Ladies, Let’s Talk About Money
Despite the prestigious academic degrees, the breadth of life experiences, and the promotions to the C-Suite, women are still...
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Why Do We Want To Retire?
It would seem we are all in a rush to get out of the rat race and not have...
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What’s the Secret to Baby Boomer Retirement Worries?
If we knew the day we would die, planning for never outliving your money would be really easy. But...
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What Do I Do When I Retire?
The part about how much money will I need and will it sustain my lifestyle indefinitely is really the...
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Money Conversations
Did you and a friend ever have a conversation about money? Probably not. It’s still one of those subjects...
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Purses or Shoes?
If you have an extra couple bucks to spare, would you spend it to buy a purse or buy...
This is the second of three podcasts with Sally Balch Hurme, an estate planning elder law attorney and author...
Episode 51 on Power of the Purse is with Claire Hillier, the Managing Director of Commercial Lending at Borro....
A topic that is really important to baby boomer women is caregiving. Whether it be caregiving to elderly parents...
It is usually an uncomfortable situation, to say the least, to settle a divorce amicably, let alone, fairly. That...
At this busy time of year, we are all pressed above and beyond the norm to get it all...
Very few of us Baby Boomers approach retirement with the same definition of our parents’ generation. We are rarely...
Why do some people look forward to retirement and others dread it? Since the advent of Social Security, our...
Being with family over the holidays is always a time to reflect on the lives of those who passed...
She chose not to have children and defended it as a conscious decision. She passed up two marriage proposals...
Outliving your money? Bingo. Having to move to a skilled nursing facility? Bingo. Losing my freedom by turning in...
The passage of the newest Federal Budget is causing some rapid responses by those who might be considering a...
Recently I read an article written by an insurance agent regarding the loss of long term care insurance by...
Obviously no one can predict when a life event will occur: divorce, death of a spouse, forced retirement, or...
Why is it that women physicians lack the ability to create as much wealth as their male counterparts? Some...
What Our Mothers Taught Us About Money As I reflect on the time I was teenager, I remember the...
A recent study by Medscape showed us the sad facts: women physicians in general medicine as well as those...
Why do wives leave their husband’s financial planner when they are widowed? Maybe because he never paid any attention to...
The time is running out to make the decision to retire or not yet. And you have all your...
Is the Sky Falling? How do you stay calm when all the financial news tells you to run for...
I was having a conversation with a co-worker last week in regards to the planning we do for those...
Why Does The Thought of Retirement Hurt So Much? It is the ugly monster we don’t want to deal...
Women are supposed to be very conservative and very thrifty. That’s the model from our mother’s generation. Accounted for...
How do a financial planner’s values affect the decisions they make as an advisor? This past week I presented...
In the past few weeks, I have had conversations with women my age who are caught in a...
The number one fear of most middle aged and retired women is NOT being a bag lady, but being...
Most people think retirement planning has to do with having enough money to continue their current lifestyle through to...
One of the most common questions I am asked in retirement planning, is “When do I start to take...
I recently returned from the AMWA Centennial Conference in Chicago with women physicians. Many of the senior women were those...
When looking at your readiness for retirement, don’t forget to consider the increased costs of health care. Most of...
Julie is a 55 year-old surgeon who has been divorced twice and never getting married again. Or so she...
It seems more attention is being paid by the larger insurance and annuity companies to express concern over what...
Yeah, it happens. Most people can’t imagine the “wealthy doctors” being in a situation where they need to declare...
Below is an excerpt from the first chapter, Mother’s Truth from my book, Power of the Purse: Fear-Free Finances...
Originally posted January 10, 2015 by Christine Young, Consumer Watchdog in the Times Leader Three years ago, Barbara Dymond, then 72,...
I am sure there are those who wonder why I ever got into this business. What is it that...
Recently during a regularly scheduled evening call with my mother, we got into discussing my book, Power of the...
So now the credit card statements are coming in and the surprises show up. What is that charge for?...
As the day goes by, I am enmeshed by the minutiae all around me, the calls to be returned,...
When I consider all the things I am thankful for at this time of year, it occurs to me...
It occurred to me while I was enjoying my turkey dinner last week, that my role as daughter to...
Of late, I have seen so many Facebook posts and LinkedIn comments regarding the secret to happiness being gratitude...
As we tidy up the last pieces of the book creation, it is my deepest honor to declare it...
There are many commercials on TV recently about the importance of determining what your “number” is and if your...
I was reading some posts on Facebook, a sponsored link, about an app that helps us manage our time...
The most common complaint I hear from accomplished women when it comes to their miserable relationship with money is,...
When faced with the reality of impending retirement, most Baby Boomers would rather sit in a dentist’s chair than...
September being National Insurance Awareness Month raises some often-ignored but important conversations. Nobody likes to talk about their own...
You know those ratty little voices that constantly tell you when your behavior will have dire consequences and at...
Talking to a friend the other day, he reminded me that so many people in the business of retirement...
Life happens. And then you need a big chunk of money to pay a dental bill, a car repair...
So far we’ve been hearing about the less-than complimentary responses to those who are trying to get married and...
Research tells us we have formed our habits and values around money by the time we are 12 years...
I recently read an article about this year’s list of Barclay’s Women in Leadership Total Return Index and wondered...
If we send more money to other parts of the world to fight for their freedom, and keep our...
I was talking to a client recently about the fears she had with taking that big step to retirement. ...
Many people are getting worried about the new record highs in the stock market. As I write this, the...
Recently a friend on Facebook posted some reflections on the death of a relatively young friend. He reminded himself...
We often see clients who are certain when they come in to see us they can eliminate one very...
More than one would think. The first step is a good divorce attorney, usually called a family law lawyer. ...
Clients often ask us to design an investment platform which is “safe” for the purpose of guaranteeing their income...
We often hear of retirement as an economic event – how much do I need to pay the bills...
Several times I have heard women say, “I don’t understand money and I doubt I ever will!” Until they...
I recently listened to an interview on Laura Ingraham’s talk show. At first I was disturbed by the content...
I often wonder how many lives would have been changed for the better if mothers talked to their daughters...
If you went to a website and saw a woman staring back at you, without the usual “Firm” picture,...
Let’s not forget the women who are childless when they retire! Most all assumptions put women as widows at...
Despite the prestigious academic degrees, the breadth of life experiences, and the promotions to the C-Suite, women are still...
It would seem we are all in a rush to get out of the rat race and not have...
If we knew the day we would die, planning for never outliving your money would be really easy. But...
The part about how much money will I need and will it sustain my lifestyle indefinitely is really the...
Did you and a friend ever have a conversation about money? Probably not. It’s still one of those subjects...
If you have an extra couple bucks to spare, would you spend it to buy a purse or buy...
This is the third of three podcasts with Sally, on the topic of survivor planning. Episode 53 on Power...
