Learning how to design a budget—and stay on one—is a key to building wealth. “If you don’t understand your budget or are exceeding your budget, you’ll never get ahead,” says Paul Jarvis, a certified financial planner in Fargo, N.D. Recently, I was asked by the Wall Street Journal my opinions on the best web based …
Monthly Archive: May 2012
May 08
Mother’s Money Lessons
In tribute to the upcoming Mother’s Day, here are some lessons learned from Mom. When I was 16 years old my father died which left me without a father and left my mother with a son in a difficult time both with the loss and the difficult teen years. What it taught me was …
