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Black Population Low in Nation’s Top-Earning Towns

Area with the highest income has a black population of less than 4 %

While CNN’s Top-Earning Towns list highlights communities that boast posh pads and stellar schools, these…

By Sakina P. Spruell

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Earlier this week CareerCast.com released their annual Jobs Rated report on the nation’s best and worst jobs for 2012. Here’s a quick peak at which professions topped the list along with each job’s average yearly income. As expected, careers in STEM are leading the charge for best jobs of 2012. See for yourself…

American Workforce Much Better Off Than Last Year

There’s some good in the newly released Labor Department report

The unemployment rate for blacks is still a whopping 14.1%, which remains unchanged from July,…

By Sakina P. Spruell

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Hitting the gym isn’t the only way to work out the body. Keeping your brain in shape also requires daily strength conditioning and skill stretching exercises. Here are six brain-boosting resources that will help keep your thinking muscles sharp. --- Semhar Woldeyesus

21 Ways Rich People Think Differently Than the Average Joe/Jane

Controversial breakdown examines the difference between rich and average people

Here Business Insider’s Mandi Woodruff gives a brief overview of the 21 ways rich people…

By Sakina P. Spruell

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Refocusing Financial Goals

Sometimes, you need to rein things in a bit and refocus.

To maintain his lifestyle, Hoosier estimates he would need about $1 million in a retirement…

By Sakina P. Spruell

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Tai & Tarin Perry, co-founders of DoubleSavingDivas.com

Black Blogger Month: Double Saving Divas, Shopping with a Purpose

Twins Tai and Tarin Perry preach the importance of saving and budgeting to the person who needs it most—you

With Double Saving Divas, twin entrepreneurs Tai and Tarin Perry provide people of color with…

By Aliya Ewing

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Joe A. Gilbert (Photo courtesy of Integrity Asset Managerment)

Protecting Your Assets

Jefrey Jones’ 80-year-old widowed, childless aunt suffers with dementia. As the primary steward for her…

By Emerald S. Morrow

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Jhanay Harris' house is in financial order (Photo by Lonnie C. Major)

How to Keep a Good Financial Start Going

“My parents were both teachers. They always taught me to save and the value of…

By Sheryl Nance-Nash

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(l-r) Robin A. Young, Financial Adviser and President, Women Behaving Wealthy; Lori Anne Douglass, Partner, Trusts and Estates Group, Moses & Singer L.L.P.; Sharon Epperson, CNBC Senior Commodities and Personal Finance Correspondent; Dail St. Claire, President, Williams Capital Management

Everything You Wanted to Know About Your Finances

Understand your risk tolerance, because most people’s portfolio allocation is not consistent with their risk…

By Carolyn M. Brown

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The Foy Family (Photo by Quantrell Colbert)

Slow & Steady Savings

Their portfolio is a mix of long- and short-term investments that also include domestic and…

By Aisha I. Jefferson

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Yolanda Hawkes is ready for retirement investing (Photo by Quantrell D. Colbert)

Investment Planning by the Decade

Whether the market rises or falls, you need to stay the course and invest throughout your lifetime

Only two in 10 African Americans believe they are on track to meet their goals…

By Frank McCoy

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