5 Cents

As I was doing my taxes this weekend, I thought about a post I wrote long ago to commemorate the first interest payment I received from my very first savings account: a whopping 15 cents. Though I didn’t know it at the time, that 15 cents, that tiny step, was symbolic of a huge shift [...]

Budgeting Babe Group on Facebook

While Blogger is a great platform for me to be able to share my thoughts with you, I’d like for you all to be able to share investing tips, money advice, articles, blogs, sales and great financial professionals with each other. So to that end, I just created a group on Facebook for all my [...]

Reader questions answered: Saving for a Condo

Random reader question time! Today’s super fab question comes from fellow Chicagoan Aideen, who asks:“I love you website! I am 26 and a former NYer who moved to the windy city. I try to budget and am doing an okay job of it. Do you have any posts on the best ways to save for [...]

Poll: Consumer Lending

Would you do this? Watch the video, then take the poll. I think it’s really interesting, but doesn’t seem very credible.

Dream Big

Complete this sentence: In ten years, I want to be _____________________. Did you dream big?***********Last night, at a family party, my sister-in-law, cousins and brothers discussed dreams and aspirations. All in their 20’s, they wrestled with unknown futures. “I want to do PR, cosmetology, personal training and event planning,” my 20-year old cousin lamented. “Isn’t [...]

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