How I Became a Financial Educator

October 10, 2013

For the past week, each of us has been writing about our careers as financial educators and how we got here. My interest in personal finance started at a really young age when my father, who was a stockbroker at the time, gave me the “Dean Witter Guide to Personal Investing” in the 4^th grade and I actually read it. (Linda, you’re not the only finance geek.) I can’t say that I understood all of it but I got the importance of saving as much of my measly allowance as I could and starting the magic of compound interest as early as possible. Continue reading “How I Became a Financial Educator”

Bubbles Come in All Shapes and Sizes

July 11, 2013

After reading my colleagues’ blog posts this week about their best and worst investment decisions ever, I’m glad that I was in college until 2000 and missed the dot com bubble of the late 90’s. As a college student, I didn’t have money to invest in the likes of pets.com even if I wanted to. Instead, I got to watch the rise and fall of the “New Economy” stocks from a distance. The only thing better than learning from your mistakes is learning from other people’s mistakes. Continue reading “Bubbles Come in All Shapes and Sizes”

Is Graduate School a Good Investment?

May 10, 2012

Are you or someone you know thinking about going back to school? If so, you’re not alone. With the job market still weak, more and more people are wondering if it makes sense to go to grad school as a way to make themselves more employable. Continue reading “Is Graduate School a Good Investment?”