Watch this video on YouTube I recently discovered a new money script I didn’t realize I had: “Overall, owning stuff is better than renting stuff.” Like all money scripts, this is only partially true. Yet it’s a belief that many of us have. It’s almost as...
As I cleared our dinner table the other night, I scraped some of my uneaten veggies into the trash. I immediately heard my mother saying, “There are starving kids in India that would give their right arms to eat what you are throwing away!” She had a point. Affluence...
Business owners might find it tempting to cut retirement plan contributions when reviewing their 2011 budget, but it’s probably a good idea to look at all the options before making that hasty move. In his interview with Karin Price Mueller...
US Consumers must feel the good times are here again. The U.S. saving rate dropped to 2.7%, its lowest level in two years. At the peak of the market in April of 2008, the average U.S. saving rate was 0.8%. Worried consumers increased their savings rate to a...
Good money habits start in childhood, says ParentDish.com in an article written by Meredeth Cardona. She states, “a survey from the bank HSBC found most people who described themselves as “active savers” started young: 57 percent said they had been...
