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?