You’ve received a job offer. Congratulations! If only the struggle were over.Continue reading
I Just Got a Job Offer. What Should I Be Looking At?
So, Meg, What Do You DO, Anyway?
Subtitled “What You Could Reasonably Expect a Good Financial Planner to Do for You”
I’m 30 and I make more money than my parents. AWKWARD.
Within two years of graduating college in 1998, I was working as a business analyst in an IT consulting firm and making a higher income than each of my parents: a university math professor and a high-ish-level federal government employee with a Master’s Degree in math. (Yes, I come from numerate stock.)Continue reading
Tech Stocks Are Going Gonzo. What Should You Do With Your Company Stock? (Video)
This Wall Street Journal article inspired a video I recorded for my newsletter this week. Tech stocks are currently Killing. It. Which is great if you own company stock. But…Continue reading
Stop Thinking About “Retirement”
On my BoltBus trip back to Bellingham from Seattle this last Friday (have I mentioned my great love for mass transit? Well, it’s true, I love mass transit with Great Love), I sat next to a man about my age-ish going to LinuxFest 2017 in Bellingham. Continue reading
Your Financial Advisor Has Conflicts of Interest. What Can You Do About It?
Rule #1: Realize that all advisors have conflicts of interest. It’s not (necessarily) a condemnation of the advisor to have them. It is, realistically, impossible to avoid them.Continue reading
I have Restricted Stock Units (RSUs). Now What?
It’s good to have Restricted Stock Units, even if you don’t know exactly how they work. But that lack of understanding can be intimidating and paralyzing, and we end up just floating along, letting the RSUs “happen” to us, instead of making sure we’re getting the most out of them. It’s a metaphor for life, really.Continue reading
How Do I Know If I’m Saving Enough?
For shorter term goals, the answer is: Math.
For longer term goals, the answer is: You don’t.Continue reading
Why Women Make Less (and What We Can Do About It)
The wage gap.
The space between your paycheck and the paychecks of the men in your office that confirms your worth is not as much as theirs. It’s a known fact.[1] Yet, very little is being done to understand it, and more importantly, to fix it.Continue reading
I’m ashamed of my finances.
I’m ready to embrace my shame.
Do Your Taxes Make You Feel Bad?
I’m doing my taxes now, and I am just so DONE. I don’t know if I’m doing them right or leaving money on the table. It just makes me realize that I don’t understand my finances as well as I want to.Continue reading
Do I Need a Financial Planner?
Yes, I can read minds. Because that is what you’re wondering, right? And well you should! I don’t know anyone who’s not a little worried about their finances. Us financial planners included.Continue reading