Katie: Our goal is to help people with disabilities and others build their financial resiliency so they can be prepared for any type of life event. Chris: This is the Penny Forward podcast, a show about blind people building bright futures one penny at a time. Liz: I’M Liz Bottner. Chris: And I’m Chris Peterson.…
Spreadsheets are incredibly useful tools for managing your finances, and they’re easy to learn and use. This week we talked about how to use a spreadsheet to build a realistic budget for a road trip. This type of spreadsheet can also be useful for helping you keep track of the progress you have made in…
Spreadsheets are incredibly useful tools for managing your finances, and they’re easy to learn and use. This week we’ll talk about how to use a spreadsheet to build a realistic budget for a road trip. This type of spreadsheet can also be useful for helping you keep track of the progress you’re making if you’re…
This week we talked about why it may be ok to save inconsistently. A paper by Yale finance professor James Choi made the news this week. Choi studied the advice from the 50 most popular personal finance books, according to GoodReads, and compared it to the advice economists give about the same topics. While personal…
This week we’ll talk about why it may be ok to save inconsistently. A paper by Yale finance professor James Choi is making the news this week. Choi studied the advice from the 50 most popular personal finance books, according to GoodReads, and compared it to the advice economists give about the same topics. While…
This week, we talk all about investing, and more specifically, sustainable, or ESG, investing, with Penny Forward board member and podcast sponsor Kane Brolin, a blind certified financial planner, and chartered special needs consultant, who may be able to help you, no matter how much you have, or what stage of life you are in.…
Kane: If you care as much about the state of the world as you do about the state of your investment portfolio or your wallet, you may choose to pick companies or funds that make it a point to do what they do in a sustainable fashion, which is sometimes called ESG. Chris: This is…
This week, we talk all about investing, and more specifically, sustainable, or ESG, investing, with Penny Forward board member and podcast sponsor Kane Brolin, a blind certified financial planner, and chartered special needs consultant, who may be able to help you, no matter how much you have, or what stage of life you are in.…
Kane: If you care as much about the state of the world as you do about the state of your investment portfolio or your wallet, you may choose to pick companies or funds that make it a point to do what they do in a sustainable fashion, which is sometimes called ESG. Chris: This is…
Last week we talked about the power of patience. It can take years for many of us to achieve our most ambitious goals and it can be tempting to change the goal, take shortcuts to get there faster, or give up entirely. Those decisions can lead to regret, though, so we talked about why patiently…