top 100

Browse 12752 search results

Reinvest Your Raises

Few people can say they are living on the same amount of money they were more than a decade ago — and enjoying it. Gloria Brown can. Back in 1992,...

The Homebuyers Toolkit: Money Attitudes and Budgeting

Last weekend I attended The Money Conference for Women in Hartford, CT. A 26-year-old woman stood up and shared how she is more than $60,000 in debt as a result of student loans and credit cards. She makes about $40,000 a year working for a non-profit and one of her immediate goals was to purchase a home. The keynote speaker, Michelle Singletary, a nationally syndicated columnist, told her to pump her breaks and focus on paying off her debt first. Her story is all too familiar. A lot of people want to take on more debt before addressing their current issues.

Targeting Poverty

Targeting Poverty

It’s a promise being made to a part of the world where life and death can lie just a few inches from each other. It is a pledge to help end poverty, achieve universal education, reduce child mortality rates, and much more—all by 2015 in Africa and 2025 globally.

×