Pin Money Club

 It was one of my mom’s favorite phrases – can’t say I understood exactly what it meant when I was a child, but now that I’m a grownup, I get it. It means kicking something valuable to the curb, simply because there might be one little thing wrong with it.  In this case, the baby […]

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Times are more than tough - they’re downright scary - but this isn’t the time to hide your head in the sand and wait for the worst to happen, especially if you think you’re at risk of losing your home. There are some things you can do - the banks don’t want too many people […]

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 Our nation turns its lonely eyes to you…
With the immortal words: “We have nothing to fear, but fear itself,” FDR kicked off the era of the New Deal and will forever be credited with bringing our nation out of the deepest depression it had ever known. Fast forward more than 50 years and we’re at […]

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[Before they find themselves in their own “War of the Roses” ]
Men receiving alimony from their wives; could this be a trend? As some women begin to out-earn their spouses, some men are asking for - and getting - alimony after a divorce.
Take the case of John David Castellanos - he played hunky attorney John Silva on The Young and the […]

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A recent study from the UK shows that more than three-quarters (76%) of bosses would not hire a female if they knew she would become pregnant within six months of starting the job (I think we can safely assume that these attitudes pervade in the good ole’ US of A too)!
The study found that during the […]

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I’ve got some good news and I’ve got some bad news…
We’re all living longer (whoopee) but it’s going to get more expensive. At the rate we’re saving in this country, many of us are at risk of outliving our nest eggs (boo!). But there are some intriguing new financial products coming on to the market […]

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 No - it’s not Lost, Survivor or CSI, it’s our special PMC event…
April 3,  2008 - A special opportunity to discuss some of life’s biggest financial decisions
Ladies, don’t forget our special meeting of the Pin Money Club this Thursday, April 3 from 7 to 9 p.m. We’ll be discussing the  “Sandwich Generation” - those of us who are […]

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This Sunday at 9 p.m., Paula Zahn will be hosting a program called “Retirement Revolution” on PBS. It’s a sign of the times and how much retirement is on everyone’s minds that PBS is hosting such an event, and that the promotion of the the program included a full -page color ad in the Wall […]

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[oh no, you didn’t] 
When I was a kid I used to play handball; when I would leave the house to go play, my mother would say: “Let the boys win Cherith.” Well, as you might have guessed, that only made me more determined to win (and, P.S., I did most of the time).
So when I […]

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Take away his credit cards! (but seriously folks!)
Recently Jonathan Clements wrote in the Wall Street Journal about the looming credit score crisis many Americans face in the current economy, likening people’s plummeting credit scores to junk bond ratings.
It’s worth a reminder here of the three big things you can do to keep your credit score […]

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