Thursday, October 5th, 2006Remember when I posted this Question of the Day asking parents if they ask for help in funding their kids’ college savings accounts? It appears that I (and those who agreed with me) are not alone. According to this article that reader Stacey emailed me last night:
A survey by San Francisco college savings [...]
4 Important Questions to Ask Your Parents
Tuesday, September 19th, 2006I was reading Jean Chatzky’s column (sorry, no link yet) in the October issue of Money when I came across four questions that adult children should ask their [older] parents. This is all a part of “the conversation” about finances that every family should have. The questions, which come from John Migliaccio, an [...]
JLP’s QotD: Do you hide money from your spouse?
Monday, June 19th, 2006Today’s Question of the Day came from an article by MP Dunleavey titled Is your mate hiding money? Ten ways to tell. So,…
Do you hide money from your spouse?
I don’t and I’m positive my wife doesn’t either. Fortunately, we are both on the same page when it comes to our finances.
Good Advice for Younger Employees from Albert Crenshaw
Sunday, May 28th, 2006Albert Crenshaw offers up some pretty good advice in his final Washington Post column before he retires. I pretty much agree
Nine Questions to Ask BEFORE You Get Married
Wednesday, March 29th, 2006Monday’s Wall Street Journal had a special report called Your Money Matters. I found the articles in that section to be very interesting and helpful. The main article, Love and Money ($), was written by Jeff Opdyke, one of my favorite columnists at the Journal. The article lists nine questions that ALL [...]
Men, Women, and Money
Monday, March 20th, 2006I have noticed a lot of articles lately about “relationship finance.” I guess it is on my mind since recently attending a wedding for my wife’s cousin. Marriage is hard enough as it is, couples don’t need the added stress of financial strife. Anyway, here’s a couple of articles I have found [...]