Cool Career Blog

Boys and girls, add this to your list of cool things to read this weekend targeting the young and smart: The New York Times Shifting Careers Blog Marci’s written some good posts as of late.

Young Money News Round-Up

Ahoy-hoy! Here are some interesting articles you might like today. Kiplinger: Behold the miracle of compounding interestWhen you’re young, you have an asset that money can’t buy: TIME. Start saving now and turn your pocket change into riches. MSNBC: For GenX, it’s time to grow up and get a brokerMany say they have high debt, [...]

Scared? Don’t be. Here’s my story.

One of my best girl friends recently lamented that she sometimes gets intimated visiting my blog because she doesn’t have a personal savings plan in place. It was surprising to me, because I still don’t think I know much about personal finance. Stocks, options, bonds … blah, blah, blah… it all sounds like gobbelty-gook sometimes. [...]

Oops!

Tons of cool tools exist online to help plan for the future. What is not helpful is when your age group is left out of the tool. Exhibit A: Money Magazine’s retire young calculator I am 28. Can you spot the problem?

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