As we mentioned in our last giveaway, we’re hosting giveaways around family finances in celebration of the National Money Night Talk! For those of you who don’t know, American Express teamed up with personal finance expert Jean Chatzky to launch the “National Money Night Talk” program, encouraging parents around the country to have “the talk” about financial responsibility with their young adults.
Congrats to our winner Jared, you’ll be receiving an email from American Express shortly to claim your $100 gift card!
The National Money Night Talk is this Thursday, September 16th! Are you prepared? If not, don’t fret! For this giveaway, we are giving our readers the opportunity to submit a question to Jean Chatzky to answer! Jean Chatzky is an award-winning journalist and best-selling author that has created a global platform that is making significant strides to help millions of men, women and families battle an epidemic with a devastating impact – debt.
To enter, post your questions in the comment section. Jean will review the top 3 questions prior to Money Night. Not only will you be entered to have her answer any of your questions, but you can also win an $100 American Express Gift Card as well as a copy of Jean Chatzky’s new book “Not Your Parents’ Money Book: Making, Saving, and Spending Your Own Money” – courtesy of American Express.
The winner will be randomly chosen on Thursday, September 16th at 8amET and your email address will be furnished to American Express. They’ll take it the rest of the way. If you’re loaded with tips, you can also check out two other personal finance blogs that are hosting this giveaway. Make sure to leave unique tips on each, as any duplicated information will automatically be disqualified.
- www.Moolanomy.com
- www.PTMoney.com
For more information, check out the National Money Night Talk website or follow the “talks” on Twitter leading up to the night with #TheTalk hashtag.
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How do I deal with people/companies in the private sector who will not pay me the salary I am worth beacuse they consider my heritage and/or skin color as not such that should earn what European ancestrials earn who have the same educational background and 30+ years experience as me.
If someone handed you $25,000 right now, how would you most wisely use it to begin making money off of it in a long term investment?
First, I would pay off credit card debt. Then I would pay off student loans my daughter is taking out for college at 6%. Then I would put the rest into a Roth IRA for retirement.
Brittany September 16, 2010 at 12:01 am
When you have a family member who just doesn’t “get” personal finance despite being taught throughout life, what’s an alternative to bailing him/her out if he or she gets in another bind?
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Estela September 16, 2010 at 3:31 am
When is helping a friend become enabling? I have a friend who I have helped financially in the past. Recently this friend asked me for money to buy food because after the rent and the rest of the bills were paid, there was no money left. I don’t mind helping but how far is too far? My gut tells me that if you don’t have enough money to buy food, it’s time to take a serious look at your bills to see which ones you can eliminate.
How do I say no and not preach?
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Both of these people said what I wanted to say.
Can I vote for their questions to be chosen to be answered?
We have friends/family members in both situations yet they are not smart with their money and would not want to do what we do to stay in the black.
Have them set aside money for food and basic bills, including rent, first. Then other discretionary expenses will have to wait or be renegotiated with the creditor.
What criteria do you use to judge whether a financial planner is doing a good job with the money you have invested with his company?
do i use some of my emergency fund to pay off a $10,000 loan and then put the money i was using for the loan into the emergency fund or continue paying off the loan monthly while continuing to add to the emer fund?
What is the average percentage taken out of a single American female’s paycheck for taxes, insurance, and retirement funding?
Are index funds still a smart way to invest in today’s economy?
I have a 3 year old grand daughter, we started a savings account for her since she was born. Every year she turns a year we increase the biweekly deposit. Half is put put in by her mom (which I collect from her) and the other half is from my husband and I (her grandparents) I control the account and had put the monies in the Ing Direct when the interest was looking better. What is the best way to handle the monies? I’m sorry I failed to say that it is for a college fund. I looked into a “college program” of sort but what if she decides not to go to college? what alternative is there if the money is not used for college. My thinking is that if she does not go to college she would not receive any $$. What’s my best option? We are currently depositing $140 a month. Thank you.
I keep hearing that with the economy so slow right now that it is better to invest in gold or silver than to save money. What do you think?
How do I convince my 21 year old son of the importance of saving, I have always tried to get him to save. I set up a Roth IRA for him. I bought him cds and I’ve put money in savings for him as insentive to have something to add to and watch grow. He has spent all the money on frivilous things.
Stockmarket investment – still a good idea ?
What a very,useful topic just what my daughter and I need we were having
arguments over $ until we watched together the money talk article amd now have a budget to go on and I am sure my daughter will do much better now .
I received my prize!!!!!
I got it in 2 days! Wow!
Thank you so much!
100 amex gift card and Jean chatzky’s book!
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