A direct, incisive guide for consumers to know how to protect and handle their money in the face of a financial crisis
There are always going to be unexpected financial crises in our lives. Whether we're facing an economic recession, a pandemic, a bear market, or energy worries, we have to immediately know what to do with our money. We start to ask: What bills need to be paid first? Should we dip into our savings? Are there better methods to protect a nest egg?
Michelle Singletary provides a hands-on guide to all of your debt concerns, credit card issues, cash-flow problems, medical coverage questions, and the dozens of other common financial issues that crop up with all of us when money suddenly becomes tight.
Whether you are living paycheck-to-paycheck or just trying to make smarter financial choices, discover the practical steps you need for the financial peace you long for.
In The 21-Day Financial Fast, award-winning writer and The Washington Post columnist Michelle Singletary proposes a field-tested financial challenge. For twenty-one days, participants will put away their credit cards and buy only the barest essentials. With Michelle's guidance during this three-week financial fast, you will discover how to:
As you discover practical ways to achieve financial freedom, you'll experience what it truly means to live a life of financial peace and prosperity.
Thousands of individuals have participated in the fast and as a result have gotten out of debt and become better managers of their money and finances . . . and you can too!
Michelle Singletary explains basic personal finance principles such as:
- Budgeting Basics
- Conquering Debt
- Basic Investing
- Saving for the Future
- Stewardship
In this presentation, Michelle Singletary tailors the presentation towards young adults to explain basic personal finance principles such as:
- Budgeting Basics
- Conquering Debt
- Basic Investing
- Saving for the Future
- Stewardship
In both an entertaining and informative presentation, Michelle Singletary will provide your audience with an understanding of personal finance that will help them take control over their money. She is engaging and can take complicated financial terms and concepts and make them easy to understand. With more than 20 years experience writing a nationally syndicated personal finance column for The Washington Post she will delight your audience and make them eager to know more about money management.
Topics include:
• Budgeting
• Managing Debt
• Saving for the future
• Why investing is important
• Managing money in your marriage: Lessons to help couples find financial peace
• Kids and Money
• Managing Credit and avoiding Identity Theft
• Senior Financial Abuse
• Avoiding estate planning mistakes
• Effectively using employee financial benefits
• Retirement Planning