Retiring? What to do with your 401(k)

Retiring? What to do with your 401(k) By Walter Updegrave From CNN Money (Money Magazine) – Question: When I retire, should leave my money in my company’s 401(k) or roll it into an IRA? –Mark, Plymouth, Minnesota Answer: I hate to start with that overused phrase “it depends.” But the fact is that the right answer really [...]

How to Improve Your Financial IQ

How to Improve Your Financial IQ Stop avoiding your numbers–there’s nothing to be afraid of and everything to gain. By Peri Pakroo From Entrepreneur.com Like many things we know are good for us–exercise, getting a good night’s sleep, laying off the French fries–keeping careful track of yourbusiness‘s finances is one of those must-do tasks to [...]

Feature: Junior Achievement’s efforts to teach kids around the world about business

Feature: Junior Achievement’s efforts to teach kids around the world about business By Kate Foley, Fearless Ambition When people think of Junior Achievement, the first thing that comes to mind may be the JA they experienced when they were a kid. “Their perception that all we do is teach kids how to make lamps and [...]

Don’t buy fake health insurance

Don’t buy fake health insurance By Jen Haley From CNN Money NEW YORK (CNNMoney.com) — Massive unemployment and a changing health care system is creating a breeding ground for con artists. One of the fastest growing scams is fake health care coverage. You may see ads stapled to neighborhood telephone polls, flyers left on your [...]

Sam’s Club tests small business loans

Sam’s Club tests small business loans By Catherine Clifford From CNN Money NEW YORK (CNNMoney.com) — Sam’s Club, the members-only wholesaler owned by Wal-Mart, is testing out an online program to offer discounted loans to its small business customers. The program is essentially a white-label arrangement with Superior Financial Group, the nation’s most active Small Business [...]

Teach Your Teen Paycheck Savvy

Teach Your Teen Paycheck Savvy By Linda Stern From CNN Money Magazine Congrats! Your kid landed a summer job in this tight, tight economy. Now, of course, he’ll have that $7.25 an hour burning a hole in his pocket. That’s where you step in: “Parents have a real opportunity to help teens learn to manage [...]

The 12 Best Sources of Business Financing

The 12 Best Sources of Business Financing Precious capital remains hard to find for small businesses. Here are the most likely sources, from least attractive to most. By Dileep Rao Ph.D. From Forbes.com Where and how you finance an operation can be the difference between dominance and failure. All money may sound like good money [...]

Risk Assessment: The World’s Riskiest Companies

Risk Assessment: The World’s Riskiest Companies By Matt Buttell From MeetTheBoss.tv Amidst the global recession of the last two years, the news of profit losses, job cutbacks and business closures soon became a daily occurrence. While the meltdown of the global banking sector spearheaded the headlines, the ensuing impact on our daily lives really took [...]

Money-Smart Kids: No money for money education?

Money-Smart Kids No money for money education? By Tom Henske From Westport News Online Last week — while reading Karen Blumenthal‘s article in The Wall Street Journal, “Is There a Cure for Financial Literacy?” — I was reminded of one of the impediments to improving financial literacy in our country. Citing data from The Jumpstart Coalition, Karen reminds [...]

4 Tips for Raising Funds in a Harsh Environment

4 Tips for Raising Funds in a Harsh Environment Lessons from an entrepreneur who raised $6.25 million in venture capital funding By Zephrin Lasker From Entrepreneur Magazine Online While capital markets continue their well-documented convulsions, that doesn’t mean that dedicated entrepreneurs must shelve their startup dreams next to the past few years IPO filings. With [...]

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