Time at Forbes - Part Two
Personal finance writing took me through many topics, including retirement investing, credit cards, banking products, credit rating agencies, insurance and property ownership. I learned a lot and I still enjoy learning more about personal finance.
While at Forbes, I was part of the development of a personal finance platform now known as Forbes Advisor. The bulk of my content went on that platform while the rest was published to Forbes.com.
Below you will see my pieces for the Forbes Advisor platform.
A college education is expensive and getting more so every year. In the just completed 2018-2019 academic year, according to the College Board, the price for tuition, plus room and board averaged $48,510 for undergraduates at private non-profit four-year colleges and $21,370 for undergraduates attending their own state’s four-year colleges.
Every day, about 10,000 baby boomers turn 65—the traditional retirement age. One thing retirees, near-retirees and professionals managing boomers’ investments understandably worry about a lot these days: What happens if the market crashes just when a retiree needs to pull funds from his portfolio to live on?
In March, Shawna Chambers, 48, paid cash for her 17-year-old daughter Aerica’s first car—a used 2015 Hyundai Elantra with 58,000 miles on it.
With the number of podcasts now topping 700,000, you can find one for almost any subject or taste. That’s true in the personal finance area, as well, with all manner of money podcasts now available—from funny to serious to technical. But how do you know if a host is actually qualified to give financial advice?
This is where financial advisors’ podcasts come into play. Sure, many FA podcasters are mainly looking to promote their paid services. But there are definitely some who are more interested in educating the public about key personal finance issues than they are about picking up new clients.
Financial advisor Mark Zoril had his Minnesota-based firm Plan Vision running for two years before he realized he could charge $96 a year for his services.
