NBC Today financial editor Jean Chatzky (@JeanChatzky) joins Time for Kids editor Nellie Cutler to discuss teaching financial literacy. What’s the appropriate role for schools, parents, corporations, and the media? We hear from the experts.
Original Air Date: February 22, 2015
At Home & Family Finance Radio, we’ve always got time for kids. Today we’re joined by Nellie Gonzalez Cutler, editor of Time Inc’s Time for Kids Magazine. Targeted directly at the nation’s fourth and fifth graders, the magazine is designed to fill the financial gaps now existing in our schools. Nellie discusses her mission with host Paul Berry and NBC financial editor Jean Chatzky.
Original Air Date: February 22, 2015
What do you know about eldercare? Jody Gastfriend (@JGastfriend) is an expert on making you and your parents financially fit. She says you need to know what she knows if you want to keep your parents from draining your savings account!
Original Air Date: February 15, 2015
Alexander Wallin (@wallinex), founder of SprinkleBit, says it ain’t difficult anymore to invest like the big boys – and he has the social platform for you to prove it. Alexander says he’s made financial markets accessible to you, no matter your investment knowledge. HFF Radio has a first look into SprinkleBit’s social investment network.
Original Air Date: February 15, 2015
What’s really happening on Capitol Hill between the Democrats and the Republicans? We’ll ask former Virginia Congressman Tom Davis to break it down for us, as he does in his new book The Partisan Divide. He says that, despite Tip O’Neil’s belief that all politics is local, it just ain’t so anymore!
Original Air Date: February 15, 2015
Mitch Roschelle (@mitch_roschelle) of PricewaterhouseCooper joins us in the fight for childhood financial literacy by reminding us of the new “Time for Kids” publication that’s aimed at the nation’s K-6 students. The project is the result of a partnership between PwC and Time Magazine.
Original Air Date: February 8, 2015
Becky Frost (@frostbe), from Experian’s ProtectMyID, reminds us that it’s almost tax time. That means it’s time for Tax ID theft as well. She shares what you can do to protect yourself if you’re among the more than 80 million Americans who will file their taxes online.
Original Air Date: February 8, 2015
It’s “Military Saves” Week, a great time to remind our men and women in the military to look out for those programs that are designed to help them get into a savings habit. James Lander (@jameslander), Director of Military Saves for the Consumer Federation of America, joins in the discussion about on-base and on-post programs designed to help our military around the world.
Original Air Date: February 8, 2015
When it comes to stock and bonds, are you Financially Fit? That’s the question the founder of shecantrade.com asks (and answers) today. Sarah Potter (@shecantrade) will honestly tell you that when she started trading stocks, she knew less than you know right now. But she’s getting richer every day now. She’ll tell you what you need to do to up your stock market game.
Original Air Date: February 1, 2015
Mortgage rates are at an all-time low. What does that mean for you if you’re looking to be a first-time homeowner, or you want to lower your current monthly mortgage payments? Mortgage banker Trey Rider (@ridermortgage) of Rider Mortgage joins us to explain whether you should hurry up and make that all-important money move. Is it the right time for your home, your family, and your future? Trey has the answers.
Original Air Date: February 1, 2015