Stocks For Your Kids Series: How to Choose Year 1 Update Year 2 Update Year 3 Update Dear Son, It’s time to look at your stocks again! These are interesting times at our house as you turned 8. Due to my recent job loss there is probably more uncertainty and stress than you have become accustomed to …
Stocks For Your Kids Series: How to Choose Year 1 Update Year 2 Update Dear Son, Well, it’s just a few days past your 7th birthday and it seems we’re buried in Chima LEGO’s over here. What strides you’ve made this year in math and reading. The other day you even asked me if you could take …
Dear Son, Happy birthday! On Sunday you turned 6 years old. What a joy it's been to watch you grow over the past year. It's hard to believe you're almost done with kindergarten. You're really starting to understand the value of money. I love watching you check the coin returns for leftover change wherever …
A note from Slug: This is another guest post from Noreen who last week wowed Sunk Costs Are Irrelevant readers with her discussion of the impact of federal regulation D on online bank transfers. This week she's written a nice review of Upromise. It's hard to contextualize exactly what Upromise is. Upromise is a rewards …
Dear son, Happy anniversary. Today your ShareBuilder.com account is roughly 1 year old, and in a few days you will be 5 years old. We're just getting started on your path to financial freedom. I can't wait for the day when you and I can sit down and talk about this together (i.e. bore you …
This week, the New York Times Money section has been sharing a list of some of the toughest money questions a child can ask his/her parent. I’ve been intrigued with this discussion and thought it might be helpful to have one resource that not only lays out these questions but also looks at some of …
Thanks to a generous donation from my mother and a nice bonus from ShareBuilder.com, today I had $1500 to buy stocks for my soon-to-be 4 year old. A nice problem to have, but what do you buy for a 4 year old that will get him excited about the stock market? Lots of sites (Kramer, …
