Balancing family inancial obligations has made it nearly impossible for some Black women to save, a study by ING shows. The survey, which polled 1,000 Black and 454 “non-Black” women about their spending habits, found that more than half of the Black respondents lent $500 or more to a friend or family member within the last year; [...]
These days, you can’t retire without using the returns from investments. You can’t count on your social security checks to cover your expenses when you retire. It’s barely enough for people who are receiving it now to have food, shelter and utilities. That doesn’t account for any care you may need or in the even [...]
As with everything else these days, the stock market has gone online. If you can shop, pay bills, and do your banking online, why not invest too? Investing online is not as big of an ordeal as some people make it out to be. The key is to know what you want before you start. [...]
During the last several months, many unusual events occurred that should have made us reflect as individuals where we are standing in life. For starters, we’ve experienced extreme weather patterns-hurricanes and tornadoes in areas not accustomed to that type of weather, a nor’easter in the middle of April along the east coast, a blizzard in [...]
