Money Smart Week® is a national public awareness campaign created by The Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago…and this year they’re having HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS HUNT FOR CASH…in a way: The program’s called the Money Smart Week Scavenger Hunt, so there’s the “hunt” To compete, high school students will snap photos of themselves completing a series […]
Do you know a: Widow who left all financial management to her husband and now doesn’t know how to manage the monies she needs for her future? College graduate who just started his or her first job with benefits? Person in another type of life transition (from a different country, lower to higher income, recovered […]
Take 650,000 registered financial advisers in the U.S. today managing over $30 trillion of investable assets. Know that a little over half of all American households sought advice from a financial adviser in 2010 = 64 million households representing some 153 million people in 2010 used a financial adviser…and that number hasn’t declined. One out […]
THE GOOD NEWS: Jobs with more money and more career growth opportunities in most industries are coming back for those fortunate enough to live in the U.S this year. My recommendations for U.S. job market participants are: * AVOID THE MINING SECTOR, including heavy equipment and related suppliers, as China’s controlled growth slowdown will be impacting […]
Old Italian violins have their own mystique: Their investment value seems phenomenal. The life stories of their owners are captivating. Their sound is revered and can’t be equaled by most new violins. VIOLINS AS INVESTMENTS In 2012 a violin called the Vieuxtemps that was made by the 18th century Italian Giuseppe Guarneri del Gesu went […]
Americans owe more than $854 BILLION to their credit card providers with an average 2014 household credit card debt of $15,191, according to U.S. Census Bureau and Federal Reserve data. Given this debt load and now that we’re past Black Friday and Cyber Monday, let’s take some time on #GivingTuesday to come together to give […]
“What is the biggest obstacle to saving your money? What technological and/or banking solutions might help you and your friends begin to save?” The above question is what children who are entering in the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago’s Money Smart Week’s 2015 Money Smart Kid (MS Kid™) contest need to answer. It’s a great […]
My town’s Village Hall just issued the following email alert: “BEWARE OF FAKE PHONE CALLS from the Village designated phone numbers. The police department responded to a residence last evening where someone portrayed themselves as a Police Officer of “Our Town” demanding money from the resident or the Police Department would come and arrest them. […]
“What does a pirate pay for corn?” is my most recent website video’s quarterly joke because one of the beautiful benefits of living/working in the Midwest is our summer corn harvest, which is fantastic this year. In fact, the USDA expects a record corn yield in 2014 and I can personally vouch that not only […]
Want to play an online game that was driving my family nuts? Go to http://www.regiftable.com/regiftingrobinpopup.html. Regifting Robin promises to tell you what gift you chose for participating in their numbers game, even though you do not say or type anything—you just keep the number you picked to play in their game in your mind. My […]
