Mind Over Money
Why does money stress you out, make you over-the-moon ecstatic—make life easier, and more complicated? Let’s all find out and talk about it.
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Spending Control Tips from a Pro
Americans spend a mind-blowing $1.2 trillion every year on stuff they don’t need. As a professional organizer, I deal with the fallout from shopping gone wrong all the time. Some lessons from closets I’ve seen: DOUBLE TROUBLE: It’s a classic... ➡
Are You Rich? How to Feel Like It
Are you rich? If you earn more than $400,000 a year, you’re one of the lucky, wealthy people to be hit with a higher federal tax rate this year. Anyone whose income tops about $370,000 makes it into the top 1% of earners, according to IRS data.... ➡
Change Is Possible
DailyWorth CEO Amanda Steinberg asked Ramit Sethi, founder of “I Will Teach You to Be Rich” about why it’s so hard for most people to change—and what we can do about it. We all know things we could do to spend less and save more. Why is... ➡
She Helps Women Fund Women
Natalia Oberti Noguera is the founder and CEO of the Pipeline Fellowship, a six-month bootcamp that trains women philanthropists to become angel investors through investing in real-time, women-led projects. She is the first in a series of... ➡
My Storm Sanity Strategy
I'm working hard to avoid the Frankenstorm frenzy, which looks like the divorces of many of my close friends. It's the end of the world! Fill your bathtubs with water! Hope we all SURVIVE! Rather than get sucked into the drama, I'm working... ➡
Julie Powell: My Personal Take on Money
Julie Powell’s rise from blogger to amateur chef to bestselling author was immortalized in the hit movie Julie & Julia. Here, she dishes up her thoughts on money. What does “wealth” mean to you? Peace of mind. Sure, I'd love a villa in Tuscany... ➡
Must read, watch, think & talk about
Legal trouble. Since it acquired Merrill Lynch in 2008, Bank of America has been entangled in a series of pricey legal battles. A high note, literally, was last week's $2.43 billion payout to settle a class-action lawsuit in which plaintiffs... ➡
Hot Topics for Today
You’ve heard about the attacks on U.S. embassies in Egypt and Libya yesterday. The U.S. Ambassador to Libya, Christopher Stevens, and three staff members, were killed. That the violence happened on 9/11 casts a deeper shadow over these terrible... ➡
