Your mortgage is likely the biggest debt you’ll take on in your lifetime. But interest rates have been at historic lows, dipping below 3 percent in 2021 and edging upwards since, which solidifies a home loan as one of the least expensive ways to borrow money. So, you may be curious: Is it worth paying […]
Women as a group face many financial challenges. We earn less on average during our careers compared to men, and we compound that shortcoming by investing less. One in five divorced women lives in poverty. All of these shortfalls send us into retirement with significantly smaller nest eggs than men have — yet we live […]
Follow Helen Abe’s top financial tips for women, which she shared in a virtual Fireside Chat with Make It Better Founder and Chief Visionary Officer Susan Noyes.
Women as a group face many financial challenges. We earn less on average during our careers compared to men, and we compound that shortcoming by investing less. One in five divorced women lives in poverty. All of these shortfalls send us into retirement with significantly smaller nest eggs than men have — yet we live […]
My phone has been busier than usual lately. It’s more than the post-Labor Day rush though. It’s due to the article, “Directing Philanthropy to Do the Most Good” that appeared in the September 7th edition of The New York Times. The article is about Princeton professor Peter Singer, who won the 2021 Berggruen Prize, and […]
Before he was a fixed income analyst at Piper Sandler in New York, Hayes Bynum was a student at the University of Iowa, wondering where his newly claimed math major might take him. That’s when he met Bevon Joseph, co-founder of the Chicago-based nonprofit Greenwood Project. “It’s an understatement to say it’s a long way […]
Legacy can mean different things to each of us as we consider our family estate planning and wealth transfer and what we hope to leave behind for the next generation. Is your priority to leave security for your children and spouse? To endow a building on the campus of your alma mater? Or is it […]
Make It Better Media Group invites you to a virtual event in partnership with College Cash Solutions, aimed at middle and high-income earners who want to learn how to substantially reduce their out-of-pocket college costs. Tuesday, April 6th, 2021, 11:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. PT Click here to register. In this 60-minute live virtual event we […]
Learn from Family Finance Experts David A. Handler of Kirkland & Ellis, and M. Zach Mangels, of Private Ocean as we explore essential topics about estate planning, philanthropy, legacy, passing on values with wealth and much more! This will be an interactive event with presentations from each speaker followed by a discussion and Q&A session led by Make It Better Media Group’s Founder […]
When I opened my personal email “inbox” this morning, I counted seven solicitations from organizations and friends that in one way or another asked me to contribute to a very worthwhile cause. I’m sure I’m not alone. We’re all frequently asked to donate to non-profit organizations. Most of us find it somewhat easy to delete […]
