Mothers will be celebrated across the country today, but if you really love mom, you’ll encourage her to take a good look at her finances. That, according to Eleanor Blayney, CFP, is the greatest gift you can give.
Mothers are involved in 95% of family financial decisions. The make up one of the largest occupations (motherhood!) in the United States and are the chief supplier of our nation’s productive capital. However, they earn no salaries, insurance, days off, retirement accounts, or Social Security benefits. And to top it off, women live longer than men, which means they’ve got to be especially intentional …read more

Have you ever found something on someone’s else’s property or their domain that seemingly belonged to them, but without your discovery, they never would have known that they had it? This is a case going on now in Cleveland, Ohio between a homeowner and a contractor over money that was found on the homeowner’s property. This interesting story of who gets to keep the money got me to thinking: What would I do if this happened in my old, treasure-laden home? In this instance, the first thing I think is that the money should be split, 70-30 with the bulk …read more