No good deed goes unpunished. Throw cosigning a student loan into the mix. Undergrads receive $27,000 from the government’s Stafford Loan program. These loans possess the most favorable rates and repayment features. The problem –  private and public school tuition/room and board blow past this limit. Students and their parents must wade into the Parent…

Are you a true believer? It’s not easy staying the investing course without evidence. There’s an old story applicable to investing solely on faith. A mountain climber foolishly climbing alone slips off a precipice and finds himself dangling at the end of his safety rope, a thousand feet above a ravine. He calls out in…

Pandemics aren’t gender-neutral. A select few profited from stimulus juiced financial markets; others lost big time. Topping the list  – Women. Their finances suffering disproportionally to men. According to the National Women’s Law Center, women garnered 55% of the net 9.6 million pandemic layoffs. Not including the hundreds of thousands forced to leave jobs taking…

Why do investors incinerate themselves in the financial markets? It’s not intentional. They’re wired to self-destruct for reasons beyond their control. Look at the moth’s behavior. of moths, flying into the flames of lit candles. Is this self-immolation a deliberate suicide over a lover’s quarrel? Nope, Moths making burnt offerings of themselves exhibit complex reasons…