How to Best Prepare Your Finances for An Emergency

Job loss, a health crisis, car problems, or even a sick pet are all examples of emergencies that may crop up and require you to spend a few hundred or a few thousand dollars. It's best to plan ahead so you know what the alternatives are if the crisis happens. You may have a few options. Create an Emergency Fund Ideally, you already have an emergency fund. This is savings that you can get to easily that usually amounts to about three to six months' worth of your income. If you don't, … [Read more...]

Strategies to Pay off Credit Card Debt Faster

Are you struggling to pay off your credit card debt? If so, you're not alone. Millions of Americans are in the same boat. According to a GoBankingRates survey, more than 57% of Americans have failed to remit at least one credit card payment. But don't worry; there are strategies and institutions that can help with credit card debt management. Tips to Help Pay off Credit Card Debt Faster Are you wondering if there are any strategies to pay off your credit card debt faster? You're in the … [Read more...]

Going Beyond the Bank: A Female Entrepreneur

There remains a lot of unfamiliarity with financing options available to businesses, more specifically female entrepreneurs. Securing finance in any economic climate can be daunting, whether it is for expansion plans or an initial startup. However, with the use of comparison sites, women can now see a range of options available to them beyond traditional bank lending. Impact of Unawareness According to research done by Just Cash Flow, almost 35% of female entrepreneurs continue to … [Read more...]

How You Can Have a Solid Home Living Situation After Serving in the Military

Housing costs are the biggest expense that most people have, and rents and mortgage costs continue to go up. If you find yourself shopping for a new apartment to live in every few years or have a mortgage that is too expensive, there are ways to get your living situation stable. First, you need to be a member of the military or a person who has been honorably discharged, or you have to be the spouse of a service member to qualify for VA loan refinancing. Whether you’re a single woman looking for … [Read more...]

3 Main Types of Debt Owed by Women

Are you in debt? Generally, women don't tend to have more debt than men. However, this is not true when it comes to young women. According to a survey by LendingTree in 2017, women aged 22 to 37 are less financially satisfied, own fewer homes, and have more debt than men of the same age group. It was found that these women held an average debt of $68,834, which was about 30 percent higher than the average debt of $53,017 accumulated by men. There are certain types of debt that women are more … [Read more...]

It Is Time for Your Home Business to Accept Credit Card Payments?

Running a home business is one of the best ways to achieve so much while still assuming the role of a fulltime, stay-at-home mother. If you’ve been selling products and services online and developing a home business of your own, you will know that there are a lot of challenges involved in making the business a success. One of the easiest ways to boost sales, according to studies complied by Rutgers Online and its Business Administration degree program, is by accepting credit cards and mobile … [Read more...]

Why Finance Needs More Women

It’s no surprise that the world of finance is male dominated, especially at the leadership level. While there are lots of women graduating from college with finance degrees, there still aren’t as many women CEOs and women on Wall Street as you might think. In fact, 4.4% of Fortune 500 and S&P 500 companies have female CEOs, according to Catalyst. While about 74% of the industry's assets are run by men alone, only 2% of these assets are handled by women alone. The remaining 14% is made up by a … [Read more...]

The 10 Virtues of the Proverbs 31 Woman

1. Faith - A Virtuous Woman serves God with all of her heart, mind, and soul. She seeks His will for her life and follows His ways. (Proverbs 31: 26, Proverbs 31: 29 – 31, Matthew 22: 37, John 14: 15, Psalm 119: 15 2. Marriage – A Virtuous Woman respects her husband. She does him good all the days of her life. She is trustworthy and a helpmeet. (Proverbs 31: 11- 12, Proverbs 31: 23, Proverbs 31: 28, 1 Peter 3, Ephesians 5, Genesis2: 18) 3. Mothering - A Virtuous Woman teaches her children … [Read more...]

Laure Ampilhac, Falling Interest Rates all the Buzz!

It’s that time of the year again when all the buzz in the media is about falling interest rates and special limited time offers. The real and more lasting beneficial value a mortgage broker provides is educating you how to use that lower rate to create substantially more value in your home equity that will become the cornerstone of your overall financial security sooner rather than later. Making the right choices today while interest rates are still low could be the greatest financial … [Read more...]

Michelle Gala, ‘GROOV’YOU UP’ to the Stars!

Groov'Earth Records, by Michelle Galas. "I am responsible for every aspect of the business from the marketing, music production, finance." Who Groov’Are We? Our Vision • Be a music label that will be a reference for music in people everyday life. • Give back Music and Lyrics their real meaning and values. Our Mission • Make each song becomes a movement that reply to the need of the society and people’s everyday life. • Create via each single release creative’s marketing and … [Read more...]

A BRICS Bank for Development, Meetika Srivastava

A BRICS bank for development BRIC which was first used in the year 2001 as an acronym in the Goldman Sachs’s Global Economics paper No. 66 titled “The World Needs Better Economic BRICs” has now become an important bloc comprising of EMERGING POWERS of the world’s new economic order. It has a prominent economy of Latin America i.e., Brazil - a store house of raw materials, the Chinese Dragon; the fastest growing Asian economy and the second largest world economy after the US, the … [Read more...]

Women in Development:The Vienna Policy Dialogue on Gender Equality, Dec 13-14

Women in development   The Vienna Policy Dialogue on Gender Equality will take place on 13-14 December to discuss how to anchor gender equality and the empowerment of women in the evolving post-2015 UN development agenda   Given the centrality of women as critical drivers of development, the Development Cooperation Forum (DCF) Vienna Policy Dialogue will discuss how to firmly anchor gender equality and the empowerment of women and girls and the protection of their rights in … [Read more...]

Expert Group Meeting (EGM) on ‘Enabling rural women’s economic empowerment’

Expert group meeting Enabling rural women's economic empowerment: institutions, opportunities and participation Accra, Ghana, 20-23 September 2011 Introduction In accordance with its multi-year programme of work for 2010-2014, the Commission on the Status of Women (CSW) will consider ‘The empowerment of rural women and their role in poverty and hunger eradication, development and current challenges' as its priority theme during its fifty-sixth session in 2012. In order … [Read more...]

JOB BOARD: Wells Fargo Financial Advisors

Wells Fargo Financial Advisors   I am recruiting for new Financial Advisors for our Wells Fargo Advisors in various cities throughout the United States. We are looking for sales professionals and business leaders who have had proven success in their past careers and are self driven with an entrepreneurial spirit. I am working directly with the Branch Manager and think you may be a fit for what they are looking for. If you are interested in learning more, please forward me a copy of … [Read more...]

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