COVID-19 and Your Finances

During the past six months, I have presented about a dozen COVID-19 and Your Finances classes and webinars, including this webinar for Cooperative…

15 Months of Entrepreneurship: Ten More Lessons Learned

Last September, I wrote a blog post with some “Barbservations” about entrepreneurship during a pandemic . In that post, I described five personal l…

Pay Off Debt Quickly and Get to Know Your Credit Card(s)

Are credit card statements containing holiday purchases still arriving? If so, now is a great time to accelerate upcoming debt payments and get to kn…

Seven Tax-Advantaged Charitable Gifting Strategies

As the pandemic continues after one full year, many people are hurting financially. Examples of traumatic impacts include loss of income, food inse…

Seven Strategies to Achieve Later Life Financial Security

I recently updated and delivered a presentation that I originally developed in 2004 for an online financial education class series for women spons…