Apr 15 You aren’t Warren Buffett. Stop trying to invest like him. By Kristen Doerer Personal finance doesn’t have to be complicated, say journalist Helaine Olen and University of Chicago professor Harold Pollack. Their new book, “The Index Card,” asserts that all the financial information you need could fit on one 3-by-5-inch index card. Continue reading
Apr 08 How have Chicken Little’s investments fared in this rough year for stocks? By Terry Burnham Terry Burnham is the “Chicken Little” of finance because of his repeated calls that the Dow will plummet. So how does Burnham invest his own money?… Continue reading
Apr 06 Labor Department’s new rule offers more protections for retirement savers By Kristen Doerer This morning, the Department of Labor announced a new rule meant to legally hold financial advisers to your best interest. Continue reading
Jan 20 Poverty makes financial decisions harder. Behavioral economics can help By Dan Ariely Making good financial decisions becomes even more difficult when you’re poor. Here's what behavioral economists are doing to make such decisions easier. Continue reading
Jan 19 Mental depletion complicates financial decisions for the poor By Dan Ariely Why does it become more difficult to make good financial decisions when you’re poor?… Continue reading
Jan 05 How to create a savings plan that really works By Helaine Olen, Harold Pollack You can’t begin to save until you educate yourself about where and how you are spending your money. Chances are you don’t know. Continue reading
Nov 05 Everything you need to know about the Obama administration’s new retirement plan By Richard Eisenberg Two years in the making, will the Obama program help?… Continue reading
Oct 23 I charged my kids interest on loans, and now they’re outsmarting me By Kristen Doerer Economics correspondent Paul Solman spoke with Doug Miller, an employee at New Belgium Brewery, about the company's financial literacy classes. Miller brought that new-found knowledge home and taught his kids. Little did he know how savvy they would become. Continue reading
Oct 23 Watch How teaching your kids financial literacy can lead to them outsmarting you By PBS News Hour Continue watching
Aug 31 Taxes matter in mutual fund investments By Kristen Doerer Millions of baby boomers who are set to retire over the next few years may someday regret that they did not pay more attention to the tax implications of their mutual fund investments during their working lives. Continue reading