What is It With Women and Financial Literacy?
Drumroll, please. Prudential’s eighth biennial study on the Financial Experience & Behaviors Among Women was unveiled today and the news is this: Women feel no more prepared to make wise…
PBS Next Avenue: The Big Money Mistake Divorcing Women Make
With our 22nd anniversary this week (on the Fourth of July), I’m happily betting that love will keep my husband, Cliff, and I together for many years to come. But…
Boomer Couples and Money: My Advice for Avoiding Fights
Couples and money is a subject near and dear to my heart. I’ve interviewed hundreds of women about everything from their investing habits to their fears of being penniless. And,…
Kerry’s Expert Views on Today: Women Working Longer and The Workplace
If you’re a woman looking forward to retiring after years in the workforce, brace yourself. You may have less company than you expect. The share of older women remaining in…
Kerry’s PBS Column: Where Are All the Female Financial Advisers?
Eleanor Blayney says she’s lonely. The financial adviser and founder of Directions for Women, a financial consulting firm based in McLean, Va., is referring to the scarcity of fellow… err……
The No. 1 Way Women Can Succeed More at Work
Why are women sissies at work? Seriously. Women in their 50s and 60s, including myself at times, are less likely than men to step up and say “I can do…
Shrewd Money Advice for Women Over 50
Carrie Schwab-Pomerantz dedicates her new soup-to-nuts personal finance book, The Charles Schwab Guide to Finances After Fifty, to “Chuck, who I am proud to call Dad.” Chuck, of course, is…
Kerry’s Advice on Today.com Women Want Financial Advisers Who Get Their Needs
Women are heading more households and making small inroads in the C-suite. They have also increased their presence on the Forbes list of billionaires. And research by Boston College’s Center…
Women and Long-Term Care Insurance
I’ve been thinking about long-term care insurance a lot lately, because my dad would have been 94 yesterday. He died six years ago after a long battle with Alzheimer’s. Dad…
Credit Card Challenges Boomer Women Are Facing
Credit cards have been top of mind for me, and, I suspect, many of you lately. Hardly a week goes by without news of another credit and debit card security…
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