Category: Financial Planning

  • Get online with Social Security

    Added security is one more reason everyone who’s eligible should establish an online Social Security account.

  • How to be safer online: Email

    Email has become an increasingly popular and effective tool for identity thieves and fraudsters. As part of a series of MONEY TALK VIDEOS, Jason Scuglik offers tips on how to use email with an eye on protecting your personal financial information. […]

  • What’s in your wallet: Family talks

    By Joel Dresang In most families, money talk is taboo. Parents are about as comfortable talking about finances as they are talking about death. Yet, as we dream and plan and make decisions in life, it helps to have a sense of what we can afford – whether it’s holiday gift shopping or determining when…

  • Overstuffed: You can’t take it with you

    By Joel Dresang What will become of all the stuff we have been accumulating when we’re done with it – which, for many of us, is when we’re done? If you have ever been involved with clearing someone’s residence because of a death or downsizing, you know you don’t want to impose that burden on…

  • How to be safer online: Computer use

    Tips on how to protect personal financial information in a MONEY TALK VIDEO. […]

  • Don’t let ID thieves get your money too

    By Joel Dresang My experiences with identity theft offer warnings and reassurances about the latest compromise of personal data. […]

  • Minimizing losses away from home

    By Joel Dresang While one absconded with my card, the other sneaked a read of my PIN. […]

  • Kids: Why can’t they be like we were?

    By Joel Dresang A primal mission throughout the ages has been to make the next generation better off. For eons, our forebears have sacrificed – crossed oceans, endured hardships, surrendered lives – for our benefit. You don’t have to look far to see examples of such efforts every day. And yet, only 37% of Americans…

  • Look (and scrutinize) before you leap

    By Joel Dresang Scrutinizing is important, but sitting on your hands is more the point. […]

  • Gender gaps in financial literacy

    By Joel Dresang Even with a greater role in family finances, women collectively have shown less confidence and lower scores in financial literacy. […]