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Month: August 2017

Bad Credit? Here is reliable help

Financial Planning For Women

U.S. News & World Report created resources to improve financial literacy among consumers with bad credit. Topics include how to monitor credit scores and dispute errors, to the best and worst credit cards and how to evaluate them. U.S. News & World Report’s credit survey and guide can be viewed here: 2017 Survey of Consumers…

How to talk to aging parents about money

Financial Planning For Women

When you were a kid, your parents probably talked to you about money, perhaps about the value of a buck or how you might spend your allowance. As time marches on, you may find the situation reversed—and that you have to have the “money talk” with your parents. Adult children sometimes feel concerned that they’re…

Women spend less than half of adult life in marriage- implications for retirement

Financial Planning For Women

A study by the Center for Retirement Research at Boston College found that the average US woman now will spend less than half of her adult life as part of a married couple. This “has significant implications for financial planning,” the study’s authors note. (8/21/17 Retirement Security Smartbrief). Do Women Still Spend Most of Their…

Time to leave Wells Fargo after one more scandal

Financial Planning For Women

It is LONG past time for consumers to leave Wells Fargo Bank after one more revelation of customer mistreatment to enhance the bottom line. This time the bank has admitted charging  570,000 of its customers for auto insurance that duplicated coverage they were already paying for, causing financial strain that resulted in many to lose…