The American Dream has been downgraded, too.
Financial Education
How Fixing a Phone is Like Fixing a Portfolio
My recent phone problems remind me a lot of my retirement planning issues. You are on your own out there – whether fixing your phone line or your portfolio.
NYC Financial Fitness Workshop on October 1
Readers in the New York City area may be interested to know that TIME Moneyland is a proud media sponsor of a Financial Fitness Workshop being put on by the New York University School of Continuing and Professional Studies and the Financial Planning Association of New York on Saturday, October 1 at the NYU School of Law in Manhattan’s …
Got the Post-Vacation Blues? Don’t Worry—You’ll Get Used to Them!
As vacation season ends for many of us — bringing, for some, a sense of dread about the return to workday (if not actual employment) routines — we thought we’d offer a bit of encouragement, which might also help you make the …
A Money Message in Every Tweet
As financial literacy experts struggle to find ways to teach people how to better manage their money, one emerging strategy seems to have legs: reminders broadcast over social media. It works for young and old.
Back-to-School Special: 5 Top-of-the-Class Credit Cards for Students
While the Credit CARD Act cut down on a lot of the shady marketing practices credit card issuers used to target college students, there are still a plethora of cards out there for the campus crowd, and wading through them can be …
Financial Oversight ≠ Financial Education
The stock market began its recent slide on July 22, just a day after the new Consumer Financial Protection Bureau went live. It’s an ironic twist. The bureau, authorized by the Dodd-Frank Reform Act last year, is supposed to …
How College Kids Can Build Credit by Graduation
I never thought it would happen. I’ve been throwing away credit card offers addressed to my daughter for years. But now that she’s 21, entering her senior year of college, I figured it was time for her to experience plastic, …