Online Shopping Behavioral Finance Blind Spots

As noted in a previous post, online shopping surged in September with a 43% increase from 2019 in online sales. Since March, online sales in the U…

Take Advantage of COVID-19 Financial “Bounces”

Last week, I lost 3.2 pounds in 24 hours. My weight dropped from 122.4 pounds to 119.2 pounds overnight. No, it was not some sort of new miracle pi…

Personal Finance Trends in the Age of COVID-19 (Part 3)

On August 26, I wrote a blog post about current events in the age of COVID-19. This was followed by a second post about additional COVID-19-relate…

Tax-Smart Gifting Strategies to Help Those in Need

As described in a recent webinar by Rutgers Cooperative Extension , there are two financial faces to the COVID-19 pandemic: people who are struggli…