Should You Ditch Your Bypass Trust?
My Mom and Dad set up their own living trust because they had to deal with taking Mom’s parent’s estate through probate court and they wanted to shelter my brother and I from that...
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Clutter, Clutter Everywhere – continued
It seems that clutter is growing around the globe. People have accumulated more and more stuff – some of us over the years, others had it dumped on them and some just love to...
Lessons from Ursula Burns – Chairwoman and CEO of Xerox
In 2010, Ursula Burns made over 13 million dollars according to the Rochester Business Journal. She has been appointed by the President to to help lead STEM, a national program to better educate students in...
An Immigrant’s Story
The United States of America is truly a nation of immigrants. I wager that most Americans a) are immigrants themselves b) have an immigrant in the family tree not more than two generations removed...
Rags to Riches – the Millionaire Story of Ursula M. Burns
Raised by a single mom in a housing project in New York City, Ursula Burns rose from rags to riches via respect for her Mother’s values, hard work, a bent for science and math...
Will Baby Boomers Be ‘Elders’?
My generation (I’m a baby boomer) gets a lot of press. Everyone seems to have an opinion on what we are, what we do and how we behave. For every opinion there is usually...
Use Halloween To Teach Your Child About Finance
What is your child learning from your Halloween financial habits? Why not use Halloween as a (sort of) fun way to grab some teachable moments for personal finance. Teachable moments are those where you...
MoneyIsland
BancVue provides this game to institutions to put on their websites to attract and retain account holders. According to BancVue, it was created by a former Washington D.C. Teacher of the Year and is...
What Would be the Best and Worst Jobs on the Planet?
The following is a guest post from Jacob at My Personal Finance Journey. This post was written as part of a “Yakezie blog swap” where members of the Yakezie Personal Finance Blogging Network pair up and exchange guest...
Will Your Family Business Survive You?
A family business, or a series of family enterprises, can fuel the growth wealth for your family from the first generation on down – if it survives. Statistics vary on exact percentages, depending on...
