It's Your Money: 'You Better Shop Around' in your financial life
Smokey Robinson’s song “You Better Shop Around” was really about his mother’s advice about how to find true love in life. While it’s absolutely true that you need to take incredible care with the...
View ArticleIt's Your Money: Couples should come clean about finances
I am part of a Bible study for Lent that is being led by our bishop, and this week he referenced the song “Looking for Love in All the Wrong Places.” I won’t get into the theological implications of...
View ArticleIt's Your Money: Use gas savings wisely
Spring is on the way. It’s one of the best times of the year, when the weather gets warmer after a cold winter, but we have not yet hit the heat and humidity of summer. So as we go into this season of...
View ArticleIt's Your Money: Reasons that Wi$e Money Week is successful
Five years ago, Family Foundations was approached by a former executive of the Federal Reserve with an idea about financial literacy. The concept was good; to bring together partners in the community...
View ArticleIt's Your Money: Benefit packages can be innovative
Wellness is about mind, body and spirit. The medical community has transformed its approach to care by focusing on wellness rather than illness. Employers have followed suit, particularly as it relates...
View ArticleIt's Your Money: Volunteer to teach young people financial skills
I’ve been engaged in a personal study on courage and compassion. Our modern definition of courage is “the ability to do something that frightens one”. But going deeper, I was fascinated to learn that...
View ArticleIt's Your Money: Feedback on summit? Good investment
Wi$e Money Week organized by the Family Foundation is wrapping up another successful year, and while we are still tallying the results, I can safely say that we exceeded our goal of 34,000 hours of...
View ArticleIt's Your Money: Use the 'you are here' red dot to sort out your financial life
My husband, Jim, spent last weekend doing prison ministry at Putnam Correctional Institution and I was able to join him for the closing ceremony. During that time, I heard a great version of the...
View ArticlePlan ahead for the added costs of summer
School’s out, which brings a lot of changes to our lives, many of which affect our budgets. Vacations, summer camp and hot weather can all alter how our money is spent. read more
View ArticleU.S. stocks rebound as anxiety over British vote eases
U.S. stock indexes moved higher in morning trading Tuesday as investors welcomed encouraging data on the economy and housing. The rebound followed even bigger gains in Europe as global markets...
View ArticleIt's Your Money: Try to HALT emotional spending decisions
It’s not surprising that many of us struggle with spending when emotions are high. After all, the biggest key to effective money management is the ability to delay gratification. When we are highly...
View ArticleIt's Your Money: Sharing never loses its importance
The first lesson in Robert Fulghum’s book “All I Really Need to Know, I Learned in Kindergarten” is to share everything. This lesson is not only an excellent approach to life; it also applies to money...
View ArticleMartha Cox: Our lives are our own responsibility
Life happens. We can have the best intentions and the best plans, but there are times when our intentions do not work out and our plans can collapse. The expression that Man plans and God laughs is...
View ArticleIt's Your Money: Ask for help; there are many willing to assist
I got such positive response on my last column about one of our clients that I just had to share another story about how sometimes just a bit of help is what someone needs to change their lives. This...
View ArticleThe joy of seeing your debt go down
So the good news is that the economy is doing pretty well. Unemployment continues to drop, jobs are being added and incomes are finally starting to rise. We continue to get great news in Jacksonville...
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