June 25, 2008
23-year-old self-made millionaire James White is sharing his financial wisdom and dynamic energy with fellow members of “Generation Y” this summer. August kicks off a revolutionary 50 city tour of the United States where White will be educating teens and young adults and announcing the release of his new book, “My First Million”.
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While the daily drill of motherhood is the same no matter how old you are, new research from Moxie Interactive is finding that when it comes to getting the help she needs, Gen Y moms are a little different. (more…)
Filing your taxes is kind of like going to the dentist: It may not be fun, but dealing with it is part of being a grownup.
So with Tax Day one short month away, I turned to an expert for advice aimed especially at us younger and newer filers. Kay Bell is a Texas-based journalist who has covered tax tips for Bankrate.com since 1999 (check out their 2008 tax guide here).
She also writes one of the most readable and entertaining tax blogs on the Web: Don’t Mess With Taxes.
Here are Kay’s and my top tax tips for GenDebt. (more…)
Sometimes what seems like bad news can be turned into good.
All the recent talk about the faltering economy certainly seems to fall into the bad-news category. Housing prices had the biggest decline ever, the U.S. and international stock markets had some very dark days, 17,000 U.S. jobs unexpectedly “disappeared,” and many experts feel that we’re heading into a recession.
But there’s reason for young people to look on the bright side. In fact, beginning your financial life during an economic correction or downturn can be a preferable thing in many ways. Here are a few of the positives: (more…)
The new generation of workers might be more ambitious and savvy than their parents, according to a recent study.
Generation Y — broadly defined as those born between 1979 and 1999 — are interested in saving for retirement, finding a solid health care plan and establishing partnerships with their bosses, says a joint study between Yahoo! HotJobs and Robert Half International. (more…)
