Dear Friends –
Spam is the bane of online life. I have a pretty good spam-blocker and for more than a year it has collected hundreds messages a week that were trying to sell you everything from yoga manuals (doubtful) to stock-picking services (ugh) to obvious porn (yikes). Lately, however, the little robot buggers have been [...]
Did Prince William get a prenuptial agreement before reserving Westminster Abbey for his marriage to Kate? The Fleet Street rumor mill says “no.” In England, it still just isn’t done. Financial planners on this side of the pond, however, say, “Dumb decision, Will. Remember what happened to mom and dad.”
Prenups set down how the income [...]
Modern divorce is not about who was the meanest or who slept where. It’s about the money. Both spouse’s income and assets are – or should be – on the table. But couples don’t always know a lot about each other’s finances, or where to look. They might not even realize how much less they’re [...]
When a wealthy man (it’s usually a man) has creditors on his trail, he’ll probably try to protect some assets by transferring them to his wife. If it works, his wife will be richer than she was before. On the downside, the law might come after her, too – wanting the money back.
That’s what’s happening to the [...]
Do you have “frugal fatigue?” You’re not alone. Pinching pennies becomes exhausting, year after year. You dream of breaking free and buying everything in sight.
But tiresome as budgets are, consumers haven’t quit them yet. You threw some money around in December, when credit card use bumped up for the first time since the 2008 financial [...]
