Financial Abuse and Its Red Flags

Financial Abuse and Its Red Flags

By Sebastian Francis While Savvy Ladies recognizes Financial Literacy Month every April, every month is important when it comes to the role that finances play in prolonging domestic abuse and trapping women in unhealthy and often dangerous relationships.  Financial...
5 Ways to Teach Children About Finance This Holiday Season

5 Ways to Teach Children About Finance This Holiday Season

By Amy Irvine, Savvy Ladies Helpline Volunteer “It’s the most wonderful time of the year.” Have you started to hear that song on the radio or in stores yet? If not, it’s coming! We love the song, but the reality is that this time of year causes...
Expense-Sharing Apps for Divorced Parents

Expense-Sharing Apps for Divorced Parents

By Lisa Zeiderman Co-parenting is a challenge. Keeping track of parenting schedules and all the details of children’s lives is complicated, but probably the most difficult aspect day-to-day is splitting children’s expenses. When you add in heightened emotions,...

Finding Financial Health in a Pandemic-Changed World

By: Jessica Larson Financial issues have come to the forefront during the pandemic, a fact that’s even more true for women than for others. Worldwide, the pandemic is projected to widen the gender poverty gap, pushing more women than men into extreme poverty, with a...

Mindful Spending

By: Carrie Casden If you are like me, I won’t be sad to end 2020 and start 2021.  This year has been bananas!!  Now with the holidays upon us, we have a heightened desire for some sense of normalcy since we have been in such an extended period of restriction. ...

3 Places to Save Money Around the Holidays

You know the holidays are right around the corner and you should begin your festive budgeting sooner rather than later for the next three months. However, if you’re like most of us, the prospect of limiting your spending the next few months can come as a bit of a...

After College: Strategies for Your College Finance Plan

By: Tom Melecki We’ve discussed why students and their families need College Finance Plans (CFPs) and summarized strategies to use in your CFP’s “Before College” and “During College” phases. Let’s review some “After College” strategies. Almost 70% of college graduates...